NPD: Gray Channel

[ThurberMingus]

Damn that third rail is bananas! I've never seen a distortion pedal with assignable switches before!

[neonblack]

It's pretty rad. I did a little mini review in the function FX thread.

Sorry for the derail. The Gray Channel looks rad. I heard the older 250 had a different sound than the reissue. I wonder which one this sounds more like.

[Pete]

Did not know about the Function FX Third Rail-it looks badass! Thanks for introducing me to that pedal, as well. Gray Channel and Third Rail both seem like awesome pedals. I may order one or the other in the near future...

[popvulture]

Sorry for the derail.

Dude no worries! Gonna check out the Third Rail now

[Pete]

Anyone know if the Gray Channel/DOD 250 circuit would be a good choice for boosting metal rhythms? I'm talking about the way a lot of modern metal guitarists boost their tone with tubescreamers/OD variants, with the gain down, and volume up... It definitely sounds crunchy as hell from the demos, so I'd imagine it would be sick. If I got a Gray Channel, I'm thinking I would primarily use one channel as an overdrive with amp distortion for metal tones (I'm a metal guy), and the other channel on my amp's clean channel with the gain dimed for a more crunchy "rock" tone.

[OddKnowledge]

I don't metal, but i think it could work.

[Inconuucl]

Anyone know if the Gray Channel/DOD 250 circuit would be a good choice for boosting metal rhythms? I'm talking about the way a lot of modern metal guitarists boost their tone with tubescreamers/OD variants, with the gain down, and volume up... It definitely sounds crunchy as hell from the demos, so I'd imagine it would be sick. If I got a Gray Channel, I'm thinking I would primarily use one channel as an overdrive with amp distortion for metal tones (I'm a metal guy), and the other channel on my amp's clean channel with the gain dimed for a more crunchy "rock" tone.

Listen to YOB, that's all grey box variants for the tone. Their older records use the original and the newer ones a version done by Black Arts Toneworks called the Quantum Mystic.

Also you should listen to YOB because they are fucking amazing.

[Dungus]

Anyone know if the Gray Channel/DOD 250 circuit would be a good choice for boosting metal rhythms? I'm talking about the way a lot of modern metal guitarists boost their tone with tubescreamers/OD variants, with the gain down, and volume up... It definitely sounds crunchy as hell from the demos, so I'd imagine it would be sick. If I got a Gray Channel, I'm thinking I would primarily use one channel as an overdrive with amp distortion for metal tones (I'm a metal guy), and the other channel on my amp's clean channel with the gain dimed for a more crunchy "rock" tone.

Listen to YOB, that's all grey box variants for the tone. Their older records use the original and the newer ones a version done by Black Arts Toneworks called the Quantum Mystic.

Also you should listen to YOB because they are fucking amazing.

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[popvulture]

Anyone know if the Gray Channel/DOD 250 circuit would be a good choice for boosting metal rhythms? I'm talking about the way a lot of modern metal guitarists boost their tone with tubescreamers/OD variants, with the gain down, and volume up... It definitely sounds crunchy as hell from the demos, so I'd imagine it would be sick. If I got a Gray Channel, I'm thinking I would primarily use one channel as an overdrive with amp distortion for metal tones (I'm a metal guy), and the other channel on my amp's clean channel with the gain dimed for a more crunchy "rock" tone.

Listen to YOB, that's all grey box variants for the tone. Their older records use the original and the newer ones a version done by Black Arts Toneworks called the Quantum Mystic.

Also you should listen to YOB because they are fucking amazing.

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Haha yes!

To expand on the original question, definitely. With the Grey Channel, the N setting would probably give you the most focus. The others will give you more saturation, but will start to get a little more splatty... but nonetheless good

[D.o.S.]

That's not exactly true afaik: the Yob tone is an old Ross Distortion, which is more or less a Distortion+, which is a relative to the 250, but they do sound different.

[Inconuucl]

That's not exactly true afaik: the Yob tone is an old Ross Distortion, which is more or less a Distortion+, which is a relative to the 250, but they do sound different.

I had my info wrong then. It should still fall in the range of the Grey Channel though.

[Dungus]

That's not exactly true afaik: the Yob tone is an old Ross Distortion, which is more or less a Distortion+, which is a relative to the 250, but they do sound different.

I had my info wrong then. It should still fall in the range of the Grey Channel though.

People should still listen to Yob, though. You were still very correct.

[D.o.S.]

ten times to that.

[lordgalvar]

Blue clipper, maxon od-880, and maxon osd-9 are related too (the maxons more so to the Ross and mxr). Blue clipper is like the most stripped down one I think (not just because of the lack of knobs). DOD also made the yngwie one with more gain. Maxon makes a similar circuit with a different opamp called ood-9.

I hear DanW makes a good 250 with diode options.

[Chankgeez]

Pretty sure the Ross is germanium. It's warmer, more saturated and not quite as loud.

Been meaning to have someone build me a Blue Clipper.