Distortion ?

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Distortion ?

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Which distortion would you get to play fast and tight with some lows. More hard rock (mids) than metal (scooped).
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BOSS HM-3. It's my go-to pedal for exactly that purpose. I used it just yesterday night at a jam session. I even tuned E6 down to D, what I normally don't like to do, but the piece was in D and it sounded massive that way. Totally underestimated pedal - it sounds enormous through my tube amp and it cuts through the mix with its EQ.
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Maybe a DOD Gunslinger or Walrus Audio Red. A hot-rodded Buzzaround clone like the ARC Crimson King is on the fuzzier end of this spectrum. The dirty channel on my Peavey Classic 20 MH also meets these criteria.
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There may be cheaper options but Elements can do this and so much more...
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I like the Fat Sammich for this
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Rat.
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Gone Fission wrote:Rat.
I came here to suggest this as well

*disclaimer: Rat is almost always the answer to distortion questions imo
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But a RAT might not have the lows sylnau wants. I also like my Turbo RAT, but that's not the answer to everything.
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Not sure if this falls into a category of your needs but I heard the Metal Zone is pretty good. For 22 bucks, I bet you can't beat it either. :)
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Brutalist Jr. Is pretty good .. modded DS-1.. black Forest ..
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+1 for the elements, I feel like it can do anything as far distortion goes.
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I'll throw out the Barber Compact Direct Drive as a suggestion. Very versatile for its small size, pretty much a "every version of a Marshall tone" style pedal. Doesn't get all the way into metal gain territory, but just up to the edge of that, very mid forward, lots of amp-like harmonic content.
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A Rat is seriously lacking in the lows in my book. The Red is pretty awesome and pretty flexible with the three band eq and toggle. I found myself loving it a lot more than I expected.
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Marshall Shredmaster is pretty good for this and can do both boosted and scooped mids with the contour control.
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