Pairing Dirt Pedals

[WeHuntKings]

After receiving my Baby Thundaa in the mail and getting to know it (so much love), I wondered what I could do by pairing it with other dirt pedals, namely other fuzzes and hi-gain distortion pedals. I used to run my RAT into a black Russian BMP for some really heavy doom-laden tones, but now both pedals are gone/broken. Should be getting more dirt soon.

Anyway, the point is: what are some of your favorite pairings of dirt pedals? Why? What interesting new sounds do you make that neither pedal accomplishes by themselves?

[sylnau]

At the moment I like Four Eyes (Fairfield Circuitry) > The Elements (Dr. Scientist).
In this setup I'm using The Elements as a gain boost, I cut the bass completely and boost the mid and treble.

[Achtane]

Verellen Big Spider into TAFM = DOOM CITY. So heavy that it needs its own name. A dual pedal like this would be heaven
Hell would be more fitting though. Hel?
Sometimes the Big Spider needs to be fuzzier and this combination works perfectly. The TAFM also produces the best feedback ever, even alone, so there's really no downside.

I also really like fuzz into OD pedals set to a low gain, but not so much the other way around.

[nieh]

Muff > Muff

[misc1600]

Fuck > Musket

[jrmy]

Gnomeratron VTF > And Aardvarks!

Actually, just about anything into the And Aardvarks. It's a pedal that loves to be pushed. All sorts of saggy, bloomy goodness. Like a ripe cheese. For your ears.

[theactionindex]

Spooky Tooth > Algal Bloom sounded pretty amazing at band practice last night.

[wsas3]

Fuck > Musket

Not even kidding, that's my setup as well. So amazing anyway you look at it, whether you see it as beefing up your OD or giving your fuzz a biting cut.

[jumbo_steelie]

Usually Rusty>Angler>Depth Charge...and sometimes B:Assmaster. Yeah gain stacking is fun....

[Zounds Perspex]

[tgp]Honey Bee=>Klon[/tgp]



ha, it just works, though.

[Haki]

Fuzz anything -> Fuck

Add some more balls and blown amp sounds to it.

[GardenoftheDead]

Can't decide if I like Swollen Pickle -> Torn's Peaker or Torn's Peaker -> Swollen Pickle better.

[theavondon]

This thread happens so damn often.


Also, Tone Machine -> Muff of any sort is fucking sluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge. My shitty Behringer Vintage Distortion muff clone (which fucking rules, actually) even works so goddamned well.

OR, Blowing Up->X=HEAVIER X

Or, fun one I did the other day, Memory Toy for just oscillation -> Melx 2

Or, DC/CC -> Rat

Or, Memory Toy -> Flanger Hoax -> DM-2 (or, sadly, now, DM-2 esque setting on my M5) is fucking hot sex of bass tones. Yeah, no dirt, but fuck you.

[WeHuntKings]

Has anyone tried pairing the Thundaa with anything? That thing is so beastly by itself, I wonder if it would eat everything else that ran into it?

[DarkAxel]

Fuck->Fix'd Fuzz

it's pretty fuzzy, powerfull, a bit doomy, but not dark enough... can't wait for Fuck->Pharaoh

btw i don't get why is Fix'd fuzz so... unpopular?