Nasty, harsh, painful dirt - on a budget

[goroth]

You flipped your ID didn't you? You can get some great Fuck-esque overdrive tones out of it, but kinda brasher and more brutal. But still clean. I used mine for the first time at rehearsal volume tonight and it sounded awesome with massive volume and distorted bass.

[Gone Fission]

the most horrible sounding distortion i've achieved was through a behringer thunderbird, cheaper than most pedals



i recorded the opening riff through this, using my iphone

Very Jonestown esque. And goddamn it's delicious.

Yep. Goddamnit, now I want a Behringer amp. WTF?

[neonblack]

You flipped your ID didn't you? You can get some great Fuck-esque overdrive tones out of it, but kinda brasher and more brutal. But still clean. I used mine for the first time at rehearsal volume tonight and it sounded awesome with massive volume and distorted bass.

I flipped my ID before I even got it, dammit.

Another thing is, I know he doesn't really want to spend much money on pedals which is why I say on a budget. And I'm a nice guy but I don't wanna drop $100+ on someone else's pedalboard

[Jwar]

Buy a Devi kit, give it to him to build and be done. Nasty dirt on a budget at it's best. OR buy a Boss DS 1. He's a guitar player. Those guys are happy with anything. hahahaha

Also that clip is fucking awesome!!!

[KaosCill8r]

OR buy a Boss DS 1. He's a guitar player. Those guys are happy with anything. hahahaha

Not me, I play guitar and refuse to put crap on my board. Boss pedals are the best for using as a doorstop, paper weight or turning into some kind of weed smoking device. Or you could put one in a sock and use it to ward off people who try to steal your good pedals at a gig.

[goroth]

Don't make me fight you kaos. Boss stuff is awesome. Ok, their last decade or two hasn't seen a lot of legit classics but up until the 90s they were pretty untouchable. Still are if you ask me.

[rfurtkamp]

There's still some very solid stuff.

The thing is it's never been 'out there' stuff as a whole - a lot of time, the stuff we love now was pretty panned at the time but they tried.

I would not be happy without a HM-2-type thing available, and the GL-100 (which gives me that in spades) is my favorite standalone preamp for any stringed instrument.

I could walk in to a GC (ok, if I could walk, and there was a GC locally) and find *something* in their line that would fit my basic needs off the bat and do what it said, and keep doing so, until I didn't want it to any more.

They were rightly the gold standard of stuff into the 90s, at which point the market fractured to a point where NOBODY will be like they were.

[sonidero]

This thread made me get out my American Metal, it's awesome...

[frigid midget]

OR buy a Boss DS 1. He's a guitar player. Those guys are happy with anything. hahahaha

Not me, I play guitar and refuse to put crap on my board. Boss pedals are the best for using as a doorstop, paper weight or turning into some kind of weed smoking device. Or you could put one in a sock and use it to ward off people who try to steal your good pedals at a gig.

Wait wut? They've got a billion different pedals, so they're bound to have a good share of crappy ones. But something tells me you're either biased, or you haven't played any of the awesome boss pedlols...

The FZ-2 and HM-2 may not be for the faint of heart, but what about the DD series, RC series, the CE-2, VB-2, HF-2, DM2/3,...

[kbit]

Neon how did all of this go ober with yr guitar buddy?

[neonblack]

Haven't talked to him yet, haha. He's been AWOL. I'm going pawn shopping tomorrow though. Gonna keep an eye on the BST when I get paid too. Maybe grab him a couple used Devi's or something.

[KaosCill8r]

OR buy a Boss DS 1. He's a guitar player. Those guys are happy with anything. hahahaha

Not me, I play guitar and refuse to put crap on my board. Boss pedals are the best for using as a doorstop, paper weight or turning into some kind of weed smoking device. Or you could put one in a sock and use it to ward off people who try to steal your good pedals at a gig.

Wait wut? They've got a billion different pedals, so they're bound to have a good share of crappy ones. But something tells me you're either biased, or you haven't played any of the awesome boss pedlols...

The FZ-2 and HM-2 may not be for the faint of heart, but what about the DD series, RC series, the CE-2, VB-2, HF-2, DM2/3,...

I'm not biased. The only Boss pedal I've ever owned gave me 5 minutes of play then died. Before you ask it was the proper Boss power supply. It wasn't new and it came free with a guitar I got. I didn't get fazed about it. Figured I could find another use for it (See above suggestions )
But you are right. I've never tried any of the awesome ones you mentioned. I would like to try the FZ-2 and some of the delays are much loved around here so yeah. Also the tremolo has me interested because of The Black Keys.

[rfurtkamp]

Sounds like it was abused or fed bogus power in the past to get that result.

You're overlooking a cornerstone of guitar effects because of a freebie in a used package.

[KaosCill8r]

Sounds like it was abused or fed bogus power in the past to get that result.

You're overlooking a cornerstone of guitar effects because of a freebie in a used package.

Yeah you have a valid point. I am really interested in one of those rack mount boss GT001 processors that you have. Been keeping my eyes open for a cheapy.

[rfurtkamp]

It's not rackmount (that's the GL-100), the GT-001 is a desktop and I've very very rarely seen used ones pop up - they're selling (to a point they're out of stock some of the time) but nobody's flipping.