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Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:48 am
by jfrey
I'd want some kind of triple overdrive/fuzz/distortion pedal. I don't know what exactly.
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:19 pm
by Wes Mantooth
jfrey wrote:I'd want some kind of triple overdrive/fuzz/distortion pedal. I don't know what exactly.
Empress Multidrive?
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:21 pm
by jfrey
Wes Mantooth wrote:jfrey wrote:I'd want some kind of triple overdrive/fuzz/distortion pedal. I don't know what exactly.
Empress Multidrive?
Maybe. Never used one before.
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:24 pm
by dr.morton
PTP Tromboner.
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:31 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
Out of stuff I've owned and tried, SS/SS TAFM. It's my 'go to' fuzz sound and it's pretty versatile. A gnomeratron VTF might change my mind though, they look pretty nice.
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:56 pm
by sylnau
Liquid Gain Hydra
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:36 pm
by adrianlee
If it's one box I'd say the hoof reaper. 3 pedals in one!
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:49 pm
by foomanfat
I think I would go with my JHS modded big box Rat RI. Pretty versatile piece of pedal with lots of tones that I like.
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:53 pm
by Jero
Out of the things I've used/own...absynth 5k.
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:56 pm
by Fuzzy Picklez
A RAT for sure.
You can seriously pull a ton of sounds out of them.
They rule.
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:00 pm
by Jero
Hate this thread...wanting rat again
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:08 pm
by Achtane
Arc Flash
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:13 pm
by hclapp219
Hmm, this is tough, but probably the Dream Crusher for me.
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:16 pm
by dubkitty
my ancient MXR Distortion+, now and forever. it does nicey overdrive, it does late-70s Garcia, it does Rust Never Sleeps-era Neil Young, it does Wall Of Husker Du...basically anything that sounds like an amp with 6Lx tubes being harmed. and it does all that before you get past 12:00 on the Distortion knob. it doesn't do the enormous fat "English" Marshall-y Tone Bender/Muff/Kevin Shields thing so well, which is a bummer, but since my Laney VC30 has the low-frequency Greenbacks i can cop some of the British sound by manipulating the amp. i've found that even with all the fuzz/distortion on my board--i just took two fuzzies off but still have three fuzzes and a boost in addition to the D+--i still use the D+ 60% of the time i have a fuzz switched on. it has a wonderful just enough/not too much quality about it where you can wind it up to screaming ferocity without losing definition. if i was going to criticize it for anything i'd complain that it gets thin when the distortion is cranked way up, but isn't that true of 90% of the dirtz on the market? note: mine is a block-logo D+ circa late 70s which i bought used c.1983, and is the only one i've ever played; i may have just gotten a really good one, and the others may all suck stones. i have no idea at all whether the modern ones are any cop whatsoever.
Re: If you could have only one dirt pedal..
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:21 pm
by devnulljp
Without a second's though, Red Rooster.