Anyone have a go-to od/dist pedal?

[Strange Tales]

Skychord Truckloud.

Functions very well on it's own, or behind another pedal. Insane range of sounds for a two knob OD. Can also function as a fantastic clean boost.

[UglyCasanova]

I don't like overdrive in general, but I love my Fuck.

[sonidero]

I still need to Black Forest but yeah if you cant Ele or Mini you aint tryin...

Also Truck Loud is Legit...

Also also a Dwarfcraft Internet can do things...

[PeteeBee]

I use my fuck most of the time and modded rat the rest. Sometimes both.

I really didn't like my distortion +. Might work better with a different everything else, but I couldn't get the sounds I wanted out of it.

[cheesecats]

[tashiattack]

Get someone on here to build you a DAM Sonic Titan clone with a LM386-4 chip. Sounds HUGE. I've tried a tons of pedals over the past few years, and nothing has replaced this yet.

[popvulture]

I'll chime in and say that the Aphelion really is pretty sweet. Definitely a very straightforward OD, but in the top tier for that type of sound, IMHO.

Mini's awesome too, a little more weirdo. Depends on what you want — I like both of em and say you couldn't really go wrong with either. Mini's def a lot cheaper.

[frigid midget]

Mine's the elements. It does everything I did with the Mini and so much more. It's perfect. Plus, the clean-blend lets you creat cool textures when layering with other fuzzes/ODs/distortions.

Used to have one too. Couldn't really afford to keep it at the time, I was in desperate need for a couple extra bucks. I also felt like it was way overkill for me. I mean, it's great to have a versatile do-it-all dirt pedal, but I found myself messing with the switches and controls more than I was actually playing guitar. There's countless really useable sounds inthere, but obviously just one 'preset' switch. And with my two channel amp, the hotcake for low/medium dirt, and four fuzz peds...I really didn't have much use for all that awesomness

Anyway, it wasn't even for sale when someone offered me more for it that what I payed for it brand new. Otherwhise I wouldn't have let my GAS take the best of me again

[frigid midget]

black forest 4 lyfe

for dist i'd defo say elemenenelemenenelemenelemenelemenenemenemenelements

Black Forest: Thin, scratchyl, harsh, no low end...At least on my rig

[frigid midget]

Get someone on here to build you a DAM Sonic Titan clone with a LM386-4 chip. Sounds HUGE. I've tried a tons of pedals over the past few years, and nothing has replaced this yet.

Sonic Titan: Good call. It's just that with my short attention span and serious case of GAS, I kinda have to worry about resale value a bit. Which is why I usually don't mess with diy clones

No somewhat established builders out there that offer anything Sonic Titan-esque?

As for the Boss suggestion: I kinda consider myself to be somewhat of a Boss fan boy, but I'm not wildly in love with their od series, nor most of their other dirt pedals. FZ-3 is okay, but a little too conservative maybe, and the FZ-2 is seriously badass. The OD seriesn and the DS-2 aren't half bad, and neither is the BD-2, but nothing to write home about either imo

Mxr, dod, and way huge seem to have quite a few high gain distortions that shouldn't cost a lot. I don't like the akward size of the Way Huge enclosures though.

[rustywire]

Quit screwing around and check out HPs @Fredric Effects in the UK.
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I don't pick up any of the radio broadcast w/Chuck Collins-built HP...in&around the regional nyc market
But I power it via 9v battery; unsure if that plays a role or not.

[jrmy]

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[prrrfakes]

I always liked Menatone Overdrives. Some of them are pretty weird/interesting, like the Hindenberg.

[tashiattack]

Sonic Titan: Good call. It's just that with my short attention span and serious case of GAS, I kinda have to worry about resale value a bit. Which is why I usually don't mess with diy clones

No somewhat established builders out there that offer anything Sonic Titan-esque?

Surprisingly not many people building anything similar. Fuzzrocious might be the closest. Ram the manparts uses the same chip as the titan. The key here is to use the -4 chip, not the -1. The latter is buzzy. I've used my ST through a traynor YBA-1, and it sounded really good. Retains all the low end and very clear sounding.

I got zzzzzzz to build me a clone for less than $100. Sometimes people on here sell ST clones for less than 60$, and it's pretty easy to flip IMO.

That said, I also recommend the HM-2, particularly the ones made in Japan.

[BoatRich]

I'll second the Fuck for sure, but also something like an HM2 could be pretty good for this on lower settings