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Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:56 am
by dub
Uncle Grandfather wrote:I don't know if you're being serious or not, but it surprises me that Systech isn't mentioned more on the forums, and as far as I know only one of their pedals has been cloned and is now a production model...its been promoted by dweezil zappa, as the pedal in question was a favorite of Frank's. Frank used a couple systech pedals but the harmonic energizer got all the hype. systech had a full range of very interesting pedals that shared a unique vision. as far as i know, i own all of their production pedals, but its hard to find much solid info. their envelope repeater pedal is pretty wild. anyhoo.
You should send some photos of your envelope repeater to Bart for his archive, seems he's lacking that one.
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/sy ... perepeaterFredric Effects do a Harmonic Energizer clone too, paired with a (one knob?) IC muff fuzz.
http://www.fredric.co.uk/do-the-weasel- ... izer-clone
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:08 am
by t-rey
samzadgan wrote:so just as another option…recently i bought an MXR Super Badass Distortion…i have to say, it is one of the best distortion pedals i've had…i would even go so far to say its a little better than the SLOstortion I have. It covers a lot of ground and sounds amp like to me…oh yeah, and its fuckin loud…basically with distortion at 3 o'clock, the volume has to be at 9 o'clock!
Interesting. MXR has been putting out some sweet shit recently. You should check out the LA Machine - its a Foxx Tone Machine clone that they are only selling in the EU and Australia.
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:10 am
by Iommic Pope
t-rey wrote:samzadgan wrote:so just as another option…recently i bought an MXR Super Badass Distortion…i have to say, it is one of the best distortion pedals i've had…i would even go so far to say its a little better than the SLOstortion I have. It covers a lot of ground and sounds amp like to me…oh yeah, and its fuckin loud…basically with distortion at 3 o'clock, the volume has to be at 9 o'clock!
Interesting. MXR has been putting out some sweet shit recently. You should check out the LA Machine - its a Foxx Tone Machine clone that they are only selling in the EU and Australia.
Just watched a demo of the super badass....that was actually pretty cool. Are you stacking it with anything Sam?
That La machine was ok...not for me though.
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:41 am
by moose23
Wonder is there much similarity between the Super Badass on the Quantum Mystic.
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:14 am
by Uncle Grandfather
The Crowther Prunes and Custard is a box full of kick ass.
here, let Fuzz Box Girl show you
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMTuftnWQNw[/youtube]
and here with less emphasis on the "effect"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQJMQMVsrnk[/youtube]
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:05 pm
by t-rey
Been a long time since I've seen Fuzzbox Girl mentioned
Pedal sounds cool, but it's one of those things where I like those tones when other people use them, but not when I use them.
In other news I have a SS/BS Mini that should be arriving on Wednesday. Pretty pumped about that.
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:02 pm
by sergiomunoz74
I actually never likes the iron horse sounded kinda too fuzzy for my tastes. I now use my germanium rat wth double reutz woth moderate gain and volume with my moog delay drive knob slightly higher so it doesn't clip when I'm playing clean but starts clipping the second the rat is on. Sound massive and heavy even with my nocaster bridge pickup.
Complicated I know but at least black acid is just cranked all knobs at ten.
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:09 pm
by t-rey
The Mini got here today and I really, really like it. Sounds a lot like how an amp breaks up and compliments the Elements well.
But I still want to try out another Rat. And the Quantum Mystic. And an Ape Blaster. I feel like I'm down the rabbit hole again with dirt pedals
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:36 am
by samzadgan
congrats mate.
so here's another one to add to your list...just heard the new Visual Sounds distortion pedal called the Experimental Overdrive...it sounds pretty sweet...and seems to be very versatile, a little too versatile for my likings, but looks good none-the-less.
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:59 pm
by crohny
Ancient Astronaught wrote:The Quantum Mystic is a no brainer if you like to palm mute. Like seriously its mind blowing how good it is for that. Abolutely the most pleased I've been in a long time with a non tube distortion.
The mini is an amazing OD and far more versatile than the Mantra and grittier than the BF. A lot better high gain tones and smoother low gains tones, if you want really low gain OD though the mantra is hard to beat.
Rat's are always a good pedal to have, I really liked the Fuzzrocious Rat Tail I tried the other week. It had the most natural sound to me.
No experience with the DLS.
Looks like I need to hit up Mark for a QM now. Son of a bitch.
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:40 am
by John Matrix
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:55 pm
by t-rey
Yep - Acid Pig is on the short list.
There will be a Zap Machine under mah Christmas tree, which I'm pretty pumped about. Next up would be Quantum Mystic. Then try another rat. Then get off the motherfucking internet so I can stop finding dirt pedals to try.
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:04 am
by Uncle Grandfather
t-rey wrote:Yep - Acid Pig is on the short list.
There will be a Zap Machine under mah Christmas tree, which I'm pretty pumped about. Next up would be Quantum Mystic. Then try another rat. Then get off the motherfucking internet so I can stop finding dirt pedals to try.
Congrats on the Zap, I'm just getting familiar with mine. It has such a refined tone. Enjoy
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:19 am
by kbit
Rat Tail > Iron Pig personally.
I felt like there wasn't much change in the Iron Pig's sound when I tweaked the settings, and there was a substantial loss of low end on all settings.
None of these issues with the Rat Tail, plus the 2 clipping knobs are super helpful in sculpting the sound.
But the Iron Pig did have a pretty brash/intense vibe, so it could work for you!
Re: Distortion Pedals Redux
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:47 pm
by John Matrix
kbithecrowing wrote:Rat Tail > Iron Pig personally.
I felt like there wasn't much change in the Iron Pig's sound when I tweaked the settings, and there was a substantial loss of low end on all settings.
None of these issues with the Rat Tail, plus the 2 clipping knobs are super helpful in sculpting the sound.
But the Iron Pig did have a pretty brash/intense vibe, so it could work for you!
I don't really notice any loss of of low end with the Iron Pig, but I do agree that the different clipping modes aren't really that different from one another. It also depends which amp I'm using. If I play it into my Concert Lead (basically a clean amp) it sounds a bit tinny and farty at times. Into my Beta Lead however, its all gravy. The Beta already has awesome sounding distortion built in but the pig adds another layer of color to it and blasts it into super mean territory.
