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SoaringTortoise wrote: I will+1 the HP set low/hi. I have built Percolator circuits with lower gain transistors and 2n7000's in the clipping section which have a wonderful sounding cleanish-dirtyish setting. Here is an example. Playing starts at about 1:20.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iqTHQcGYc8[/youtube]

I would suggest having somebody in the Shark Tank build you a one trick pony pedal that just does the cleanish distortion thing. Not a lot of knobs, not a lot of versatility, just one good sound.

rustywire wrote:

SoaringTortoise wrote: I will+1 the HP set low/hi. I have built Percolator circuits with lower gain transistors and 2n7000's in the clipping section which have a wonderful sounding cleanish-dirtyish setting. Here is an example. Playing starts at about 1:20.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iqTHQcGYc8[/youtube]

I would suggest having somebody in the Shark Tank build you a one trick pony pedal that just does the cleanish distortion thing. Not a lot of knobs, not a lot of versatility, just one good sound.

Steampunkish HP-ish, DM-3, frankenstrat, lil badass combo amp, ribbon mic...nice

What I like most about the HP's character is how it amplifies what you already have...retaining so much of your guitar & amp's character...adding more harmonic distortion not just the clipping peaks...which it also does with extreme aggression if desired.
Also how sensitive the strings respond when it's in the circuit. I've yet to feel another fuzz, overdrive or distortion pedal so open & dynamic at the input...yet capable of squashing things into a saturated roaring wall of noise. The gtr-vol-knob-rollback is legendary.

goroth wrote:I have all the ones you're looking at and honestly, they're all great. Work great at volume and they record nicely too. It more depends on the exact feature set you are after as to which to choose, or perhaps what "secondary" or "extended" features you want.
Fuck - crackle
Mini - eq, gets fuzzy
Fairfield - simplicity

Heisenberg - 3 very different flavours of od with some fancy tech and very simple interface
Elements - clean blend, insane gain range, clipping and eq options
Demo tape - huge volume. Super clean to tape input blowing up.

Turn you have fuzzes that do lofi od as well.
Fuzzhugger Arc Flash - goes from clean to amp melting. For real. It sounds like an amp melting. A very true name.
Fuzzhugger suneater - with low gain mod this is a lovely od, but doesn't get as clean as the others.

All of them can do hifi or lofi. All except the barbershop get real dirty.
All are great.

Easy choice huh

SoaringTortoise wrote:I will+1 the HP set low/hi. I have built Percolator circuits with lower gain transistors and 2n7000's in the clipping section which have a wonderful sounding cleanish-dirtyish setting. Here is an example. Playing starts at about 1:20.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iqTHQcGYc8

I would suggest having somebody in the Shark Tank build you a one trick pony pedal that just does the cleanish distortion thing. Not a lot of knobs, not a lot of versatility, just one good sound.

hbombgraphics wrote:the arc flash is a great choice

add lumpy's lemon drop to your list, does a great cleanish dirty amp sound

ThurberMingus wrote:But Fuck. It's soooooo goooooood. If you can get me one, you can get you one (thanks again by the way, you're the best!)

I was doing some ambient drones today with my SK-1 and iPad and I ran everything into the Fuck with the gain set low and it was beautiful, how I imagine tape saturation to sound. You can turn it up and make everything become beautiful liquid goo. Truly fantastic pedal.

Refer to my Instagram account for a clip!