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Im on the market for a new distortion pedal any opinions. so far i've tried the danelectro BLACK LICORICE and a BOSS MEGA DISTORTION.

both were good but looking for something with more versatility. iwant to be able to go from classic rock to full on metal!!!

I have a boss mega... it sounded great in the store... sounds awful against my new hot rod deville 410!

I honestly think a pro co rat does what you are talking about quite well.

It really CAN nail a great metal sound, and if you back off the gain you can def get into some cool crunch/classic tones.

go to youtube and check other pedals but here's a pro co rat demo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grol8Vr84o8

Out of all of those, I'd buy the Metal Muff first. I wouldn't even touch the DigiTech stuff... other than the Whammy, nothing DigiTech ever made has wowed me.

The trick to really nice distortion is EQ though. Stick a nice EQ in front of your distortion (maybe the BOSS GE-7 or the MXR M109 or 108). Have a friend play your guitar while you play around with the EQ and the tone stack on your amp (just set everything in the middle of the distortion pedal for now). You'll learn a lot more about how to dial-in a killer distortion tone this way.

A couple you may want to consider are the classic DS-1, TubeScreamer, Rat, and the regular Big Muff Pi. Most of the bands you mentioned use those, not the "metal" pedals.


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DS-1.

Boss Metal Zone Mt2 is great. It has a 3 band EQ too.. ABout $90 new or $40 used

rodfogle wrote:Boss Metal Zone Mt2 is great. It has a 3 band EQ too.. ABout $90 new or $40 used

don't forget the mid frequency control... can't live without that one


I use an Mt2 for metal, and a visual sound V2 route 66 for classic rock.

dizzizz wrote:

rodfogle wrote:Boss Metal Zone Mt2 is great. It has a 3 band EQ too.. ABout $90 new or $40 used

don't forget the mid frequency control... can't live without that one


I use an Mt2 for metal, and a visual sound V2 route 66 for classic rock.

No one would ever know since you have no music.

Capt. Scott wrote:

dizzizz wrote:

rodfogle wrote:Boss Metal Zone Mt2 is great. It has a 3 band EQ too.. ABout $90 new or $40 used

don't forget the mid frequency control... can't live without that one


I use an Mt2 for metal, and a visual sound V2 route 66 for classic rock.

No one would ever know since you have no music.

I'm working on it. I can't get anything to record the way I want it to. Have some patience, it's coming.


sometime.

dizzizz wrote:

Capt. Scott wrote:

dizzizz wrote:

rodfogle wrote:Boss Metal Zone Mt2 is great. It has a 3 band EQ too.. ABout $90 new or $40 used

don't forget the mid frequency control... can't live without that one


I use an Mt2 for metal, and a visual sound V2 route 66 for classic rock.

No one would ever know since you have no music.

I'm working on it. I can't get anything to record the way I want it to. Have some patience, it's coming.


sometime.

Too bad you are so far away, I am just finishing a needed overhaul of my lousy pc w/cakewalk sonar 6. (it's been a long, strange trip)

If you were closer and I liked your music, I'd record/master it for nothing.

Capt. Scott wrote:

dizzizz wrote:

Capt. Scott wrote:

dizzizz wrote:

rodfogle wrote:Boss Metal Zone Mt2 is great. It has a 3 band EQ too.. ABout $90 new or $40 used

don't forget the mid frequency control... can't live without that one


I use an Mt2 for metal, and a visual sound V2 route 66 for classic rock.

No one would ever know since you have no music.

I'm working on it. I can't get anything to record the way I want it to. Have some patience, it's coming.


sometime.

Too bad you are so far away, I am just finishing a needed overhaul of my lousy pc w/cakewalk sonar 6. (it's been a long, strange trip)

If you were closer and I liked your music, I'd record/master it for nothing.

Well, thanks for the offer anyway. I appreciate it.

I'm hoping to get something done tomorrow, I think i'll have enough time to do 300 takes and rage at my mac and do 300 more.

Are you layering or just trying to get 1 good take?


i.e.

If I am writing, I layer.

If I am re-recording, I am trying to get my part(s) on 1 good take/whole shebang right the first time..

Layering/sequencing is easier.

I'm not too good with getting everything lined up right, so I have to do one good take on guitar... some MIDI drums... Bass track over all that.

dizzizz wrote:I'm not too good with getting everything lined up right, so I have to do one good take on guitar... some MIDI drums... Bass track over all that.

That's layering, because you add 1 layer at a time..

Unless I have it wrong and ? (always possible these days)

oh, i thought you meant like trying to string two sections of guitar together into one. Yeah, I'm layering.

90 dB wrote:DS-1.

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