42 Best Distortion Boxes Of All Time? Options

[Todd Simpson]

This list is fairly exhaustive and does contain some of my favs. But all time? Anything you can think of they left out?

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the...all-time-398998

[thefireball]

I think they pretty well covered it!

[GregH]

Mosrite Fuzz rite.
They were pretty big in the '60s. They still have a following.
I have one and it works pretty good. I like it better then my Vox Tone Bender.

[Gabriel Leopardi]

I'll send that link to Santa.

[audiopaal]

I might be an idiot, but there were only three pedals in that list I really, really would like to have
But it's a great list for reference though.

I've tried about 20 in that list, and not all of them were great..
Some of them were fantastic though

This post has been edited by audiopaal: Mar 13 2012, 12:11 PM

[ItSME3]

I got a Zvex Fuzz Factory and a TRex Alberta which are both on the list. So I agree with the list


but there is great budget stuff that no one really talks about.


I had a modded Ts 808 for a while which I had to sell for some financial reasons. It was just my thing. So I wanted one again. Some years ago I saw a guy play one of these: and got one right away http://www.musicstore.de/de_DE/EUR/Fame-Sw...-GIT0015022-000

THis budget thing sounded nearly as good as my old Ts808

super cheap (39 Euros) but great. Comes with 3 ICs ( one is similar to the IC used in the Ts808) that you can easily exchange !!!! You get 3 pedals like that.

In this vid I used it with an IC (forgot to mention that in the vid) that gives you less and smooth OD. I use it here more like a booster in front of a clean amp.



It sounds super sweet.

Or here I engage it at about 2 mins with a different IC installed.



This post has been edited by ItSME3: Mar 13 2012, 02:15 PM

[Sensible Jones]

[attachment=26713:zoom_pedals.jpg]
My personal favourite at the moment is the Zoom PD 01 (the silver one) I like it so much I have two of them!!
I also have the rest of the set in this pic!


This post has been edited by Sensible Jones: Mar 14 2012, 12:58 AM

[Todd Simpson]

I think they pretty well covered it!

They certainly hit every pedal I could think of But surely they left a few out?

[attachment=26713:zoom_pedals.jpg]
My personal favourite at the moment is the Zoom PD 01 (the silver one) I like it so much I have two of them!!
I also have the rest of the set in this pice!

NIce! I have not tried these. Are they expensive, and how do they sound?

I got a Zvex Fuzz Factory and a TRex Alberta which are both on the list. So I agree with the list


but there is great budget stuff that no one really talks about.


I had a modded Ts 808 for a while which I had to sell for some financial reasons. It was just my thing. So I wanted one again. Some years ago I saw a guy play one of these: and got one right away http://www.musicstore.de/de_DE/EUR/Fame-Sw...-GIT0015022-000

THis budget thing sounded nearly as good as my old Ts808

super cheap (39 Euros) but great. Comes with 3 ICs ( one is similar to the IC used in the Ts808) that you can easily exchange !!!! You get 3 pedals like that.

In this vid I used it with an IC (forgot to mention that in the vid) that gives you less and smooth OD. I use it here more like a booster in front of a clean amp.



It sounds super sweet.

Or here I engage it at about 2 mins with a different IC installed.

Cool! I"m diggin it!

[Sensible Jones]

NIce! I have not tried these. Are they expensive, and how do they sound?

They vary in price, due to the fact that they are now discontinued, I picked one of my PD 01's up for £25 plus shipping and paid over £60 for the other one! The other three (HL 01, TM 01 and UF 01) all cost between £25 and £70. I have seen them on eBay with BIN prices from £100!!

Soundwise the PD is very similar to an Ibanez TS 09, except that the Zoom is a bit more transparent, the UF 01 (Ultra Fuzz) is a kind of Fuzz Face /Big Muff clone, the HL (Hyper Lead) is very similar to my old Boss OD 2r (Turbo Overdrive) when used in conjunction with a CS 3 and the TM (Tri Metal) is akin to a Metal Muff but not quite as harsh!
Hope that makes some kind of sense!!


Perhaps I should do some sound samples!

This post has been edited by Sensible Jones: Mar 14 2012, 01:00 AM

[steve-rec-freak]

Yeah,

these are 42 nice pedals! But what about the legendary BK Butler Tube Driver?

BK Butler Tube Driver

I have recently bought one of those and I must say : Its AWSOME! Although its not a set and forget pedal. You need to discover it, especially if you have the bias version. But it has such a nice sweet spot...

Famous Players are :

Eric Johnson, Andy Timmons, David Gilmour.

cheers,

S.

[Gary]

Just dug this out of the back of my closet.. I remember buying this is the early 80's so this is not a reissue but the original Rat. Seems these older Rat's have a big following which is pretty cool.



Cheers!
Gary

This post has been edited by Gary: Mar 14 2012, 04:26 AM

[audiopaal]

Just dug this out of the back of my closet.. I remember buying this is the early 80's so this is not a reissue but the original Rat. Seems these older Rat's have a big following which is pretty cool.



Cheers!
Gary

That's a nice pedal mate!
You're lucky to have items like that lying around your closet

[Gary]

That's a nice pedal mate!
You're lucky to have items like that lying around your closet

haha...The other thing I have in there is an original late 60's Fender Super Reverb amp that I bought in like 1979 when I was teen. I think I paid like 225 bucks for it which was prolly all the money I had... turned out to be a decent investment

[Alex Feather]

I really like Zvex effects they are making great pedals at affordable prices!
Also Joyo are good and cheap clones! I like them too!