Dom_JEM Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 any good distortion pedals out there good for this? sorta...steve lukather, Neil Schon and doug aldrich tone gotta love glam rock tone yet another lovely "how can i get this tone?" thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 The Boss MZ-2 Digital Metalizer. Distortion and Chorus or Distortion and Delay all in one pedal. Just add hair spray. Info: http://www.bossarea.com/loadpage.asp?file=boxes/mz-2.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_JEM Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 anything thats just a distortion pedal? i already have some good delay and chorus pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 This... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn8DwTeq1wo Now bow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 This guy has massive brown tone .... The first 32 seconds of the vid sounds insane ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ufDQjNO_c&feature=more_related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 NO!!!! Don't get this pedal! It sounds awful! I have it and it's a $40 waste of money. Do what dem00n said and get the No Brainer. I think it's just what your looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 The term "80's tone" covers a lot of ground. Still, I'd say a ProCo Ratt pedal might be the ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 NO!!!! Don't get this pedal! It sounds awful! I have it and it's a $40 waste of money. Do what dem00n said and get the No Brainer. I think it's just what your looking for. Well, that's interesting. The DS-1 was probably one of the most used distortion pedals in the '80s. It was also used on countless hit records. So I couldn't disagree more. I think it sounds great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhLn2lzE9E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGCZ1FPAGgs Doug's gear The Boss ToneLab LE has an excellent "80's Tone" setting, among many others. Might check out GuitarGeek.com to see who uses what.... like the Boss DS-2 and ProCo Rat ii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnastynebr Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 NO!!!! Don't get this pedal! It sounds awful! I have it and it's a $40 waste of money. Do what dem00n said and get the No Brainer. I think it's just what your looking for. Maybe its not the pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Maybe its not the pedal. [lol] [lol] .............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 80's tone and no one mentioned a tube screamer??? The Hair metal part pretty much = Start Style guitar with a Duncan JB, Into A Tube Screamer into PQ3 (The secret weapon) , Into Marshall. Tah Dah!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 NO!!!! Don't get this pedal! It sounds awful! I have it and it's a $40 waste of money. Do what dem00n said and get the No Brainer. I think it's just what your looking for. Meh....It's not bad I had one I liked a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjay777 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Marshall amp and the good 'ol Tube Screamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Maybe its not the pedal. Oh trust me, it was definitely the pedal. The thing was horrible. I just couldn't manage to get a decent tone out of it. I just replaced it with a Big Muff Pi. And it was like BAM! Amazing distortion and sustain at the click of a button. It was pedal, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 This oughta get you into 80s rock territory... 80's Rack on eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canon_mutant Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I thought 80s tone was all about curly perms, hair spray, and lots of cocaine . . . Didn't realize you could blame it on specific effects pedals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 This oughta get you into 80s rock territory... 80's Rack on eBay Oh No, not the ADA pre! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Oh No, not the ADA pre! Oh, yeah! I actually used to get some pretty good tones out of mine by using a speaker sim (Redbox) on it. The factory presets were buzzy, but with some tweaking (and the Redbox) it was tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Well, that's interesting. The DS-1 was probably one of the most used distortion pedals in the '80s. It was also used on countless hit records. So I couldn't disagree more. I think it sounds great! The DS-1 used to be made in Japan in the 80's, some say the Taiwan made version is not that great in comparison. If you look on eBay the Japan version is probably going for more $$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_JEM Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 the tone in this vid is jus sexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 The Dinosaur Rock site gives a pretty good rundown of Doug Aldrich's tone (and a lot of others too). Check it out... http://www.dinosaurrockguitar.com/new/node/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Oh, yeah! I actually used to get some pretty good tones out of mine by using a speaker sim (Redbox) on it. The factory presets were buzzy, but with some tweaking (and the Redbox) it was tight. Damn missed this one. Yes they were all over the place in the 80's and early 90's. I never owned one but had some friends that did and they got pretty good tones out of them. We sold them at the music store I worked on and I was able to get a pretty convincing Judas Priest tone out of it using an EQ before the pre-amp and an EQ after the pre-amp. Boost the mids in and suck them back out after the pre and they sounded pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 The DS-1 used to be made in Japan in the 80's, some say the Taiwan made version is not that great in comparison. If you look on eBay the Japan version is probably going for more $. I think you may be right on this one. The one I had I got in the early 80's and sounded very good in front of a Solid State amp. I picked up a new one cheap a year or so ago and didn't like it at all but I figured it was due to running into a tube amp or that my ears and taste have changed. Probably a combo of all of the above..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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