Any Boss DS-1 users? What's it good for?
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It's good for sounding nasty. If gritty fuzzy buzzy "distortion" is your sound, it's perfect. I think they're probably best suited to be used on a clean channel or SS amp. If you want a more classic, traditional overdriven tube sound, that pedal is not the ticket.
Yeah that must be it. They're great pedals that nobody knows how to use. That's why people can't give them away or have to totally mod them to make them halfway decent.
Or maybe your tone wasn't what you thought it was.
GONZO-X
Well-known member
if i thought it was worth the trouble,
i'd post something.
in fact,
if someone really wants to hear a great example of what can be done with a stock DS-1, PM me and i'll send you clips.
steve vai is one of the earliest DS-1 users i know of, maybe there are others....
trust me greg, i know good tone when i hear it.
i'd post something.
in fact,
if someone really wants to hear a great example of what can be done with a stock DS-1, PM me and i'll send you clips.
steve vai is one of the earliest DS-1 users i know of, maybe there are others....
trust me greg, i know good tone when i hear it.
This.
GONZO-X
Well-known member
yea,
vai sounds like vai even when he's playing thru a soldano or a bogner xtc.
obviously, it's not the gear.
Well, I don't want to get into the pissing match, but at least I'm not the only one who doesn't care for it. I thought maybe I just wasn't dialing it in right.
Vai may be an incredible technical player, but he doesn't really do anything for me. I'm pretty much anti-shred. I'm not knocking it, it's just not my cup of tea.
And if I have to buy a 'gainy' Mesa Boogie to get this pedal to sound good, then I guess I'll just have to move on to another pedal.
Vai may be an incredible technical player, but he doesn't really do anything for me. I'm pretty much anti-shred. I'm not knocking it, it's just not my cup of tea.
And if I have to buy a 'gainy' Mesa Boogie to get this pedal to sound good, then I guess I'll just have to move on to another pedal.
All of this X 1000000.
What are you looking for in a pedal that has you curious about the DS-1?
GONZO-X
Well-known member
hm.
i always thought of pedals as 'color', not the soul source of my sound.
when i said boogie, that could easily have been a heavily driven fender twin, or bassman......
could have been a cleaned up marshall with some drive.
and applying a little pedal gives it a different eq, and a different color.
i think you guys should get out more.
Lol. Defensive much? Get over yourself. It's great that you like the DS-1. No one's coming to take it away from you. Let those with more discerning tastes have their opinions too without your silly butthurt.
dragonworks
Banned
boss pedals are like war, they are good for absolutely nothing.
Bubba po
Tiny Stonehenge Moment
They might be useful in hand-to-hand combat.
My one and only pedal is the TC Electronic Nova system. Strictly for live work - it's superb.
Tadpui
Well-known member
There are several Boss pedals that I like. The DS-1 is not one of them.
Bang for buck, Boss has some nice offerings. Although they've gotten more expensive over the years so that margin is disappearing.
I love the switches in Boss pedals, they're gigantic and hard to miss with your toe.
Bang for buck, Boss has some nice offerings. Although they've gotten more expensive over the years so that margin is disappearing.
I love the switches in Boss pedals, they're gigantic and hard to miss with your toe.
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
I had a DS1 ..... only pedal I've ever had that was totally useless for anything I could discover.
Gave it away and I don't ever give stuff away.
I suppose if you turned the gain all the way off and used it to push the front end of an amp you might get something non-sucky ........ but I've often described it as the absolute worst 'bees-in-a-can' mosquito fuzz ever!
Gave it away and I don't ever give stuff away.
I suppose if you turned the gain all the way off and used it to push the front end of an amp you might get something non-sucky ........ but I've often described it as the absolute worst 'bees-in-a-can' mosquito fuzz ever!
GONZO-X
Well-known member
lol