Looking for new distortion/fuzz pedal for my Twin Reverb.

elenore19 said:
I'll look into it. I've always been wary of the DS2. Always heard mixed reviews and always heard that it was really high pitched. But I'll look into it, definitely. Thanks for the advice.

-Elliot
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It can be a bit on the trebly side if you go crazy with the tone control but on say, a Les Paul in the neck pup with the tone rolled back to half it sings.
 
While it doesn't do Fuzz...the Lovekraft Mojo Drive is a very sweet Boost/Crunch pedal.
It has three styles of OD...and with the Volume/Tone/Drive knobs you can dial in a lot of good stuff.
I've used it with all of my amps, and works great on a clean amp setting as well as one already in OD mode.
It's not very expensive either.
 
TelePaul said:
Right, having listened to the samples - think the drums sound good btw - I would say a Boss DS2 is your first port of call. It's a distortion, not a fuzz, but it's capable of far more grit than the sounds you've showcased, it's cheap and it's extremely versatile - you can pile on the gain or pull back and let it 'breath' a little. I'd use that as your benchmark; if you need more conventional 'fuzz' sounds (metallic, ring-modulator-esque tones), try something like this
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So watching youtube videos of this pedal and sound clips here and there...It definitely sounds like a boss pedal. A little too fake in my opinion...It has that background sort of hiss that I always seem to hear with boss pedals. Maybe most distortions actually, that's why I go towards distortion capable fuzz pedals I suppose.

Thanks for the advice though.
 
I've got a lot of distortion and od pedals in my collection,but the best pedal I've used to get nice heavy sounds will all my Fender based amps is my Marshall Blues Breaker II pedal. It can go from light blues to heavy Marshall modded lead tones. Here are some clips made with the pedal using Fenders of amps based on Fender amps.

Sewell Texaverb 25(basically a hotrodded Deluxe Reverb)

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=633883&songID=6366151

'66 Fender Bassman Head:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=633883&songID=5996190

'73 Vibro Champ:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=633883&songID=4866873
 
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