My guitar is tuned to dropped c and I'm looking for a distortion that handles anything from a "djent" tone to some jaw crushing death metal. Thing to consider is amps that I'll be getting in shows can be some shitty digital amp modeling thing with a speaker or a decent amp. If it's even half decent tube amp with even half decent gain than I'll just plug my guitar right in. No pedals needed. The distortion is for 8/10 cases when i have to play through a shitty digital amp with no send and return. Marshall Jackhammer is out of the question because it is no longer in production and it is really hard to get hold of one. Boss DS 1 seems to be a really good option. However i'm not sure if it can handle death metal that well.
I've got a Zakk Wylde OD pedal that sounds pretty decent, and isn't too expensive....but OD/Distortion pedal tastes are very personal, so no matter what anyone recommends...it's up to you to try it out and see if it has the sound you want.
Probably sound awful! You can't really treat a DS1 like a tube amp and try and overdrive it like a tube amp cos it doesn't have preamp tubes, it's just a pretty simple solid state circuit.What do you think of a tube screamer in front of ds1?
If you're serious about it you'll stop just taking whatever amp happens to be available and actually take responsibility for your own tone. Otherwise, it's always just going to be a crapshoot. You might need one pedal for tonight's rig and something completely different tomorrow.
Probably sound awful! You can't really treat a DS1 like a tube amp and try and overdrive it like a tube amp cos it doesn't have preamp tubes, it's just a pretty simple solid state circuit.
I don't have a Tube Screamer but if I get chance I'll try driving a DS1 with an SD1 for you on the weekend to see if it's a tone you think you could work with. I see what you're after, you want something where you can just plug into any old shitty house amp and get something that sounds like "Your Tone"
Exactly man.