MXR doubleshot distortion

gzdamien

anyone ever used one of these..? are they really that good and is the annoyance factor from not being able to use a battery worth the difference from a regular MXR distortion+? does anywhere in dublin carry them..? can anyone reccomend a similarly amazing distortion pedal?

gzdamien

no takers? what about other distortion pedal reccomendations?
should i be looking for an expensive valve distortion pedal instead ? (i'm going through a 70s marshall valve amp)

Doctor J

Meh, not a big pedal fan tbh. What's wrong with the amp?

Edit -> Maybe have a look at the Line 6 Distortion Modeller?

Mr. CooL ICE

Valve amp distortion is the way forward. The only time I'd recommend using a pedal is for doing leads, and you want the extra few decibels to jump out from the other guitar.

Thats if there are two guitars

gzdamien

my amp unfortunatly doesn't have anywhere near enough overdrive power for the kind of music we're playing.. you can get valve distortion pedals though, right..?

bombidol

yeah theres a mesa boogie valve pedal. OR you could get one of the new RAT pedals that has all the Rats in it. ive been looking for one for a while.
Easpa Mesa yeah?

Doctor J

Normally I'd agree with you that tube is the way forward, but not in a pedal. Tube pedals don't sound as good as a tube amp. Try the Line 6 stuff, I was stunned by how good it actually is. I was put off by the whole digital thing initially until I actually listened to it.

SirLemonhead

Pedals work well with a tube amp if you use them as an input gain booster

feylya

Doctor J wrote:

Normally I'd agree with you that tube is the way forward, but not in a pedal. Tube pedals don't sound as good as a tube amp. Try the Line 6 stuff, I was stunned by how good it actually is. I was put off by the whole digital thing initially until I actually listened to it.

I'm gonna disagree with you there. I listened to the Uber Metal video on the Line 6 site and I think it sounds terrible.

Doctor J

How dare you!

Nah, get a go of it yourself and toy around, the Line 6 folks know what they're doing. Default settings always suck balls.

feylya

Hmm, so Peavey Bandit II or a Line 6 Spider 2 210? You must CHOOSE!

Doctor J

You can check through my posts, I've recommended Peavey many, many times, but nobody listens. Gimme amp distortion anyday. But when it comes to pedals there is a distinct lack of real quality compared to quantity. I think the Line 6 folk are better than most, but it is all down to personal preference at the end of the day.

feylya

Hmm, never had good experiences with the pods...

gzdamien

dont mean to drag this one on to infinity but i've heard that these lads http://www.carlmartin.com are pretty top notch and this one http://www.carlmartin.com/Images/Hdb_MK3.jpg is particularly this ****. anyone ever use one.. ?

Doctor J

You should maybe check out.... wait for it everybody... http://www.chrisguitars.com/

he has a few boutique distortions on his site for very reasonable prices.

dabhoys

yeah the peavey solid state amps have a nice distortion. I was very impressed with them

The bandits are excellent too. Peavey are well worth it.

It wasn't me!

Methinks I be getting a Boss OD-2R off Chris at Christmas.