Pedals - hard rock sound -DS1 alternatives

darrenw5094

Just don't buy the damn yoke.......and you won't have to worry about sounding like a clatter of wasps.

-=al=-

a clatter of pissed off wasps who just had their hives tramped on by a man who just put 4 pissed off cats into the same room

thats what it sounds like

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Doctor J wrote: »

Cheers man. Those tunes were done with Ampeg VH-140C, the Uber Metal is for when I don't have/can't bring the amp with me

Oh ok. That's a solid state amp, right? How do you think the sound you can get with the Line 6 Uber Metal compares with the Ampeg VH-140C? Do you think it can sound just as good?

Doctor J

Yep, glorious solid state. It's never going to please the amp purists but it's perfect for what I want from it. The Uber Metal doesn't sound as good to my ears, if I had both to use I'd use the Ampeg every time, but I have an unhealthy affection for the Ampeg. It's the best pedal sound from the ones I tried, the likes of the Metalzone, Muffs, H&K Warp Factor, Dod. The Uber Metal has the most useable mids of the pedals I tried and it translates well across a load of different amps. On the Ampeg I only have the gain at about 3, 4 at the most, I go for a crunch rather than overly thick distortion and the Uber Metal has a similar sweet point where it's nice and crunchy without the mush of too much distortion. Some of our stuff is as low as dropped A and it keeps it nice and clear, again some of the other pedals got a bit mushy at lower tunings.

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Cool, that's a big help, thanks for your thoughts. I think I may just go for one of those Ubel Metal pedals. I'm pretty sure I can get a decent sound from it with the rest of the gear I have.

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Just want to say that I got a Line 6 Uber Metal today - it's amazing! It's the best distortion pedal I've ever had! You can pretty much get any sound you want from it. It sounds better than what I got from driving the bejaysus out of my tubes. Perfect for hard rock, metal..grunge.. anything. I'd highly recommend this pedal. It's versatile enough to please everybody. I think I'm going to marry it.

Doctor J

Good stuff. Get a room

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Hey everyone, I'm sorry to keep dragging this thread up, but I don't want to waste space with a new one.

I just have a quick question:

Is it OK to use my universal power supply with the Line 6 Uber Metal? In the past, I used to have Boss pedals and I had the correct adaptor, so I've never had to ask this.

I have a power adapter capable of 1200mA, 12V, but the pedal only requires a small fraction of that (something like 30mA, 9V). I won't go blowing it or anything will I? Sorry if this seems like a silly question, but I don't want to take any chances.

Sounds great I must say, but dang, it really eats batteries!

68 lost souls

Nope, you have to get the voltages to match. 9v pedals need a 9v power supply.

Red Sleeping Beauty

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Hey everyone, I'm sorry to keep dragging this thread up, but I don't want to waste space with a new one.

I just have a quick question:

Is it OK to use my universal power supply with the Line 6 Uber Metal? In the past, I used to have Boss pedals and I had the correct adaptor, so I've never had to ask this.

I have a power adapter capable of 1200mA, 12V, but the pedal only requires a small fraction of that (something like 30mA, 9V). I won't go blowing it or anything will I? Sorry if this seems like a silly question, but I don't want to take any chances.

Sounds great I must say, but dang, it really eats batteries!

Is it some sort of generic power adapter from Argos, Maplin or Power City ? THe ones with the "adjustable" voltage ? If so, it's unregulated and a bit like shagging without a johnny... there's a risk there of too much power getting through and your pedal taking off like a space shuttle launch gone wrong.

If it's just a 12V adapter by god don't go plugging it in to your pedal. Get rechargable batteries

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Yeah the power supply is adjustable between 12v, 9v, 7.5v, 4.5v, 3v and 1.5v if I remember correctly. It seems like a fairly decent one - I ordered it through Peats.

68 lost souls

Ah k. Sorry I didnt get that it was interchangable. Thought it was just 12v. Make sure aswell the polarity is correct. The old +-(0-- signs are important to check. Ive used one of those befor ebut got a horrible sound off them, as was said already generaly they are not regulatred. When it says 9v it may not actually be if you get me.

Doctor J

The answer is yes. It's a 9V pedal, it takes a 9V battery. The Boss PSU works.

Red Sleeping Beauty

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Yeah the power supply is adjustable between 12v, 9v, 7.5v, 4.5v, 3v and 1.5v if I remember correctly. It seems like a fairly decent one - I ordered it through Peats.

I've got one of them, they're not designed for audio use. I don't like using it, it hums and it's not totally safe.

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Well, I tried it out. I made sure the polarity, voltage etc was correct and hooked everything up. When the green light failed to come on I felt a cold chill and yanked out the power as quick as I could. I haven't tried it again with a battery... just hope it's not fried! :eek: I don't know - maybe I put the wrong size connector on, and it wasn't making contact, but I don't think I wanna try again!

It's just a shame that power supplies don't come as standard with these pedals. They build them so slim these days.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Maplin sell a power supply transformer that'll power most standard effects pedals.

You could also search for a "1spot"


Here's some good reading material here :
http://www.stinkfoot.se/andreas/diy/power/list.htm

http://www.stinkfoot.se/andreas/diy/power/psu.htm