The Big Dirty Survey 2007

Post by **Mike** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:59 am

Johno wrote:If I really want to 'kick her back doors in'

NURSE!

vivadeluxxe · Post by **vivadeluxxe** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:00 pm

Johno wrote:Well I normally use a bit of OD, though if i'm feeling a bit dirtier I'll use the Drivemaster set to Distortion & If I really want to 'kick her back doors in' then I'll use the KenMulti Fuzz - it's pure filth!

KenMulti Fuzz?!? Is it so bad that it's good?
I once bought 5 KenMulti pedals for about ?10 the lot and they all sounded terrible...

Post by **Doog** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:08 pm

KenMulti still sounds like a food blender manufacturer to me..

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:12 pm

Johno wrote:if i'm feeling a bit dirtier I'll use the Drivemaster set to Distortion

Another Drivemaster user. Always good to see people using this under praised pedal.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:39 pm

vivadeluxxe wrote:
Johno wrote:Well I normally use a bit of OD, though if i'm feeling a bit dirtier I'll use the Drivemaster set to Distortion & If I really want to 'kick her back doors in' then I'll use the KenMulti Fuzz - it's pure filth!
KenMulti Fuzz?!? Is it so bad that it's good?
I once bought 5 KenMulti pedals for about ?10 the lot and they all sounded terrible...

So bad its good? Well it could be i've nothing to compare it & its my first fuzz, I'm pretty happy with it. The tone control is not bad, get nice bass or bee in a tin style fuzzness. Shame the case is cheapo plastic.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:43 pm

euan wrote:
Johno wrote:if i'm feeling a bit dirtier I'll use the Drivemaster set to Distortion
Another Drivemaster user. Always good to see people using this under praised pedal.

I know man, really versatile pedal & cheap as chips 2nd hand. Love mine to bits, good OD good Distortion & If pushed Fuzz. Plus having Bass/Middle/Treble controls make it a definate keeper, great used as a boost when you need to cut through the mix. Needless to say the Tubescreamer is not getting much use at the mo.

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:38 pm

I can't believe DS-1 is not an option in this poll.

SLOAN!

RichieDagger · Post by **RichieDagger** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:01 pm

Distortion pedal.

Only because my amp's overdrive/distortion is terrible.

And I can't afford a fuzz pedal. If I could, I'd probably say fuzz.

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:28 pm

I like to run my tremolux on 6-7, which has a nice smooth breakup....then goose it with an od,boost or fuzz when more gain is needed.

Jesse · Post by **Jesse** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:52 pm

This was tough. I've been using a fair amount of all of my fuzz/dist/OD pedals. I just put distortion, for simplicity.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:06 pm

I went with Marshall valve o/d. True germanium fuzz is great and just as versatile......a close second.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:22 pm

EL34s are on a late SURGE!

handen · Post by **handen** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:28 pm

i dont now fuck all about those amps

i just crank my ampeg on clean with the neck pup on to get those chunk-gnarley sounds

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:32 pm

Uh. Poll is messed up. I voted for the last one, and it registered for the first.

Currently I'm using Rat pedals for boost to overdrive my Vox 12ax7 preamp tube in a Vox Cambridge. No powertube crunchy for me.

Soon (as in once i finish that damn tremolo pedal) I want to revisit my distortion needs. I'm going to first modify my second Rat build, I want to switch the one LED with a symmetrical diode clipping, and change the cap value in the feedback loop. I built it for a wide frequency range but I'm getting way too much bass and the thing gets woolly too easily. Lowering that cap a bit should clear that, maybe arrange it with a pseudo-variable cap setup. I was also considering another footswitch to switch a parallel resistor with the gain pot, so I can set it to "low" mode, crank the gain for OD, then hit the stomper for full Dist gain.

My other project after that is something I've had cooking in my head for doing something like the Red Llama but with some additions, so I can do simple overdrive-to-fuzz with it a la the old DOD Punkifier. OD + blendable Fuzz sounds great to me. Either that or building a Punkifier clone, sort of, but instead of the Tubescreamer for OD I think I'll use something like the Peppermill or Odie from runoffgroove.

deadonkey · Post by **deadonkey** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:52 pm

i love the twin model on my valvetronix with the gain nearly cranked.

i dunno what kinda tubes my Roost 50 has, i guess the same as whatever goes in a hiwatt, cos that's what it sounds like. and that's what it's meant to be.

Post by **Doog** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:00 pm

I though Roosts were Marshall copies?

James · Post by **James** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:01 pm

Rat is distortion right?

I usually set the overdrive channel on my amp to a sort of soft crunch, with quite a bit of low mid. Just enough that played softly it cleans up, but theres a few overdriven harmonics underneath it still. Then I set a distortion on top of that to have quite a bright sound (either a rat or a sansamp classic) and set it so its a bit filthy if you hit the strings hard, but you can get a semi-clean sound playing softly. It's been the Rat more than the Sansamp lately, but then ive had the rat for less than a month.

Dirt pedals responding well to dynamics is a definite FTW

deadonkey · Post by **deadonkey** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:03 pm

Doog wrote:I though Roosts were Marshall copies?

that's not what i was told, but i'm just guessing because it's dressed up like a hiwatt and sounds like what i imagine a hiwatt to sound like.

tbh, it doesn't bother me what it's meant to copy, i like how it breaks up when i play hard and it was dirt cheap.

aen · Post by **aen** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:40 pm

OD Dist and fuzz, but if i had to choose one forever and ever, it'd be an OD.

Mr Mustache · Post by **Mr Mustache** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:41 pm

I went to voted for the last option but it poped up that i voted for the Orange overdrive!

i do love Orange's OD, but i don't have one so

My little Alamo am is really kicking ass when i crank it up to 10!

i need a boost pedal to get some more dirt out of her! but i also like my Fab Overdrive to add a little more. Also i am using my FZ-7 for some added fun. i am waiting to get my russian big muff back from a friend i miss it!

oh and i want another rams head logo big muff damnit why the hell did i have to go and sell that! errrr

The Big Dirty Survey 2007

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