Thread: High gain pedal suggestions?

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Originally Posted by Chito

Check out the Catalinbread SCOD. You want high gain, this pedal can give you all you need.

I have one of these that I haven't yet posted for sale. Coming soon though. Great pedal, just not for me.

What kind of high gain are we talking here?

If you are willing to go as high as the $150 mark used I'd HIGHLY recommend the Diamond Fireburst. It does both smooth distortion sounds (with mid boost engaged) and the raunchier "Muff" type sounds when you're looking for more edge.

The ds-1 isn't actually that great for super high gain, If you ask me the bottom end get's too plastic once you get past Halen territory. Roll the the tone back to 9 or 10 oclock, just enough to lose that treble spike, then max the gain and roll it back until the bottom ends starts to retain some dynamics. If that's not enough gain for ya look elsewhere, or just crank the level into your tube head.

If you can't afford the Riot find a vintage Rat with the LM308 chip, better still one modded by Keeley, but either will do. Small box, big box, doesn't matter. Your search will be over.

Originally Posted by Shiny_Beast

The ds-1 isn't actually that great for super high gain, If you ask me the bottom end get's too plastic once you get past Halen territory. Roll the the tone back to 9 or 10 oclock, just enough to lose that treble spike, then max the gain and roll it back until the bottom ends starts to retain some dynamics. If that's not enough gain for ya look elsewhere, or just crank the level into your tube head.

Yep, that's the problem in a nutshell. Reaching for the level of gain I want, the DS-1 gets all thin and whiney - no guts.

I might try modding it - there's certainly enough info kicking around the net to give it a good shot. It's pretty busted up already, so nothing to lose really.

Catalinbread SCOD sounds like it might do the trick - I hadn't considered that pedal before.

Diamond Fireburst is an interesting idea, but it has that loose and flubby sort of sound, to my ears. Might be useful for some older Sabbath, but not really what I was after at the moment.

Metal Muff is way too modern for my taste, from what I've heard of it.

I'm looking for something more in the 80's modded Marshall territory - Electric Eye, Rock You Like a Hurricane, Ratt's "Round and Round", Whitesnake's "Bad Boys", that sort of thing.

I've seen some demos of Rats that seem ridiculously noisy - not sure if that's typical or not.

Man. There's a 1984 Ibanez SD-9 for sale on here right now for $150. Do yourself a favour and get it. Trust me.