Thread: High gain pedal suggestions?

Originally Posted by prodigal_son

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.

Originally Posted by iaresee

+1 to that!

+1 to that too! No affiliation with the...wait a minute, that's my pedal! Thanks for the recommendation!

But in the interest of offering a viewpoint that doesn't directly benefit me, I also have to +1 the Rat recommendation, especially if you can find an older one with the LM308 chip. I had a small-box 80's Rat for a while and it whupped! I can't compare it to the SD-9 because it was too long ago, but both pedals sounded awesome during their respective stays on my pedalboard.

Try changing the input cap to something smaller, in theory it should let you max the gain with the tone down without the bottom end getting all thumpy.

The Radial Bones London is very tweakable and 2 channel. The second channel has more mids and is fatter sounding. Has separate volume control for each channel so can use as a boost or second channel. 3 setting for mid and treble boost depending on what you amp/cab needs or what you want to add. Used one for a while and have one to sell if interested.

If you have an fx loop in your amp, buy an MXR 10 band eq, and put that in it. You can get some great heavy tones with that, just takes a little messin' around... but at least it would be usable later in life too, incase you get away from heavy.

Originally Posted by Greg Ellis

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.

Just to note- with the MID BOOST engaged, the Fireburst *really* tightens up in the bottom end and alters the character of the pedal. Think modded JCM800 tones. The other thing about the Fireburst is there is a silly amount of gain on tap. To my ear, the best sounds are in the first half of the gain pot range.

*disclaimer- I am affiliated with Diamond Pedals but please take my comments in the unbiased manner that they were offered. It's not my goal to sell anyone anything.

So like you I have been looking for a new distortion. Its well documented that I love the J&H, but its too big for my board. So, that said I was checking my options before I just go out and buy Son of Hyde. I FOUND IT!! Its like an angel singing! Its like a Demon Screaming! Its the Pocket Metal Muff that owns the trudge im looking for (based on that video)!!!!

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I've always liked the Marshall bluesbreaker II Pedal, Ibanez TS808 if you can find one or the SD9, and Fulltone Mosfet pedal. Any one of those three would be a good fit.

I'd try a Fulltone OCD, lots of gain