Overdrives/distortions

sour d · November 14, 2009, 09:28:12 PM

What are you using for overdrive/distortion? My wife says I have a problem with pedals. I just like to try different shit. Vintage/modded/clones. I've tried a lot of shit. Sometimes I just can't let go even if it's not on my board, it might be someday right?

Poster · November 14, 2009, 10:35:52 PM

what is that like 8 ds1 distortions?

why dont you have a proper rat?

sour d · November 14, 2009, 11:00:13 PM

Sold the vintage rat. Lately I've been looking for the best modded ds-1. Everything from analogman to keeley to monte allums etc. I've been through 10 or 12. The best so far is from a guy in mass. DTS electronics. I can't wait to try his ts9 mods. His ds-1 is by far the best. Not at all like the stock pedal. I knew someone would have issues with the ds-1's but I'll just say don't knock it till you try it (modded, the stock pedal sucks). There is also a modded sd-1 in there. Monte allums mod. Supposed to be like a ts808. Not good. The dod 250 (first yellow edition) is great. The other yellow pedal is a tubescreamer type from nxgeneration. That is a useable one. Way more gain and drive. The pink ones are old ibanez ss10's. Imagine blending your distortion with your clean signal in parallel then adding a touch of chorus.

Poster · November 15, 2009, 01:50:43 PM

if you havent tried a garmopat DS1 you havent really heard a DS1 :0)

in fact all of his mods are great. give him shot

YouEnjoyMyReba · November 15, 2009, 02:20:28 PM

Damn man thats a lot of pedals. Im bout to order a fully modded ts9 from garmopat with true bypass and two toggles. It also has an IC socket and includes both an RC4558P and JRC4558 chip. It seems pretty sick. If anybodys got any experience with it id love to hear about it.

sour d · November 15, 2009, 03:31:19 PM

That is just my overdrives and distortions. I bet I could open a used gear store. I'm sure garmopat does a great job with his mods and I'm sure you'll love it. I've found that 95% of the "mods" out there are the same. The big difference is how much you pay to have it done. I would check out DTS electronics and compare what is actually being done to the pedal and compare how much it costs. Analogman and Keeley hold their value better than most, but if you like it, you're not going to sell it anyway. IC sockets are cool because you can buy opamp chips really cheap and experiment. I had a stacked (1chip soldered on top of another) burr brown opamp in my analogman ts808 for a while. I just ordered a National Semiconductor chip to try in one of my tubescreamers because that is where I work and I want to see how that one sounds. I know we have some really tight tolerences.

YouEnjoyMyReba · November 15, 2009, 03:58:16 PM

Quote from: sour d on November 15, 2009, 03:31:19 PM
I had a stacked (1chip soldered on top of another) burr brown opamp in my analogman ts808 for a while.

How did that sound?

sour d · November 15, 2009, 04:29:36 PM

If I remember correctly it was mostly an increase in gain. When you get your pedal I can mail it to you with a bunch of other opamps to try if you send them back when you're done. Here's the link to DTS. I havent heard his tubescreamer yet but his ds-1 mod is the best. Blows keeley and analogman away.

http://home.att.net/~dtstechnicalservice/

YouEnjoyMyReba · November 15, 2009, 04:56:29 PM

Thanks man! i appreciate it

picture_of_nectar · November 15, 2009, 08:37:59 PM

I use two Maxon OD9s silver mod.

I have a Ibanez TS9 analogman silver to sell if anyone here wants it, send me a pm.

YouEnjoyMyReba · November 15, 2009, 09:44:51 PM

Sound wise, what are the differences in the OD9 and the ts9

picture_of_nectar · November 16, 2009, 04:04:46 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqIopC4kIQ

the difference in tone is very subtle if they both have the silver mod. Od9 has a true bypass switch.

Poster · November 16, 2009, 09:01:13 AM

the only thing keeley makes thats cool is that clean boost with the side volume, and i only like that for keyboards.

i like the modded boss ds-1's for keyboard stuff too, it works much better than a tubescreamer or whatever when in a loop with keys

ColForbin · November 16, 2009, 02:16:54 PM

Speaking of distortions, has anybody here tried the cmatmods signa drive, I'm really contemplating getting one, I just can't decide if I should. Great reviews kicking around the net, but I wondered if anyone here had tried it? I was looking at getting a boost from him as well....

picture_of_nectar · November 16, 2009, 02:41:26 PM

sorry for the spam but here is my TS9 silver on ebay f anyone wants it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130345162723&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT