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Topic: What's Your Single (1) Most Favorite "Dirt" Pedal You Own

Guys and Girls, what's your favorite SINGLE (1) Dirt Pedal YOU OWN (OD, Fuzz, Distrorion = Dirt).  Feel free to add why.

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Re: What's Your Single (1) Most Favorite "Dirt" Pedal You Own

My Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone.  It's my favorite compressor and it also can be used as an OD pedal.  Great harmonics too.  TS 808 is a very close 2nd.  -Seth

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I'm quite into high gain these days, so Wampler Triple Wreck.

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Right now, it's the Maxon TOD-9.

Used to be an AnalogMan Sunface NKT-275

before that a Full-Drive 2

before that a ProCo You Dirty Rat.

As you can see, it's all a flavor of the month thing.

  • Registered: 2010-11-16
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I recently picked up a Way Huge Green Rhino and it's the bees-knees as far as I'm concerned.

My other pedals are a Keeley Modded Blues Driver and a Fuchs Plush Overdrive, but the Green Rhino is the it for right now.

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I'm liking my T-Rex Mudhoney very much...


Although, I just received the T-Rex Moller in the mail yesterday...  cool

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My Marshall with the volume DIMED! Ok for real answer is My TS9.

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  • Registered: 2009-10-10
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Rock Box Boiling Point.  This pedal can stand alone into a clean amp.  It has a very amp like, plexi feel and has a lot of sustain. I don't have to stack overdrive pedals when I use the Boiling Point.  It also works well with an amp that is already overdriven.   It will easily take it over the top.  It responds well to my guitar's volume knob.  Only negative is the price!
2nd place - Wampler Ecstacy
3rd place - Fulltone OCD
4th place - Fulltone Robin Trower Overdrive

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Re: What's Your Single (1) Most Favorite "Dirt" Pedal You Own

Devan wrote:

I'm liking my T-Rex Mudhoney very much...


Although, I just received the T-Rex Moller in the mail yesterday...  cool

Those Mudhoney jobs sound good.  I doubt it would serve me a purpose on my board, but they are quite nice sounding.

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HoosierRock wrote:

Rock Box Boiling Point.  This pedal can stand alone into a clean amp.  It has a very amp like, plexi feel and has a lot of sustain. I don't have to stack overdrive pedals when I use the Boiling Point.  It also works well with an amp that is already overdriven.   It will easily take it over the top.  It responds well to my guitar's volume knob.  Only negative is the price!
2nd place - Wampler Ecstacy
3rd place - Fulltone OCD
4th place - Fulltone Robin Trower Overdrive

I used to think this was all snake oil but it actually sounds good! You're right though about the price. It's debatable to say the least. I think there are other pedals that can sound similar for a lower price point.

If it does turn out to be another super tweaked screamer clone, the component and value choices (meaning the hard work of trial and error at the work bench and on stage) is worth more than just a TS808 kit that was put together in some basement.

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Fulltone Full Drive 2
Fulltone OCD
Pro Co Rat
Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive
Ibanez TS 808
Ibanes TS 9

I to am a flavor of the month man.

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Guitars: Gibson Les Paul's(Standard, Classic, and Studio)Es 125 T, Fender Strats, Telies, Wasburn Idol Pro
FX's: BOSS TU-2, Ibanez TS-808, TS-9, Dunlap 535Q Cry Baby, Fulltone OCD, Full drive 2, Supa Trem, Rat, Whirlwind Phaser, MXR Micro Chorus, Digatech Whammy, Line 6 DL4, Holly grail 2,Wampler Ego,Pinical
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helrazr84 wrote:
Devan wrote:

I'm liking my T-Rex Mudhoney very much...


Although, I just received the T-Rex Moller in the mail yesterday...  cool

Those Mudhoney jobs sound good.  I doubt it would serve me a purpose on my board, but they are quite nice sounding.

Haha, yes - I am all for a nice, creamy overdrive, rather than an 'angry' one.

I also forgot that I have an Analogman King of Tone that I use for my angrier o/d needs - mainly AC/DC numbers and the such...

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Fulltone FD2 - but not the Mosfet one...there's something about the original I like a lot better...

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Re: What's Your Single (1) Most Favorite "Dirt" Pedal You Own

For me a rather uninspiring answer of a TS808 clone ..does the job though and I always go back to it

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Re: What's Your Single (1) Most Favorite "Dirt" Pedal You Own

UM... I'm not married to any of my gain pedals.... mosfet fulldrive II, JB Fuzz, etc. The gain channel on my Rivera amp is really what I use for crunch. Maybe if that wasn't so good, I'd spent more time stomping on pedals. I just have them around and only tinker with them here and there.  hmm

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Truth be told there is and never will be one distortion pedal or amp or guitar that I can say that I love the most.  My rig is always changing and evolving. 

Basically what sounds great and perfect to me one day will sound stale and old 3 to 6 months later.   I wish I was different it would be a lot cheaper.

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Guitars: Gibson Les Paul's(Standard, Classic, and Studio)Es 125 T, Fender Strats, Telies, Wasburn Idol Pro
FX's: BOSS TU-2, Ibanez TS-808, TS-9, Dunlap 535Q Cry Baby, Fulltone OCD, Full drive 2, Supa Trem, Rat, Whirlwind Phaser, MXR Micro Chorus, Digatech Whammy, Line 6 DL4, Holly grail 2,Wampler Ego,Pinical
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Keeley TS-808 at the moment. I got it in a trade and it works good - yeah my board is always changing with my tastes too...now I am all paired back down to only the 808 to boost my Marshall. That, a JB fuzz and Cantrell wah into the front end. I keep taking pedals away, and my amp sounds better and better. True bypass or not, pedals suck tone.

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My old faithful Boss OD-1 and a Fulltone 69 Fuzz