SonVolt

Anyone played one of these? I was so impressed with the Badass Overdrive that I ran out and picked up the Distortion. I have to say this pedal sucks. I can't get a usable sound out it, sounds like a very harsh fuzz pedal. I've tried it through both a triple rec and a Fender Princeton, both of which take pedals very well. Any thoughts on this thing?

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DirtySteve

I had one for about a week and I returned it. I couldn't get a usable sound out of mine either, but there have been other threads on the pedal and they got a lot of love. That's why I bought mine.

I just picked up a used MXR Classic distortion this morning for 20 bucks. After about an hour with it I like it a lot more than the badass. ...my 2 cents.

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shooto

I liked it and would have probably kept it awhile if not for the fizzy trail it leaves-

this is the best I've heard it sound:

crossroadsnyc

I've heard they're basically a modified DS-1, no?

SonVolt

I hope not. My DS-1 stomps all over this thing. Mine doesn't sound like the demo. Maybe the stock battery is going dead. I wonder if that would effect the tone?

crossroadsnyc

Yeah, it should ... I think Eric Johnson actually prefers batteries that are nearly dead ... says they give off better tone ... and no, I'm not kidding haha. Anyway, I could be wrong about the DS-1 reference, but that was my understanding ... I kinda figured the OD they released was basically a modified SD-1 ... maybe I'm way off.

SonVolt

Voodoo labs pedal power has a sag switch to simulate weak batteries, so weird to me. I've read that the Mxr is a modified Rat. Who knows.

HeHasTheJazzHands

I kinda like the effect you get from a dying battery. One of my pedal power supplies has a variac on it, and if you lower it quite a bit with a wah, OD, or distortion, you get a fuzzier sound thats good in some situations.

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shooto

I like the effect too...but there is definetely a sweet spot to it though

jwebb1970

I have the 78 Distortion and love it - my main dirt box. Great straight forward rock/metal tones and takes getting goosed by its gold cousin (Modified OD) quite nicely. Also a very touch sensitive pedal - cleans up very nicely with some gtr volume/pick attack variances.

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