i've misjudged you, jim dunlop...
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i'm on a cheap pedal binge (got a raise).
so i played a ton of MXR reissues etc. yesterday since i love my phase90 and dynacomp so much.
came home with a distortion+ and a crybaby QZone (since i don't like wah but love parked wah and my homemade one is gone).
there, i said it, i think the dunlop MXR reissues are good for the price.
you know why everyone thinks the D+ sucks? because they're all playing it into a 15W practice amp set on clean.
i played it though a hand-wired, 18W marshall 1974x. there we go. that's the stuff.
and, hopefully, today, an effector13 disaster fuzz (from fleabay) should arrive.
so i played a ton of MXR reissues etc. yesterday since i love my phase90 and dynacomp so much.
came home with a distortion+ and a crybaby QZone (since i don't like wah but love parked wah and my homemade one is gone).
there, i said it, i think the dunlop MXR reissues are good for the price.
you know why everyone thinks the D+ sucks? because they're all playing it into a 15W practice amp set on clean.
i played it though a hand-wired, 18W marshall 1974x. there we go. that's the stuff.
and, hopefully, today, an effector13 disaster fuzz (from fleabay) should arrive.
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They really are great value for the money, I think people are disapointed mainly because of the potential of what they can become. Kind of like Boss.
The D+ to me is in the same vein as the Rat with maybe a bit less Hair. Essentially, it's AC/DC tone. Super fun to play with.
i just can't be bothered with tracking down vintage originals etc. besides, i can mod these guilt-free if i want.
you never had the keeley version, yeah that screws up my perceptions I guess.
The r28 pretty much perfects the P90.
I wonder what chip is in the D+. I bet you can get tons of them from Mouser. Michael Ibraham of MI pedals fame, had a discussion about chips over on TGP. He likes the LM1308 very much in the Blue Boy. That'd be a quick easy mod. I'm sure the D+ is OPAMP based.
I just can't get a good tone out it.
what is it that you dislike? tone is subjective, chances are we can recommend something more to your liking.
way back, i bought a grab bag of parts and starting to layout a D+ clone. i have a bunch of ICs for it. i have to pop the reissue open and see what it's got compared to the parts i have on hand. perhaps i have the stuff on hand to make some improvements if i deem it necessary.
in my ph90, the R28 is on the switch and i honestly couldn't hear the difference since i'm running overdriven most of the time. however, after the dynacomp with a good, clean signal, you can hear the distortion drop out when R28 is off. very subtle though.
and i still can't get a definitive answer on the bypass on these things. it's passive, that's all i know. i really think it's the RAT type bypass.
is the amp overdriven? if it's clean to start with, i can see why it may not be working out.
Analog Mike says the bypass on the DC isn't TB but it's very good plus it's a pain in the ass to convert.
honestly, 6 or 7 pedals, TB or not, are going to degrade signal just based on the length of wire involved in hooking them up.
au contrare mufrere. Not when you have a good buffer.
Believe it or not the Morley Bad Horsie wah has a great buffer.
1.) Clean amp
2.) Slightly overdriven amp + the Distortion + to give a little more edge
3.) Full out lead channel + Distortion + to give it a boost and a little more saturation.
I usually just use my amp overdrive, but I also have a SD-1 and a TS-9. Not in the need of any new pedals right now. But if someone wants to give me some amp setting suggestions to make the D+ sound good, please do.
The amp is a Traynor YVC80 with Electro-Harmonix 6L6 and 12AX7 tubes.
sounds like you are covered pretty well. Sell it on Ebay and let the GAS flow
Harshness. It's WAY to harsh sounding.
Man I have MAD gas (not farts
I'm just sooo poor right now, everything I own I bought when I was 17 and rich.
I want stuff!
i have a motorola IC (exactly as the one that was in my old rat) and an IC socket so i think i'll put the socket in there at some point and try the different chips. i have a bunch of 741s.
I've always had a huge beef with the Danelectro Daddy-O pedal... it always seemed really buzz-saw harsh, no character, really thin... hearing other people play them, hearing myself play them... I oned one I got on a trade deal for a while, and I could never come to terms with it.
Last night I was at a jam session with a few folks, and one guy was playing a cheap hollowbody electric thru a Crybaby and a Daddy-O into a Vibrolux RI. Fucking gorgeous tone. Go figure.
Ultimately, the right pedal for some will be the wrong pedal for others. Besides the Line 6, there isn't a pedal that nails every desired tone... I used to hate Big Muffs, now I'm a proud owner! Flip it to someone who might really love it, and get something you'll have more fun with. May I suggest a Boss DS-2?