Distortion Pedals

Shwn

I'm thinking about buying a Boss DS-1 or a Tubescreamer pedal. I'll be running it through a Fender Hotrod Deville with 2 12's, and with usually be playing a Gibson Les Paul. I've been looking at the Keeley modded pedals, and was wondering if I should go with a DS-1 or one of the Tubescreamers. We typically play heavier stuff like Tool, Alice In Chains, Slayer, or Rage, and for those I use the Metal Zone pedal. We also cover lots of Pearl Jam, and other songs that use less distortion, but I need something more than the overdrive channel on the amp. Any input would be appreciated, Thanks.

Pacomc79

Shwn wrote:

I'm thinking about buying a Boss DS-1 or a Tubescreamer pedal. I'll be running it through a Fender Hotrod Deville with 2 12's, and with usually be playing a Gibson Les Paul. I've been looking at the Keeley modded pedals, and was wondering if I should go with a DS-1 or one of the Tubescreamers. We typically play heavier stuff like Tool, Alice In Chains, Slayer, or Rage, and for those I use the Metal Zone pedal. We also cover lots of Pearl Jam, and other songs that use less distortion, but I need something more than the overdrive channel on the amp. Any input would be appreciated, Thanks.

Go with a Baked TS-9, it should play well with the Metal Zone, then later on you can send the Metal Zone in for the (Twilight Zone) mod.

http://www.robertkeeley.com/product.php?id=4

mccreadyisgod

They will pry my Baked TS-9 from my cold, dead fingers.


So yeah, get one of those.

samick

After having my ds-1 dor only a day....i love it.......

but i still crave a ts-9.............maybe soon..........

DirtLikeMe

To me it sounds like you might want to try and change amps, ecspecially with the bands that you cover. However, I had the same problem that you seem to have run into. I have a PRS running into a Fender Twin and it tends to be a "bit" to clean for some of the heavier stuff that I like to play (Tool, Deftones), so without enough money to buy another amp I searched for a pedal that might add some crunch to my system. I found it in a tube-driven Soldano Supercharger GTO. It is a distortion pre-amp pedal that adds not only distortion, but a boost to your signal.

As far as what the others have suggested, I don't know because I have never used a baked TS-9, but the mere fact that it is being touted by them deserves attention.

C-minor

I have TS-9 keeley mod, and I have a Hot Rod Deville 4x10's.
The Tone is sweet. Buying the keely mod pedal was one of the best purchases Ive ever made.

Hey Mcreadyisgod. You play through 2 keeley modded scremaers, yes ?

I have the TS-9 keely mod plus now, and i was thinking about getting the baked as a second boost into a solo.
Any idea's ? Hows the sound with the 2 running through.

mccreadyisgod

C-minor wrote:

Hey Mcreadyisgod. You play through 2 keeley modded scremaers, yes ?

I have the TS-9 keely mod plus now, and i was thinking about getting the baked as a second boost into a solo.
Any idea's ? Hows the sound with the 2 running through.

I play through two Keeley modded TS-9 pedals. One is a Plus mod (basically, an 808 chip and cleaner signal path) and the other is a Baked mod (808, cleaner path, MORE GAIN).

I use the Plus as a crunch, not much drive, high output. The Baked is damn near a distortion, but a smooth, wicked-overdriven sound, not a harsh distortion. The two together screams... especially the sustain, and the controlled feedback. It's highly compressed, too. But I have the drive cranked on the Baked mod, it would probably be more expressive with less drive. Both pedals on their own are great.

The key is that I play into single-channel, non-master-volume tube amps that are almost always running at "3" or higher. That way, you get that phat tube saturation and overdrive at all levels.