Re: distortion pedal advice

["Julio Moreno" <juliomoreno@bahianet.com.br>]

Rat family = Marshall guv'nor. The best for me: Boss Metal Zone and Sans 
Amp
GT2 ( both can run together with a Sans Amp Tri OD with gooood results). 
Tri
OD it's gooooood to warm old'n'goods distortions.Good drive!!!
Julio
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Tuminello <m1cha3l@earthlink.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 9:11 PM
Subject: OT: distortion pedal advice


> Hey all -
>
> I know this is completely unrelated, but I thought I could benefit from
the
> collective wisdom of the loopers.
>
> I'm looking for a distorion pedal.  I have a Danelectro overdrive, but I
> feel like it may be too warm a sound, and I have some feeling that it
might
> be adding a lot of noise to my signal.  Then again I'm not sure, because 
>I
> live in electro-magnetic guitar hell (I get the radio over my amp
sometimes
> - it's hard to concentrate when Barbra Streisand starts singing through
> your amp).  I'm really more into a more metallic synthetic grit than a
warm
> fuzz.  I'm particularly a Prince fan, but you could think NIN, Duran
Duran,
> vs. the warm fuzzy classic rock sound.
>
> I'm thinking something in the RAT family.  I've heard good things.  Or
> maybe I'm just missing something as far as amp/tone/pedal settings go 
>(the
> Danelectro pedal has high mid and bass knobs).
>
> Any opinions?
>
> Michael
>