what you use for distortion

Joseph Barcus · Post by **Joseph Barcus** » 8 Feb 2002 9:20 am

larry, thanks for your input Ill check into that

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 8 Feb 2002 9:27 am

FWIW: Everyone I know uses the regular Rat or Vintage Rat (me too...) I don't know anyone who has a TurboRat, those that I know have tried it don't like it.

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 8 Feb 2002 10:56 am

Nice to meet you, Jim.

Now you know someone who uses a TurboRat.

The Turbo model was designed to accommodate guitars with active electronics. I use a Hilton pedal and have both a 70s vintage original Rat and a Turbo. I prefer the Turbo myself -- just a little easier to dial in both the tone ('filter') and distortion -- FOR ME. I like two different sounds -- the sound of a Deluxe or Princeton just about to break up and a little more buzzzzz. Both of these sounds are easy to find on the Turbo, especially when I use the Hilton pedal.

Your mileage may vary.

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Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 8 Feb 2002 11:59 am

I use the second channel of my Mesa Maverick amp, or the lead channel of my Mesa V-Twin rack preamp. The V-Twin is cool in the way that you can blend the two channels for a mix that has just enough edge to it.

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Earl Foote · Post by **Earl Foote** » 8 Feb 2002 1:39 pm

Hey Bobby, I used to have a v-twin once upon a time. I liked it alot. One night someone's insanely jealous wife decided she was going to come in the club carrying a loaded deer rifle and discuss her husband's infedelity with him. In the process of ducking for cover, I knocked over my beer and the entire contents of a fresh bottle of Miller Lite poured into the v-twin. It never was the same after that, so I got rid of it.

Later,
Earl

Joerg Hennig · Post by **Joerg Hennig** » 8 Feb 2002 2:51 pm

I currently use a Danelectro Daddy-O, it kind of comes close to what I´m looking for, but is still not quite there. Many different shades of distortion, though, when I play a lot of rock tunes it´s certainly useable. I love the sound of the old Bosstones, but first they´re hard to find and second, I understand they´re not very reliable; if it should break, I´d be pretty stuck over here since I´m not an electronics expert. I´d like to find that stompbox reissue.

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 9 Feb 2002 1:15 pm

Hi Larry, I was expecting someone to pop in to say they had one! Well, I really wasn't saying they weren't any good...

Buck Dilly · Post by **Buck Dilly** » 10 Feb 2002 8:52 pm

Fulldrive II by Fulltone. Pricey, but toneful and extremely quiet. More of an overdrive than a Fuzz/Distortion.

Loren Nelson · Post by **Loren Nelson** » 13 Feb 2002 11:06 pm

EARPlUGs!

Loren