January challenge: stick to one drive/distortion and make it work

Johnnyseven

I'll have no problem just using my Boss Angry Driver, the only other OD I use is a Boss BD2W!

Sassafras

Been using an OD-2 since the 80s and before that a Dist+.
I also like the Pork Loin but I can get by without it.

darcym

easy, TS-10, or Analogman TS-9, job done. 

joeyowen

Yep, I have just acquired a TS10, and I can't afford anything else... so I'll be juuuuuust fine

builttospill

I’ve been tempted but have still not looked back since I bought @JezWynd ;Boss SD-2, covers everything a solid boost, crunch and solo overdrive/distortion

simonbeckwith

Anyone, that manages to complete the month challenge, should then take on 6 months then a year...... maybe?!

noisepolluter

@simonbeckwith ;Let’s not go mad, eh... 

Today I was practicing (yes, actually practicing, which is news in itself) some Tom Petty songs, and I found that the tele bridge pickup through the B.B. yielded a great rock ‘n’ roll rhythm sound with plenty of clarity, with a singing lead sound when pushed with the Spark Mini. 
I think if I focused on Tele/Petty for the month I’d stand a pretty good chance of completing the challenge.

The Strat I was playing (well, noodling) yesterday seemed less easy to dial in, and I found myself getting tempted to try other pedals again. I don’t know whether that’s down to the guitar/pedal combo or less focused playing or both. 

simonbeckwith

Got a bit carried away didn't I?! 

noisepolluter

joeyowen said:

Yep, I have just acquired a TS10, and I can't afford anything else... so I'll be juuuuuust fine

*looks up the price* yoiks... I didn’t know there was a TS10...

TTBZ

I just have my trusty BYOC TS9 clone which has been pretty much the only drive on my board since I built it years ago. I only use amp drive and use this to boost for solos/if I want to go heavier. I did have a Rat but got rid of it a while ago. If I were using a pedal platform amp I'd probably have a Rat or modded boutique Rat. Very versatile and I like the sound of it at all gain levels. But I use a Marshall so it's criminal to use a dirt pedal as the main dirty tone

dilbert

I'm so bloody capricious it'll take me all of January to work out which one it'll be 

noisepolluter

dilbert said:

I'm so bloody capricious it'll take me all of January to work out which one it'll be 

@dilbert have you made a decision?

noisepolluter

Am getting a horrible urge to make a last-minute swap to something less soft-clippy and with a flatter eq... aaargh...

noisepolluter

Full disclosure: I just played through my Amplug 2.

Which arguably wouldn’t have constituted a fail had I not then unthinkingly tried my TC Electronic Vintage Distortion through it.

EPIC FAIL

noisepolluter

Ok, so begging the forum’s indulgence for a spectacular false start, I’m going to give it another go with a pedal which I’m fairly sure I’ve managed to keep on the board for a while in the past - Subdecay Liquid Sunshine Mkiii. I think this will give me the best shot at getting through January without cracking again, and maybe it will be good to explore running it at various voltages. Wish me luck!

merlin

bbill335 said:

easy - Hudson Broadcast

+1

noisepolluter

merlin said:

bbill335 said:

easy - Hudson Broadcast

+1

Are you both using them as a sort of tweed-amp-in-a-box?

TimmyO

noisepolluter said:

Am getting a horrible urge to make a last-minute swap to something less soft-clippy and with a flatter eq... aaargh...

On your BB-MB Yank the mid control back to minimum (it’ll still be a bit middy) and play around at the extremes of the bass and treble pots - from memory it’ll do some slightly different sounds 

TimmyO

bbill335

noisepolluter said:

merlin said:

bbill335 said:

easy - Hudson Broadcast

+1

Are you both using them as a sort of tweed-amp-in-a-box?

Between the two switches and the guitar's vol, you have the full spectrum of clean to hard-clipped fuzz