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Similar setup here:
liquid sunshine mk3 (always on)
Magneto White Atom fuzz (for extra hair)
Surfing Bear (for lead tones)
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I've got a Zendrive 2 (the valve one), an Ethos OD, a ZVex Fat Fuzz Factory, an original Marshall Guv'nor, a Maxon OD808, an 80's Rat II and a Turbo Rat ...but I've never sold, passed-on or chucked out a drive pedal, even if they've fallen out of favour (the Rat II) or I haven't really got on with them to begin with (the Maxon, Turbo Rat and Guv'nor).
But, after having a bit of a rummage ahead of a proposed sell-off of some old unused stuff, I've just discovered they're all great ...in the right circumstances.
The Rat II does 80's Rock and 90's Grunge expertly, the Maxon is sublime with single coils, the Guv'nor does 70's bark like no other pedal I've ever heard and is awesome with P-90's ...and the Turbo Rat (which I seriously disliked from the get-go) turns out to be a monster distortion factory for bass and synths.
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The CTC Stardust Blackface and the Bearfoot Silver Bee are meant to be in that camp
Of the pedals I still own the Digitech Hardwire SC-2 Valve Distortion sounds absolutely incredible.
The Proco Turbo Rat is a big favourite too.
If discounting fuzz, the Wampler Plexi Drive gave me the most fun when I was playing with higher gain than I do these days, The Triple Wreck was a beast.
These days having fun with a Catalinbread 5f6 for old Fender and Keeley 1962x for old Marshall tones.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
I am tempted by a Helix or similar modeller but that's to do with form and function rather than because I think I'll get better drive sounds.