Didn't think I wanted another overdrive. Got lent a Distortron,

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monquixote said:

noisepolluter;301679" said:

I too am increasingly leaning towards less smooth sounds. The TS-based pedals hardly get a look-in these days.

Have you tried a ts a like into the distortron?
Proper good.

I used to stack mine with all sorts of ODs. 

It was a great little pedal but it was a little mushy and lacked note clarity when using certain 9/11/13 chords etc etc

monquixote

ICBM said:

monquixote said:

Unfortunately it's my favorite Marshall flavoured distortion so you'll almost certainly hate it

Not at all! As long as it sounds like a *Marshall*, and not like a Marshall-style pedal into a Fender amp .

Or like a modern Marshall, for that matter...

I was thinking more in terms of our diametrically opposed tastes.

I've tried one into my Puretone and it as you expect didn't make it sounds like a Marshall though it was very good. 

I tried one into a JVM and I much preferred it to the dirty channel of the amp.

ICBM

monquixote said:

I've tried one into my Puretone and it as you expect didn't make it sounds like a Marshall though it was very good. 

I tried one into a JVM and I much preferred it to the dirty channel of the amp.

That doesn't surprise me. A friend of mine used a DSL for a while, and preferred his Guv'nor pedal to the dirty channel of the amp as well.

As you may have guessed I'm actually not particularly gear-fussy. I know what I like and what I don't like, and I can hear the differences, but I'm quite happy with things that sound different as long as they sound good. I've never worried about getting 'my sound' through provided amps as long as I have a pedal I know will get into the ballpark - although admittedly I have come slightly unstuck more than once! Being flexible and being able to play around the problem, as well as being able to dial different gear in, goes a long way.

I've played through DSLs, JCM900s, Valvestates, various Fenders, Peaveys and almost anything else you're likely to find in a rehearsal room or a hired backline, and although none of them sound "like" an old Marshall, they've all been good enough to use. Owning is a different question .