So.. what's your favourite distortion pedal?

Sassafras

Boss Tonebender. It's the best pedal I've ever had therefore I will only sell it for £2000.

Sunburst

T Rex Mudhoney for me.

viz

MT2

joetele

A lot of love for the RAT, but the one I've been loving for a long time is the Fredric Effects Grumbly Wolf from @timhulio ;

TTBZ

Oh yeah I forgot about the MI Audio Crunch Box, great sounding MIAB. Wouldn't mind trying the Super V2 version.

stickyfiddle

Honourable mention for the Animals Pedals Major Overdrive. Skreddy-designed MIAB and instant Angus when you switch it on. Not my usual style, but absolutely fantastic fun

p90fool

thermionic said:

I quite like the original Danelectro FabTone.

I have two of these I modded for more general use, but I need to mod them back to original Michael-Schenker-in-a-box spec, they sound fantastic. 

Kebabkid

Wampler Pinnacle 

Gassage

Marshall Guvnor.

A pedal that never ceases to amaze me

Grumpyrocker

The Tone City Model M is absolutely bonkers brilliant given the price. Two different Marshalls in a box. Both sound superb. 

Greatape

It really depends on the amp. 

Slash'N'burn

Gassage said:

Marshall Guvnor.

A pedal that never ceases to amaze me

An old one or modern?

Dan_Halen

Depends on amp (clean/dirty-ish), guitar, rhythm or lead sound etc. However, personal faves that always work..,

Generic dirty gain sounds from a clean amp with a pedal then Rat or MP Mighty Red.

For a lead sound then Wampler Sovereign or JHS AT are awesome.

I absolutely love the Mad Professor Bluebird as well. If your amp is already cooking then it’s got plenty of gain for rock, EQd beautifully for me, bit of delay for ambiance. The perfect clean to lead in one stomp pedal for me.

gusman2x

Always been a rat. Just a big standard one too. 

xscaramanga

I really briefly had an Emma Reezafratzitz that I remember being incredible. I didn't keep it because I just wasn't using pedals at the time. 

I did a lot of gigs with a Wampler Pinnacle. That was a beast. You could use it as a dirty channel with pretty much any amp.

These days, Rat. Ridiculously versatile for 3 knobs.

equalsql

jonnyscaramanga said:

I really briefly had an Emma Reezafratzitz that I remember being incredible. I didn't keep it because I just wasn't using pedals at the time.  ....

Those Emma pedals are great. The Stinkbug is definitely one of my favourite od/dist pedals, and works particularly nicely with single coil pickups.

ThePrettyDamned

Boss DF-2 is probably mine, although honorable mention to the SD-2 and DS-2. 

clashcityrocker

Warthog period!

noisepolluter

T-Rex Mudhoney Danish, and MXR Super Badass for heavier stuff

dilbert

Chinese Riot clone. Bought to see what all the fuss was about and it's kept it's place. I use it for lead only, rhythm is courtesy of SD-1 and BD-3 stacked.