So.. what's your favourite distortion pedal?

Fez

Boss ds1 and Marshall Jackhammer.  Must try a Warthog sometime

dindude

T-Rex Mudhoney Danish for sure 

BintyTwanger77

Rats and all of their kind: I have a Rat 2 and a Warthog.

gordiji

Another Emma Reeza fan here.

bbill335

i don't love any distortion as much as the correct amount of volume to sound "good", need that plus basically any given distortion that doesn't suck (like rats!)

maw4neu

Slash'N'burn said:

ProCo RAT from the late 80’s.                            +1

richman6100

Thorpy Warthog. Anything from overdrive to the edge of fuzz via a wealth of wonderful distortion sounds. Mine lives mainly in the distortion range, but this magic box can do so much more. Stunning pedal.

Weaver85

Boss HM-2

andy_k

Tried a few things to avoid using my OG Guvnor, keeping it minty.
Fuzzdog Angry Andy, ( JHS AT clone ) amazes me how good it is for how few components.
It beat a Juansolo Guv clone for me, 
4 knobs and a switch, and not many components, amazing really.
MXR 5150 OD is another great thing.

Puddlesurfer

Proco Rat is impossible to beat for the money. (The Fat Rat is a made in the US handwired version: excelllent.)

However, my absolute favourite in the Maxon DS-830. It's big and beautiful in every way....

liamon

Yep 80s RAT 

guitars4you

Agree with all those who say Rat - I don't gig now, but when I did I had 2 Rat's - 1 set for crunch rhythm with low gain + vol up - 1 set for solo boost with more gain

I recall a few years ago I was going to buy a Thorphy FX - I saw Adrian at a show and at the time I recall he only had 4 pedals - I tried all 4 and Adrian never pre-warned me about any characteristics  etc, but knew I liked Rats - I picked/purchased a Warthog - He told me after that the Warthog was based on a Rat so A) he was glad that I'd homed in on it and B ) I was glad that my ears stood by what I liked and knew

So IMO go for a Rat or a Warthog

TTBZ

Just realised I always say Rat but I've only ever had modded ones and end up using it on the LED clipping/turbo mode, so I should really say Turbo Rat! Sounds much bigger and more amp-like to me. The normal one is good too but sounds a lot smaller and more compressed I think.

Neilybob

Nearly sold this beauty on here a little back but came to my senses lucky. It's a boutique RAT clone. Love that the LED marks the landing site. 

https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guitars/moonphase-moondriver-576035

stickyfiddle

guitars4you said:

Agree with all those who say Rat - I don't gig now, but when I did I had 2 Rat's - 1 set for crunch rhythm with low gain + vol up - 1 set for solo boost with more gain

I recall a few years ago I was going to buy a Thorphy FX - I saw Adrian at a show and at the time I recall he only had 4 pedals - I tried all 4 and Adrian never pre-warned me about any characteristics  etc, but knew I liked Rats - I picked/purchased a Warthog - He told me after that the Warthog was based on a Rat so A) he was glad that I'd homed in on it and B ) I was glad that my ears stood by what I liked and knew

So IMO go for a Rat or a Warthog

I really need to try a Warthog. I love my Angry Rhubarb.

LastMantra

Boss os2 one of my favourite overdrive and distortions 

TINMAN82

Jam Rattler (so Rat camp too…wish I’d kept the 87 whiteface)

monkey42

If you’re after that 80s style Rock sound then the LPD 87 is a fantastic pedal that really captures a modded Marshall . 

https://youtu.be/q7b8Ays_ux0

Hootsmon

I have a ProCo RAT USA from 1996 with box and tags and chip ( LM308AN ) if anyone is interested PM me

pedal gone 

Littlejonny

If you’re going for a RAT get a Proco. I’ve had two clones, one of which was highly rated and neither had the openness and aggressiveness of my 90s one (which I stupidly sold for £50 a few years ago, before they got cool again).

I also enjoyed the Digitech Hardwire Valve Distortion and the Seymour Duncan Power Grid.

Im curious about this Super Badass though now….