Looking for an OD/Distortion with 2 modes/switches

meltedbuzzbox

Hello all, 

I am looking for something that has two distortion/OD settings on one pedal. 

Ideally something that isn't massive like a Vox Satchurator.

I can rule out the Satchurator and Radial Texas bones as I found them both a bit... well.. shit if I am honest

Edit - will consider bigger pedals

Any thoughts/suggestions?

Been looking long and hard at the Palisades by EQD

Cheers

fretmeister

Blackstar duals normal or metal.

Wampler Dual Fusion

fretmeister

Xotic AC Plus

fretmeister

TC Nova Drive.

Not sure I can think of any more. Size is the toughest bit. You simply need room for the pedal switches 

shady

T-Rex do a couple - Mudhoney II and Dr. Swamp might tickle yer fancy.

MXR Double Shot?

Nomad

TC Nova Drive? Not cheap and not small, but works as two (analogue) pedals in one box. Also has clever bits to store settings in 18 separate patches. When I got mine, I realised pretty soon that it's better to just see it as a sort of cascading gain stage distortion rather than try to set an overdrive sound, a distortion sound and then hope that the two together would work as well. In other words, I use whatever combination of one or both pedals (or gain stages) to get a sound, store it, rinse and repeat.

With the 3-way footswitch, it can be used in bank mode - 6 banks (A to F), each with 3 completely separate sound patches (plus bypass). The switches on the pedal then scroll through the banks and the ones on the footswitch select patches 1,2,3 in the current bank. (So, unlike the Satchurator, you can have On, More and Even More.)

Because it's a pedal with programmable settings, the knobs don't mean much when you select a patch (they're encoders, really), although turning a knob causes a couple of LEDs to activate to show which way to turn it to get it to match its setting in the current patch. If you turn the patch selector all the way to the left, you get to a 'live' or 'manual' mode where all of the knob settings you see are the settings it's using.

Before I got it, I was looking at the two separate pedals idea until I realised that it was quite an expensive way to go with far less versatility (assuming 80 quid or so each for decent overdrive and distortion boxes). The Nova Drive can be had for 160 quid in a couple of places (Anderton's and GAK), and the footswitch is about 40.

So far, I've set up 6 sounds (basically a rock bank and a blues bank, the latter having less crunch/saturation than the former). Scope to add other sets of patches for other guitars, of course. I use bank F for patches I'm farting about with.

monquixote

Do you want something that is two pedals in one box or has two modes in one box?

meltedbuzzbox

monquixote said:

Do you want something that is two pedals in one box or has two modes in one box?

either really. If it has a boost as well its a bonus

steamabacus

There's always the Boss Turbo Overdrive and Turbo Distortion (with an additional small remote switch).

monquixote

meltedbuzzbox said:

monquixote said:

Do you want something that is two pedals in one box or has two modes in one box?

either really. If it has a boost as well its a bonus

I generally find two pedal in one box solutions a bit of a letdown especially if you end up liking one half, but not the other. 

The Jekyll and Hyde is good and can be had for bugger all. 

guitarmangler

Line 6 m5? That'll give you loads of sounds from one box. If not , boss turbo distortion.

meltedbuzzbox

I am looking at this beauty

http://www.thomann.de/gb/empress_effects_multidrive.htm

ThePrettyDamned

I like the jekyll and hyde. The empress has too much going on for me by the looks of it!

Deucetone rat?

Boss ds-2 (but you don't like satchurator so might not be your cuppa).

I loved the satchurator myself, great for pushing an amp into heavy rhythm and lead.

Bod

I heart my Blackstar HT-Dual.  It's bloody lovely.  I occasionally do a kiss on it.

EDIT - I do also occasionally punch the external PSU though grrr.  At least it's inline and not a wallwart type.

meltedbuzzbox

ThePrettyDamned said:

I like the jekyll and hyde. The empress has too much going on for me by the looks of it!

Deucetone rat?

Boss ds-2 (but you don't like satchurator so might not be your cuppa).

I loved the satchurator myself, great for pushing an amp into heavy rhythm and lead.

I cant really push a Twin into break up.

The satchurator for me just didn't have much variation. The gain dial didn't really do anything until 12 0'clock and after that it was just a bit meh for me personally. 

I will check out the deucetone

meltedbuzzbox

whoa £240 for a deuce tone. 

Is it any different from using 2 Rat pedals at £35/£40 a piece?

Gassage

@meltedbuzzbox

King of Tone is....the King of Tone....!

ThePrettyDamned

meltedbuzzbox;347831" said:

whoa £240 for a deuce tone. Is it any different from using 2 Rat pedals at £35/£40 a piece?

Probably not, but you wanted two in one box

Plus the rat is an awesome sounding dirt box.

spacecadet

+1 for the King Of Tone. Loadsa money but it is very splendid. I use the Radial TriMode. Had the Texas Bones as well as the Fullerton and they were indeed both shit. The Trimode is something else. It just does everything and does it very very very well.

meltedbuzzbox

@Gassage they seem to be as rare as hens teeth over here. 

I am guessing you have one>?

jimmyguitar

Perhaps a Twinstomp? I sold mine recently but only because I no longer need 2 drives. They are great pedals.

http://www.twinstomp.com/