Headcount of your dirt pedals - what is an abnormal amount?

Secret_Sam

OCD for dirt on bass (plus an xotic boost preamp thing and an OC2 if that counts)

Fulltone Mas Malo and Wampler Sovereign for guitar (plus a Tone City Kafir Lime boost/EQ, which I believe is an xotic clone). 

That last is a bit risky, because we can't say the K word in South Africa for obvious reasons.  I have the name covered with masking tape.  Followed by "-Lime" it's just the leaves that you use in a green curry, but I don't fancy explaining that to the cops. When I bought it, it was described as a "K-lime," so I wasn't aware that I was risking six months in jail.

LionAquaLooper

I had to google what you just said about that K word. I did not know that. Everyday's a school day! 

Reverend

Reverend said:

off the top of my head, as not at home


Boss SD1 (modded)
Boss SD1w
Boss HM2
Boss DS1
Boss Angry Driver
bad monkey
Marshall Guv x 2 original and reissue
Marshall Shredmaster
Marshall Drivemaster x3 (no idea how as I'm not i ever bought 1)
Marshall guv2 x 2
MXR 78 badass
MXR Distortion Plus
MXR ZZ44 
MXR ZW berzerker (not sure if it counts as the same pedal)
MXR custom badass modified overdrive
MXR super baddass distrotion
MXR jimi hendric system fuzz
Behringer super fuzz
Krank distortus maximus
Does it doom Bower power
DOD Gunslinger

there are a couple of rat clones, a klone and the joyo ocd clone as well. pretty sure Im missing some

Forgot a few more.
Ibanez ts5 and ts7
Way huge supa-lead mkiii
Nux plexi 
Shredmaster clone
Nux recto

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

fastonebaz said:

1 x maxon808

That is all. 

I also have just the 1 - a NUX Horseman (klone).

We seem to be very much in the minority here!

TeleKinesis

Crikey, reading all this it seems I've got some catching up to do!

On the board:

- Ibanez TS9

- Proco Lil' Rat

On the bench:

- EHX Russian Muff

- EHX Op-amp Muff

- Boss DF-2 Feedbacker / Distortion (not technically mine, but on permanent loan from a relative)

Honourable mention also to fuzz pedal made many years ago as GCSE Electronics project  

Fazer

Erm ... I play in stereo to 2 amps and it's wider / more immersive with 2 independent drive channels, so that makes it even worse as I have to get 2 of each...

In general some [of the same] pedals have a great stereo spread as a pair, whereas some others sort of still sound mono together. All of these pairs I've kept sound great/wide.

- Greer Soma x2
- Dr Scientist Elements x3
- Dr Scientist Frazz Dazzler x2
- SS/BS Mini x2
- SS/BS Fuck x2
- JHS Crayon x2
- JHS Colour Box x2
- Supro Drive x2
- Fender Trapper x2
- Hudson Broadcast x2
- Field Effects Manifold x2
- Fjord Fuzz Embla x2
- Pelican Noiseworks Pelitaur x2
- Vaderin HP-X x2
- Malaise Forever Clubber Lang x2
- Infanem Driving Notion x2
- OBNE Screen Violence (stereo pedal)

Just one each of these:
(Looking for another one of these, especially 1st two, if anyone's selling!)
- Pelican Noiseworks Half Horse
- Infanem 141G
- Infanem Step
- NSA Piggy

And on-offs of these "weird" drives:
- DBA Germanium Filter x2 (currently have 2 but one is for sale)
- Fairfield Circuitry Roger That
- DBA Absolute Destruction
- Dropping Acid #RIP
- Fairfield Circuitry 4-Eyes
- Iron Ether QF2
- (Clone of) Acceleron Fuzz (not a weird drive)

Winny_Pooh

@Fazer said:

Erm ... I play in stereo to 2 amps and it's wider / more immersive with 2 independent drive channels, so that makes it even worse as I have to get 2 of each...

In general some [of the same] pedals have a great stereo spread as a pair, whereas some others sort of still sound mono together. All of these pairs I've kept sound great/wide.

- Greer Soma x2
- Dr Scientist Elements x3
- Dr Scientist Frazz Dazzler x2
- SS/BS Mini x2
- SS/BS Fuck x2
- JHS Crayon x2
- JHS Colour Box x2
- Supro Drive x2
- Fender Trapper x2
- Hudson Broadcast x2
- Field Effects Manifold x2
- Fjord Fuzz Embla x2
- Pelican Noiseworks Pelitaur x2
- Vaderin HP-X x2
- Malaise Forever Clubber Lang x2
- Infanem Driving Notion x2
- OBNE Screen Violence (stereo pedal)

Just one each of these:
(Looking for another one of these, especially 1st two, if anyone's selling!)
- Pelican Noiseworks Half Horse
- Infanem 141G
- Infanem Step
- NSA Piggy

And on-offs of these "weird" drives:
- DBA Germanium Filter x2 (currently have 2 but one is for sale)
- Fairfield Circuitry Roger That
- DBA Absolute Destruction
- Dropping Acid #RIP
- Fairfield Circuitry 4-Eyes
- Iron Ether QF2
- (Clone of) Acceleron Fuzz (not a weird drive)

Wow, some interesting choices there. What music do you play? 

earwighoney

Winny_Pooh said:

@Fazer said:

Erm ... I play in stereo to 2 amps and it's wider / more immersive with 2 independent drive channels, so that makes it even worse as I have to get 2 of each...

In general some [of the same] pedals have a great stereo spread as a pair, whereas some others sort of still sound mono together. All of these pairs I've kept sound great/wide.

- Greer Soma x2
- Dr Scientist Elements x3
- Dr Scientist Frazz Dazzler x2
- SS/BS Mini x2
- SS/BS Fuck x2
- JHS Crayon x2
- JHS Colour Box x2
- Supro Drive x2
- Fender Trapper x2
- Hudson Broadcast x2
- Field Effects Manifold x2
- Fjord Fuzz Embla x2
- Pelican Noiseworks Pelitaur x2
- Vaderin HP-X x2
- Malaise Forever Clubber Lang x2
- Infanem Driving Notion x2
- OBNE Screen Violence (stereo pedal)

Just one each of these:
(Looking for another one of these, especially 1st two, if anyone's selling!)
- Pelican Noiseworks Half Horse
- Infanem 141G
- Infanem Step
- NSA Piggy

And on-offs of these "weird" drives:
- DBA Germanium Filter x2 (currently have 2 but one is for sale)
- Fairfield Circuitry Roger That
- DBA Absolute Destruction
- Dropping Acid #RIP
- Fairfield Circuitry 4-Eyes
- Iron Ether QF2
- (Clone of) Acceleron Fuzz (not a weird drive)

Wow, some interesting choices there. What music do you play? 

He plays country and western. 

Josh_Cosku

I have totally 8 pedals and 6 of them are dirt boxes

Hudson Broadcast
Vemuram Shanks ODS
Vemuram Budi G
Free the Tone MS-SOV2
Gladio SC
The Dane V2

I use a small board, pick 3 drive pedals depending on the guitar and the mood. Earthquaker Dispatch Master and Mini Vent are the other 2 pedals. Having a smaller helps me to focus on my playing rather than turning on/off the pedals all the time. 

gatheredinsong

Some I Love Fuzz classics there @Fazer ;

stylesforfree

stickyfiddle said:

Some rookie numbers here so far...

Janray, Page & EP Booster on the main board. Harlot & Klone on the small board.

And the below, of which dirts are 14 + 2 + 9 + 4 + 3... And another couple for sale not pictured. 

Please buy my things....

why you have so many? why you so weird living in all that dirt? You will be smelly foreveeeerrrr!!!
I like the red benson preamp. you dont have the lauren audio mustang though? you should buy that next. 

Btw I think you have a problem but that's ok, so do I.

stylesforfree

At one point I had 15 dirts and fuzzles

this is my dirt board now:



I have a BJFE clone and warm audio foxtone fuzz arriving too.

guitargeek62

guitargeek62 said:

I might have one or two more hiding somewhere, but:

- Way Huge Chalky (Saucy) Box
- Way Huge (Red) Geisha Drive
- Warm Audio Centavo
- Orange Amps Fur Coat
- Behringer SF-300
- Boss DS-1 40th Anniv.
- ProCo RAT2 (1989)
- ProCo RAT2 (1992)
- Digitech Bad Monkey
- Funny Little Boxes Skeleton Key


9’s acceptable, methinks? There’s only 3 on my board though…

*edit* 10 - I forgot one

11 - Moog MF Drive is now en route to me… it’s only my third one of those over the years!

Fazer

Winny_Pooh said:

Wow, some interesting choices there. What music do you play? 

I find myself unable to answer the question, and I don't have a link to any at the moment. Perhaps I could say it's Prog Rock / Dream Pop / Shoegaze / Goth / Drone / Minimalism

Fazer

gatheredinsong said:

Some I Love Fuzz classics there @Fazer ;

Yes, and I had even more! I sold the Fuzzhugger Algal Blooms and Montreal Assembly

ALMuti

Sooo... yeah, the obvious answer is "too many". Funnily enough, when I picked guitar up again a couple years ago, I thought "I don't understand those players that have a million drive pedals". 

Turns out: I do. 

Anyway, here they all are, in rough order from "tamest" to "gnarliest", and with my favorite children in bold. 

EHX East River (TS clone)
EHX Crayon (BB preamp clone) 
Zvex Distortron
EQD White Light
EHX Op-amp fuzz
EQD Hoof
Unnamed handmade hybrid - clone of an EQD Acapulco Gold, but with separate volume and gain + a Big Muff tone stack + a mid cut/boost 
Burns Buzzaround clone [handmade ebay clone] 
DOD Carcosa

So, where does this leave me: 

They're not a huge amount, but honestly, v much surplus to requirements. 

My board Currently: The White Light for anything low- to mid-gain; going as high as some slightly fuzzy put still cutting and open punk sounds, as we play a few numbers that are more straightforward punk, and cleaning up on vol knob below that when i need; and either the Acapulco Gold hybrid or the Hoof for more high gain stuff. If I get a different buzzaround clone in the future, i can absolutely see it replacing these as the higher gain options. I'm toying with the idea of a third slot for something more nasty, which at this stage would be the Carcosa. 

Ok, and what are you (inevitably) buying next? 
I am going to sell the two EHX drives soon - I don't gel with tubescreamers it turns out, and with the whole "using an OD to push further gain stages" in general. The White Light, on the other hand, they will have to pry from my cold dead hands. I may also sell the op-amp: it's huge fun, but not quite what I'm looking for in a muff. 

I still miss the EHX green russian reissue, it's amazing, but I was really getting lost in a band mix; the Hoof gets *most* of the way there but it really doesn't quite have the push of the full green russian. Another russian-inspired muff with a mids control will probably see me take the bait sooner or later. 

The Buzzaround clone is great, great fun, but with a few hitches; it left me hungry for a more "mature" version; but those come at a hefty price. 

I recently sold a Dano 3699 that sounded fantastic but didn't really fit the way I play; something else with an octave could be fun but would be quite niche for me. I've also been thinking about trying my hand with a RAT or relative thereof again. 

ragingben

Good question. Hmmm:

-Barber Dirty Bomb
-WMD Geiger Counter Pro
-Marshall Guv'nor
-Strymon Sunset
-Strymon Riverside
-Way Huge Green Rhino
-Subdecay Liquid Sunshine MKi
-Amp Tweaker Tight Drive Pro
-Devi Ever 90
-Devi Ever Hyperion
-BAT Pharaoh
-BAT Pharaoh Supreme
-Magnetic Effects Solar Bender
-Magnetic Effects Buzzer
-Karma FX OCD Clone
-Railhead TUA

So 4 distortions, 5 overdrives, 6 fuzz, 1 bit crusher.

I've had quite a few others over the years, but in the end I kind of burnt out. I wouldn't mind a Death By Audio Interstellar Overdriver, a Hudson Broadcast and a MKiii Liquid Sunshine at some point. The Tight Drive Pro is definitely the most versatile on this list and probably my favourite.

Stratavarious

Fulltone Fulldrive - used to push an old JMP in one rig

OCD & Boss OD3 work as a pair for general covers work. Crunch, drive and lead… 

The Boss OD3 stopped me needing to look at more.