So I've had my DRRi about 6 months now and it's definitely one of those amps I'll keep (for a longer time than most anyway!). The only drawback is the dirtier side of things, the vibrato channel seems to be troublesome with matching a decent dirt/fuzz tone. I've got a monte allums SD1 and it just doesn't seem to do it for me, it was only ever a cheap 'doing a job for now' pedal anyway.
I'm after something with the gain on tap for relatively low crunch, thick sounding but can be controlled with your picking action/vol knob etc.
Idea is to have a low gain drive pedal and then layer a thicker fuzz on the top when I feel ambitious?
Suggestions from owners out there?
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The bb works well as does the subdecay liquid sunshine, and the mini germanium fuzz face
If you are effectively looking for a second channel for your amp with dirt into the clean then the Blackstar HT-Drive is worth a look and goes very cheap now. The OCD as Crunchman mentioned is a good shout. It does depend on what kind of dirt you are after obviously.
Pedals I used with the DRRI are, TS808 (or anything similar), OCD, klon centaur clone, rat, barber small fry, plus a bunch of others I can't remember.
always thought it was a good pedal plaform. but you could change the speaker if you want to ge tthe best out of it. whacking in a eminence cannabis rex or celestion alnico gold will make a mahoosive difference to the amp in my experience.
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