Favorite Distortion

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:03 pm

No worries dude.... can you tell me how much it cost... ?

How would you describe the sound ?

cheers
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endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:16 pm

I bought it about 6-7 years ago for $250 including a Sonic 4x12 cab. I see them go these days closer to $500-700 though.

The sound... hrmmm...

The low channel sounds sort of Plexi-ish but with more grit. No matter how clean you try to run it, it breaks up but it's a nice warm bluesy break. This is rock and roll, who needs crisp cleans anyhow.

The high channel... well... it's a cross between a JCM800 and Godzilla. It's brutal distortion, but not muddy. This channel will take you anywhere from 70's style hard rock to the most crushing, grindey metal you can imagine.

My old band used this amp to record the tracks on our myspace. It was the high channel set with fairly low gain, good punk rock tone. Forgive the singing, I know I suck but this is as close to a demo as I have for it right now.

http://www.myspace.com/makeway

luke · Post by **luke** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:27 pm

SO GOOD.

Post by **dots** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:31 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:
Fran wrote:Imo you cant beat the proper valve distortion of an amp.
True story... I guess really this is my favorite distortion:

i'm in the same boat. . . just a different deck.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:33 pm

dots wrote:i'm in the same boat. . . just a different deck.

This is the correct answer.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:12 pm

Malik wrote:

SO GOOD.

i've always been curious of the DS-2. mainly from some of the chilli peppers guitar sounds. i've heard that it's a bit of a love it or loathe it pedal.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:14 pm

really been digging the distortion on this amp so this might be my next purchase.
Paired with one of these guys:

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suede · Post by **suede** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:35 pm

vintage rat

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:53 pm

lamp wrote:
dots wrote:i'm in the same boat. . . just a different deck.

This is the correct answer.

PAH.... JVM... everyone sounds the same running through that thing....

worse than a Line 6

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:00 pm

I want a JVM so bad. It's a shame, I've started to really like small amps, and my band is just piano and guitar at it's core, so I've adopted small, no frills ethos, with amps with only a gain knob, a a pedal with only a gain knob, and only the neck pickup and my hands on the guitar.

I'm really considering starting a heavy rock three piece, just so I can started fucking about with stupidly loud things again.

Post by **dots** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:20 pm

othomas2 wrote:
lamp wrote:
dots wrote:i'm in the same boat. . . just a different deck.

This is the correct answer.
PAH.... JVM... everyone sounds the same running through that thing....

worse than a Line 6

you must not be doing it right.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:22 pm

dots wrote:
othomas2 wrote:
lamp wrote: This is the correct answer.
PAH.... JVM... everyone sounds the same running through that thing....

worse than a Line 6
you must not be doing it right.

how can everyone sound them same when the damn thing has so many knobs?

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:28 pm

dots wrote:
othomas2 wrote:
lamp wrote: This is the correct answer.
PAH.... JVM... everyone sounds the same running through that thing....

worse than a Line 6
you must not be doing it right.

It's the rest of them...

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:09 am

This

To which this does a close approximation with a great clean channel: