Dig it! HNPD! (Sort of) I am the god of Hell Fire!
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OGG
Master of the Meh
The Distortion is fairly "meh" on its own, but the Feedback... oh that glorious Feedback is absolutely incredible.The guitar player in my first band had one of those. He paired it with some kind of Digitech double distortion. Let's just say he had plenty of gain on tap
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Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
The distortion circuit is just a regular DS1.
OGG
Master of the Meh
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
Never even heard of this one. Looks cool.
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
I could comment but not going to. Trying to remain positive in 2019
OGG
Master of the Meh
Spill it Randy. This is a safe place. I won't have a problem with your thoughts.
This thing serves a very specific purpose for me. The Distortion part isn't even a player. It's all about the Feedback generator. Playing a lot of old school 80s alt-rock means duplicating the purposeful use of Feedback that was a big part of a great many songs. As the lead vocalist, trying to force natural Feedback out of and amp that's several feet behind me and with my guitar pointed away from it is damn near impossible without cranking the buhgeeziz out of the amp/s. With this little guy I have perfect Feedback on tap any time I need it.
Think Steve Stevens on songs like White Wedding and Rebel Yell... I can't turn away from the mic and go stick my guitar in front of my amps and "hope" I get the desired effect while also having sing. Oh, and with an EBow... good lawd!
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OGG
Master of the Meh
I've had this one for 30 years. It got boxed up a decade ago at the very least with a bunch of other pedals because I had been using MultiFX units exclusively. I think I paid a little over a hundred bucks for it when I bought it new in '86. That same box also had my old DD-2 Delay and a bunch of shit DOD pedals. The DODs might get cleaned up and listed for sale. No chance I'll ever use them.
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Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
Since you egg'ed me on....
The Feedback part is to slow to respond and you have to hold the pedal down quite awhile before the circuit becomes active.
What would I do to avoid using that pedal? Cascade two drives together. The first one would be your standard drive for all of your songs and the second one to bump the first one. As for standing in front of that amp, no. With the pedal gain of the first one, you can position your guitar in the right spot and feedback like a Motherf**r. The key is blending the two drives to achieve the goal. Want to have more fun? Add a 3rd drive in. Use the 3rd one to bump it all up and use the second one for leads.
As for the feedback response, much faster and you can change the hand position to give different feedback harmonics/overtones.
OGG
Master of the Meh
I haven't, but I've watched several clips and really dig it.
The DF-2 is really an instrument unto itself. It has a learning curve (much like an EBow) that takes some time and practice to truly master. Once you "get it", it's actually quite musical. It's certainly not everyone's cuppa, but used in the right context it can be indispensable. Just ask Kurt Cobain...
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