Distortion / Overdrive pedal

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Anyone have any advice on a really great Dis/OD pedal?

Basically what I want is a smooth, creamy, big ringing sound, not a fuzz sound which seems to be quite popular these days. I'd like the sound to be uniform and tail off into a nice musical feedback. Too many pedals seems to sound too dry with with fizzy undertones and frequency clashes that don't sit together.

The pedals I've tried and which haven't worked for me so far are a Boss DS2 (too mushy), a Boss SD1 (too nasal, no low end) and a Marshall Guvnor (too grunty). I've tried a bunch of cheapo pedals also, but they were all terrible.

I have about £100 to spare, maybe a little more if I find something special.

I know a high end valve amp would certainly get me this sound, but I'm sure there's a pedal out there which can help me get closer to what I want.
 
The Marshall pedals are looking quite cheap. Just checked out their site and the Guvnor pedal is a totally new model compared to the one I had.

Tubescreamer is not what I'm looking for, as they work best when driving an already overdriven valve amp I believe. I want something that gives a full on, sustained chord like ringing sound, out of the box.

I thought the Proco Rat pedals were like fuzz pedals?
 
FireMoon said:
If you have a credit card just order it from them direct...
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As good as they look, I'm still wary of spending that much moolah on a pedal I haven't personally been able to try.

The Mesa sounds good, fairly sure I could find a shop with one of those to try.

And I've been told the DS1 is a good pedal, cheap too. That mod must do a lot to warrant the jump in cost though (£39 stock).
 
The DS2 seems to divide people. Kurt Cobain liked them. I just sold mine today cos I hated it - as I said, too mushy.
 
I only have £100, not £800 :)

I know there is a compromise, but I'm sure there is a sound out there I'll like. Some good recommendations anyway, the Mesa and G2D seem like good options.
 
SidewinderINC -

The Keeley DS1 could be what I'm after.

Does it give the sound I refered to earlier in this thread? Full and rich, with nice harmonic overtones?? Not fuzzy and muddled, with freqs all clashing into each other??

I noticed that the Keeley USA site seems to offer international shipping. Pedal $129 + $30 shipping = approx £85! The UK Keeley site has the pedal for £109. Something not right there I think.
 
Oh right. Where and how do the extra charges happen? Naive I know, but I've never bought anything from abroad before.
 
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