Tube Screamer vs. DS-1 to the Untrained Ear

[Joeydego]

I would say before going gain/od/distortion crazy, expand your sonic palate. Do you have delay? Flange? Chorus? Auto wah? You have one distortion now, so move on. My 2 cents.

 

[Joeydego]

Crap! Already got a Biyang Mad Driver. Was pretty cheap. I like it. But I like my DS-1 too and my Joyo Ultimate Something or Other. They all sound different, but good-different. I just sorta plug one in and dabble based on my mood. I'm not chasing any specific sound.

Should I get a Bad Monkey too?

(While GASsing for pedals is a heck of a lot cheaper than my guitar-buying addiction, recently cured by poverty, I can see the relative low cost of pedals fueling the fire. "Oh it's just 60 bucks" times X adds up fast!)

you aint kidding. And you dont even realize it until you price it all out. My pedalboard retails around 7 grand if you had to buy and pay to build again like I did over time.

 

[ElCamino]

I would say before going gain/od/distortion crazy, expand your sonic palate. Do you have delay? Flange? Chorus? Auto wah? You have one distortion now, so move on. My 2 cents.

Point taken. I sorta have all that with my Mustang II modeling amp, but it doesn't hold a candle to my pride and joy, one of the new Princeton 68 Reverbs. Just sounds amazing to my ear. Maybe I should start expanding my horizons.

 

[Joeydego]

Point taken. I sorta have all that with my Mustang II modeling amp, but it doesn't hold a candle to my pride and joy, one of the new Princeton 68 Reverbs. Just sounds amazing to my ear. Maybe I should start expanding my horizons.

Dude, mustang is good for learning songs and practice. Not nearly the same as building a serious sonic platform off a Princeton. No effects loop in the Fender, right? For practice, I have a Line 6 Amplifi 150. Great amp for teaching and learning songs. For the real deal, I have a variety of good, 50 and 100w tube heads to pick from. Cant compare the 2. They serve 2 completely different purposes. I wouldn't teach a student thru a half stack and wouldn't take the Line 6 to the stage, either. Start getting together good quality, great sounding pedals for that princeton.

 

[moreles]

Princetons are great; loads of players record with them because you can crank a bit for tone without destroying the universe. Wildschwein's advice re: the DS-1 is true to my experience. My Keeley-modded DS-1 is fantastic; as Wildschwein says, if you dial out the treble (there will still be plenty) you get an amazing tone with, in my opinion, far more character than a TS. (Mine has a monster bottom end and clean highs; I play through a customized Pro Jr, w/ a 10, so that's pretty amazing, though Jeff Beck also toured with PJs). To me, a TS is really generic sounding unless you're SRV and running your signal through two amps, etc., to get the fidelity you will otherwise lose (somewhat) w/ the TS.