If you could have only ONE dirtbox..what would it be?...light to heavy saturation

[harritone]

Kingsley?...Wampler?...Fetto?...Suhr?...

[Help!I'maRock!]

MI Audio Tube Zone

[wundergussy]

Admittedly I am in the honeymoon phase, but the Wampler Ecstasy is really knocking me out; especially since it can be a jack of all trades (treble boost through high-gain distortion).

[Vedt]

Fulltone Fulldrive 2. With the Boost option, it's like having two overdrives in one box.

[michael_smurphy]

black box for me !

[MjCartney]

Skreddy Screwdriver or a DLS

[Jangles]

Tim.

[MBT74]

If I have to choose right now, I'd get John Fromel to make me a custom double D.I.G.

[Theroyalconsort]

I'd go Rat.

Its one of the few pedals that can truely go form lightly pushed to throbing grind and still sound good

[AXXA]

Diaz Texas Ranger Treble Booster, on mid setting, hands down

[OuttaspaceMan]

I'd go Rat.

Its one of the few pedals that can truely go form lightly pushed to throbing grind and still sound good

+1 on the Rat!

[wizard333]

Barber DDSS. Or a Barber DDSS & LTD in a Dual Discrete, since that would be technically "one box".

[sameoldblues]

Germanium fuzzface. Mine's a Sunface NKT. Guitar volume on 10=mondo compression and saturation; 9=orgainic, transparent crunch; 7=light breakup; 6=totally transparent clean. Meets all your criteria, and you don't ever have to turn the damn thing off, let alone tweak any pedal knobs...

[DraggAmps]

Fetto Deluxe.

[CodeMonk]

Fulltone Fulldrive 2. With the Boost option, it's like having two overdrives in one box.


Works for me.

[cayle_6]

Barber DDSS for me.

[whiteop]

I think if only one, it would have to be the Rat. You can several shades of overdrive and distortion out of it but I like the FD2 too. It's a pedal that people write off before they've experimented with and found out how good it really is.

[Whiskey N Beans]

Sunface for me. Maybe a Rat. I could also make do with my Barber Small Fry. It covers Sinnott ground so well, from tim-like boost and chime to Zendrive Dumble tones.

[JRBain]

I do use only one at present, and it is a Boss SD-1, modded by Pedalmods UK.

And it does it all: A monstrously loud boost which works brilliantly as a treble booster, nasty grit, the best SD-1 sound I've ever heard, and the perfect SD-1 solo boost: Louder and a bit tighter.

The only thing I now need is more of them, so that I can have access to all of the modes. :aok

[pennylink]

I'm rocking a Rodenberg GAS-827 (TS808 and boost in one box).

[jb1911]

'69
BBB07
Ecstasy

[onemind]

light to moderate a Screwdriver can really do the job.

[dman11]

Fulltone Fulldrive 2. With the Boost option, it's like having two overdrives in one box.

+1 knocked my OCD and RAT off the board. I have a boogie so lead tones and cleans are well covered.But for crunchy clean and to tighten the boogie lead you can't beat the Fulldrive II. Excellent, excellent pedal

[teleclem]

Skreddy Lunar Module

[jpagey]

Fozrox ZIM
Barber Burn Unit EQ or DDSS
Lovepedal Kalamazoo or 2006 White E
or
Hermida Mosferatu

[odd]

I'd go Rat.

Its one of the few pedals that can truely go form lightly pushed to throbing grind and still sound good

Another vote for a RAT here. I have a handbuilt clone based on 1985 specs - I use it into a clean amp and it flat out rocks.

[triviani]

I sold all my dirt pedals but fuzz..


fuzz is where is at.

[amp boy]

Creepy Fingers DOOMIDRIVE !!!!!!!!

[gibsonsg73]

KOT, or maybe a Sunface

[Dica3]

Kingsley jester

[BiNGEaNiNjA]

Psionic Audio Telos

[Ultrawaffle]

tough call between a rat and a timmy...into a very clean amp I'd go with the rat, into an amp being pushed the timmy. Stacking both is my favorite though.

[snod911]

Kingsley Jester +1

[Tito83]

Rat

[Mr Tickle]

This1sMyne Pearl. done.

[Less=more]

i would have to say Klon. just got it a couple of days ago. Totally loving it for my playing style.

[JeffOlson]

Kingsley Jester v. 2 (though I have been thinking about a Kingsley Juggler).

I wondered about the Fettos for a time, but I just can't stomach spending that kind of money on a non-tube OD when I can get a real tube (pre-) amp with Kingsley for not much more. Maybe if the Fettos cost around $200, or even a little more, I would be all over them...

[lhama]

Skreddy lunar module deluxe

[Codyh630]

I only have one on my board right now, and that's the Fulltone OCD. It takes care of every drive sound I need. I also use an MXR Dyna Comp before it in the chain to act as a bit of a boost.

[gibsonguitar1988]

Wampler Paisley Drive

[Tito83]

Rat

[monty]

Rat.It actually was my only dirt for a long time.

[musica23]

Almost impossible to limit myself to one, but I guess I'd go with my trusty CMATMODS Brownie. I'm such a dirt/fuzz freak, but I can't see playing without that one.

[eclipseall]

Mxr doubleshot

[guitarist58]

Nova Drive

[Dred/Fryer]

CM Plexi-Tone

[NewarkWilder]

Fetto Nord/Deluxe/whichever has a boost

the Fetto probably has the most highly useable range i've heard in a pedal, try turning the gain way down and the volume up... gorgeous light breakup. get to like 2:00 on the gain dial and its the perfect lead tone. crank it and you've got stack-style rhythm distortion.

I do love the Kingsley too but even though its not tube-based the Fetto's tone is just so good.

[MRCHILL4]

boiling point or the lunar module.

[slopeshoulder]

Menatone Shut up and Drive
Kingsley Minstrel
Fetto
maybe tiki drive, but I haven't played that one.

[thesooze]

the JHS Charlie brown is a strong contender. been REALLY impressed by it for all ranges of gain.

[Pedal Dan]

Oliver SD-10

[harritone]

How 'bout the Ethos?....Emma?....Seventh heaven?....Cornish?(I wish)...thanks to you guys I have to buy about 10 more pedals!...What is a good year RAT to get?

[DraggAmps]

How 'bout the Ethos?....Emma?....Seventh heaven?....Cornish?(I wish)...thanks to you guys I have to buy about 10 more pedals!...What is a good year RAT to get?

If you want a Rat, get a white face Rat. The 85 is generally the beloved one but it's much easier and cheaper to find a White Face Rat Reiussue. The vintage big box Rat is also as good, and I think it's the same exact thing. Since you mentioned Emma and the Goosoniqueworks Seventheaven, I'm guessing you might be looking for a versatile high gain pedal? I voted for the Fetto Deluxe as the pedal I'd keep because it does low to fairly high gain and is just so great and hard to replace and I can always use one of my high gain amps for the really heavy distortion. However, it would still be very hard for me to live without a dedicated high gain distortion and the good ones can clean up well for the lower gain stiuff. If I was to have to pick a pedal like that, that could clean up and get to fully saturated distortion, it would be hard for me to give up my Weehbo Morbid Drive. It's in the same kind of category as the Emma, Seventheaven, Triple Wreck, Tube Zone, Openhaus, Dominator, etc, but after owning all of those pedals, it's definitely my favorite. The closest thing to an Engl and/or Mesa in a box I've found, most amp-like and tight, super thick, great cleanup, etc. If you like Marshally distortion more, the Wampler Plextortion is another one that cleans up amazingly for lower gain tones and gets fully saturated JCM type tones. I've owned a lot of high gain distortions, including $500+ Cornish and Toneczar stuff, and the two that I have left are a 7-knob Plextortion and Weehbo Morbid Drive. Not that there aren't other great pedals out there. I'd love to keep them all! Lots of pedal builders to give credit to out there..

[DraggAmps]

BTW, the Ethos is one of the best preamp type pedals, especially for going direct and it's cool that it has the two channels, but ultimately I think there are much cheaper pedals that sound better as regular dirt boxes into an amp.

[mcdes]

I keep seeing this thread, but for the life of me, I can't comment to commit to one!!!! Noooooooooo....

[MasterEvan07]

Aw man...I love my variety of dirt boxes...but if I had to keep just one I'd keep my Fromel GO! hands down. I'd cry a lot about losing the others...then I'd crank my amp and kick on the GO! and let rock soothe my heart and wipe away my tears.

[harryjmic]

The Kingsley Minstrel is really something, too bad you can't get the channels on the fly. It does have a boat load of range however.

[RC2]

Foxrox ZIM with CS & H9 cards in it.

[harritone]

Plextortion or SuperPlex?...difference?...7 knob?.. If you like Marshally distortion more, the Wampler Plextortion is another one that cleans up amazingly for lower gain tones and gets fully saturated JCM type tones. I've owned a lot of high gain distortions, including $500+ Cornish and Toneczar stuff, and the two that I have left are a 7-knob Plextortion and Weehbo Morbid Drive. Not that there aren't other great pedals out there. I'd love to keep them all! Lots of pedal builders to give credit to out there..

[DraggAmps]

Plextortion or SuperPlex?...difference?...7 knob?..

Regular Plextortion. The SuperPlex just isn't quite as good, IMO, and that's kind of the general consensus. I don't think Brian Wampler thought it was quite as good as his Plextortion and Pinnacle, either, because he decided to discontinue it and replace it with something else, which he supposedly only does if he thinks it could use some improvement. The Plextortion is really a gem though. I just happen to have a rare 7 knob one, but they're very rare. It's a two channel version but I've owned the regular version and they're basically the same as far as the general sound.

[harritone]

@DraggAmps....dude...the Weehbo stuff looks KILLER!...Morbid and the HellDrive...G>>A>>S

BTW...what do you use as a clean platform..amp-wise?...do you run crystal clean or with a slight break-up?

[DraggAmps]

@DraggAmps....dude...the Weehbo stuff looks KILLER!...Morbid and the HellDrive...G>>A>>S

BTW...what do you use as a clean platform..amp-wise?...do you run crystal clean or with a slight break-up?

I know, and their stuff has blown me away so far. I want all of those pedals. Really nice stuff.

I usually run things pretty clean but some of my lower wattage amps get to the edge of breakup at band volumes. I mostly use a Mesa Transatlantic at rehearsals and small gigs. Sometimes a tween Deluxe and a tweed Bassman or BF Twin Reverb for bigger gigs. I also use a Sunn Model T or Soldano but for different styles of music, usually not with pedals or just a boost pedal.

[harritone]

I'm going to try the HellDrive first...Soldano-ish...the morbid NAILS a recto tone

[harritone]

@Dragg...why did you choose the Morbid over the Hell?...Did you get to physically try them out?

[TheReverendCommon]

custom made double od.

it's technically one box :)

if wait was not an option... i'd get a tim

[jazzfromhell]

Fetto Nord.

[DraggAmps]

@Dragg...why did you choose the Morbid over the Hell?...Did you get to physically try them out?

No I just knew the Helldrive was a lesser gain more Marshally pedal and I have Marshall distortions covered well. There's plenty of great ones of those, but I was still searching for the perfect Mesa-ish modern high gain metal and hard rock pedal. The Morbid is just the heaviest modern high gain one and the only one really made to compete with the Openhaus, Triple Wreck, Dominator, Seventheaven, etc. Which is what I wanted.

[Ben C.]

Fetto C-Luxe / Deluxe

[Jet Age Eric]

Solid Gold Superdrive

[harritone]

You checked out the Morbid GE version?No I just knew the Helldrive was a lesser gain more Marshally pedal and I have Marshall distortions covered well. There's plenty of great ones of those, but I was still searching for the perfect Mesa-ish modern high gain metal and hard rock pedal. The Morbid is just the heaviest modern high gain one and the only one really made to compete with the Openhaus, Triple Wreck, Dominator, Seventheaven, etc. Which is what I wanted.

[blackba]

HBE plank Cranker (based on a Power screamer).

Close runner up, Hermida Distortion

[John Hurtt]

CJOD

[Brian Johnston]

I just did a review on the SolidGoldFX's SuperDrive:

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=935095

A few on this board really supports this pedal, and I now know why... it is so natural sounding, like an extension of your amp. It may not be the most diverse, in terms of different tones, etc., (I like the Empress Multidrive for that reason), but the SuperDrive is so darn nice sounding.

[Pizzaking]

Suhr Riot

[playthecray]

Kingsley Jester

[billfoma]

Timmy, but it really depends on the amp or guitar I'm using.

[hotraman]

Wampler Paisley ...lots of tonal options that works with solid body and semi- hollow body guitars.

[Tuberattler]

Marshall Drivemaster. Done. Wee hee!!

[baybruin]

JHS klone

[mboersma]

Lovepedal COT50
gives a really nice plexi sound and cleans up nicely when you rolloff the volume knob

[harritone]

excellent...If I could only find one...and dig up $800CJOD

[Ouchz]

Weehbo Morbid drive! *I know I'm in the minority with this but it works really well for me*

[Jules-RM]

Since I'm currently running a AC30, I'd up the amp overdrive a bit and stick with a Barber Half Gainer for a little more gain when I need it.

[jroot]

After spending some serious time with the following:
Keeley TS-9, Tone Monk SOL2, Boiling Point OD, Eternity Fuse, and MP Sweet Honey OD (pcb)
I have decided that all of these are bad ass and have a ton of range in each pedal. If I had to choose one of these I would walk with the Tone Monk, but any would serve me well. The Tone Monk has this ripping thing right at the beginning of whatever you play. It is subtle but it reminds me of a tone bender type thing for a millisecond before the note blossoms. I have also spent some time rotating the order of these pedals asking different ones to do the duty of boost, light, medium, and heavy. They a are very versatile. The SHOD might not have as much gain on tap, but with my rig it gets pretty mean, especially stacked. I also got the SHOD to sound a lot like my Beano boost. I still prefer the Beano for that spot. As you well know YMMV. If you are me, with my style, taste, and rig I think you would be hard pressed to choose the best one of the bunch. I sure can't, and that is why I have 5 dirt boxes on my board.

[Daka3]

Just one? Easy. My '86 blackface RAT. It does everything I need, and I have gigged and recorded for decades with it as the only dirt Unit on my board, cutting whole albums without turning it off, controlling dirt intensity from the guitar. Then I found TGP, and now I combine it with other gainboxes - but I could go back to just that old steel-box easily.

[Class5]

The Lovepedal AMP50. It's all I really need with a Tele and an AC15H1TV.

Rock & Roll!!!!

[Sensates]

Seventheaven. It's awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw7fTTeK9aw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fex5xw2LHvQ

[rukero]

Boiling Point or Fulldrive II

[jb1911]

Wampler Ecstasy.

[walkers]

MI Audio Tube Zone

[macki]

Empress Multidrive - 3 in 1 with Eq. Can't got wrong!

[dman11]

Fulltone Fulldrive 2. With the Boost option, it's like having two overdrives in one box.

+ 1 Fulldrive II is the beezneez:love:

[Clean Channel]

Empress Multidrive - 3 in 1 with Eq. Can't got wrong!

Yep, Empress Multidrive, hands down, no contest. If I could only have one pedal, the Multidrive would be a strong contender.

And I prefer to think of it as 5 in 1. The 'distortion' circuit delivers three very distinct flavors (mild, crunch, lead) on top of the 'overdrive' and 'fuzz' circuits. The 'distortion' alone could have been a hugely successful 3 in 1 pedal.

Everyone needs to try a Multidrive, truly awesome pedal.

[Bigdrive501]

After having it for over a month now(that maybe a record for me) Dr. Scientist's The Elements is the most versatile dirt box I've come across.

I have found everything from a beautiful clean boost>>EQ>>light OD>>AC/DC crunch>>to full out distortion and with a tweak of the EQ it can even cop some Muff tones as well

~Craig

[H.P. Lovecraft]

A ProCo Rat or a modd'd Tube Screamer varient.

[Intercom Terror]

BOR

[monkmiles]

ZVex Distortron or Catalinbread DLS MKI.

[LouRossi]

Marshall Guv'nor or my new Wampler Plextortion

[JTO]

I'm really liking the PlimSoul these days...

[cajone5]

Just due to the versatility for me it'd probably be the...

Analogman Astro Tone

Although that's subject to change on a second by second basis :D

[thesjkexperienc]

Easy, BJFE Model HvT.

[redbeardrob]

this
http://www.vintageandrare.com/uploads/products/9659/54115/analog-man-SunFace-Fuzz-NKT-275-big.jpg

[meterman]

only one...would have to be a germanium fuzzface, currently a Fulltone '69 MkII. Goes from clean to grit to wailing with a twist of the volume knob, lots of different shades of dirt....

[jefcon1]

Without reading any of the posts, I'm going to agree with all the people who chose the Rat.

[Shredmonster]

BYOC Shredder. Marshall to Mesa in one box.

[coldfingaz]

Himmelstrutz Gramps+
Skreddy Screwdriver

Both can cover OD to fuzz.

[coralreefer]

I've got a Skreddy Lunar Module Deluxe, Pinnacle, Paisley, modded TS9, Signa Drive, Hoof, to name a few....but I'm going to pick my Skreddy Screwdriver Deluxe...just cops all the tones I love...

[ivansardi]

Empress Multidrive or Black arts toneworks Sarcophagus

[stephen sawall]

Fryette SAS

[BMoore77]

pinnacle

[SG_Seth]

Kingsley Jester

[Tsathoggua]

More than 2 years after getting it, still the Openhaus. Very versatile thanks to the gain control via an expression pedal.

[televox]

Gristle King or King of Tone

[jdandry]

Cornish G-2

[Mike Duncan]

OCD.

[solitaire]

I would have liked to say Fulltone PlimSoul or OCD, but I'm going with the MI Audio TubeZone instead. It does any gain and sounds great no matter how you set it.

[Hulakatt]

As long as my Marshall is my go to amp, I have to admit that my bearfoot DRD is going nowhere. It maintains the same sound and feel but just... more.

[Zero G]

Kingsley Jester

+1. :aok

[killer blues]

Kingsley?...Wampler?...Fetto?...Suhr?...

i couldn't have just one. what works for my fenders doesn't work for my marshall and vis a versa

TS808HW for my 58 tweed pro

analogman KOT for my '65 bassman

analogman sunlion beano side for my JTM 45 with my les paul. first time I plugged it in, I realized why all those english cats in the '60's raved over the rangemaster. simply devastating

[CaptainAwesome]

For the first time since I joined TGP, I actually only have 1 OD/Fuzz on the board - Skreddy Lunar Module.

[RocksOff]

BOR

[Tone Meister]

Only one? With no chance of a second one? Without hesitation an H&K Tube Factor

[wcmiller]

Kingsley jester

I second the JESTER! Great light, medium, "fairly heavy saturated tones" with 3 different tonal boost options to throw it all over the top!

[Octafuzz40]

It would be a toss up between a Rat (I use a Freakshow Rabbit w/ a toggle switch but almost always leave it on the conventional Rat setting) and a Skreddy Screw Driver Deluxe. The Rat would probably win, though, in a pinch. Tons of gain on tap if you need it (usually don't put the gain knob past 11:00), but still has a nice overdriven sound on lower gain settings through a clean amp. Sounds great w/ my DRRI.

[Dale]

Screw Driver here.

[joeleric26]

BJFE HBOD ... although a very close second would be my Psionic Audio Telos.

[Chrismeg7]

KOT v4. It´s awesome and very dynamic.

[Chevyvan]

I am madly in love with the MachineHead Pedals 72 degrees

I don't get that this pedal doesn't get more attention. I tried so many and this one has got it all.

[christhurman]

Paul Cochrane Tim... I know I know... but I have, and love, the Timmy, and I figure if I have to pick one drive pedal that the Timmy would do it, and with a boost to kick it up a notch... Yeah I'd be happy.

[LOGANTEXASBLUES]

believe it or not a boss 59 bassman pedal, and i have a diamond j drive mk3 and a keeley fuzz head which i LOVE but something about that bassman sound with my tele is godly

[Johnnytone]

Some type of Rat.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/Johnnytone/IMG_4202a-1.jpg

[Dave]

Definitely a Rat.

[Trotter]

Way Huge Pork Lion

... and I've bought and sold off what seems like a hundred different dirt boxes.

Timmy would be the second choice for me.