Recommend a high gain pedal for my setup.

[jcmark611]

Here's what I have so far....

Strat with '69 pups-->Classic Crybaby-->Tubescreamer-->Blues Driver-->Dunlop Univibe-->Boss CH-1-->DL-4-->Blues Junior

I'm debating between a Turbo Rat, BYOC Large Beaver Ram's Head and the new MXR Classic Fuzz but, I am open to suggestions as to what would work best with my rig. Not looking to sound like anyone in particular.

 

[nibus]

All three of those pedals are completely different.

The Rat is distortion with a fuzzy edge. The Beaver is a Muff fuzz and the MXR is more classic ala Hendrix fuzz.

So really it's a question of what sound you are after. For versatility, I would go with the Rat.

 

[xntrick]

i have only tried a basic Rat, but when i compared it to a sansamp gt2, modded metal zone, and damage control metal pedal..the Rat was quite lame

 

[jcmark611]

A nice big lead sound is what I am after.

 

[Moe45673]

Monte Allums modded Boss MT-2. Sounds like you're on a budget, and this pedal is leaps and bounds over any other pedal I've tried in that range.

http://www.monteallums.com/pedal_mods.html#bossmt2Plus

 

[jcmark611]

Monte Allums modded Boss MT-2. Sounds like you're on a budget, and this pedal is leaps and bounds over any other pedal I've tried in that range.

http://www.monteallums.com/pedal_mods.html#bossmt2Plus

Is there a way to buy a pedal with the mods already done? I'm horrible with a soldering iron.

 

[Moe45673]

yup. cmatmods will do it for you. You'll have to get the pedal yourself and ship it to him

http://www.cmatmods.com/mods.html#mt2

Even the plain vanilla Sustainia mod without the tri-gain option is killer (if you want to save 20 bucks). In fact, that's the one I used to have. The tri-gain gives you extra versatility though

 

[nibus]

i have only tried a basic Rat, but when i compared it to a sansamp gt2, modded metal zone, and damage control metal pedal..the Rat was quite lame

Not all Rats are created equal. Trust me, a good Rat is a very decent distortion device.

 

[innocent_bystander]

Lovekraft Chupacabra or Barber's Dirty Bomb

 

[dstinkyb]

You could just get a cmatmods Brownie, it's the best distortion pedal I've ever played. Barber's got a new one called the Dirty Bomb which is pretty sick too.

 

[chameleon101663]

Love my MI Audio Tube Zone...but unfortunately, I like my older 3-knob version better than the newer 6-knob one. Don't know if they're easy to find anymore...

The pedal does great high gain, cleans up nicely with the volume knob and has a great warm, tight chunka-chunka. Great definition with no muddiness at all.