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tyoac wrote:vox v810 + 80s rat.

That was the gain combo I used for nearly a decade.

Vox AC 15 with:
bad monkey + DIY fuzz factory clone+ Fulltone 70s

Speaker Cranker (light OD)
Trotsky Drive (super harmonic heavier OD)
EarthQuaker Dirt Transmitter or BYOC ToneBender or BYOC RamsHead Muff

Two: a Tube Screamer in front of a Frantone Peachfuzz.

I've long been contemplating adding a third for something not as heavy as a Peachfuzz, but with more break-up than the TS. You know, something that could handle crunchy chords; something approximate to a Marshall stack, but without having to ditch my Super Reverb. BUT, I feel like adding a third dirt pedal would get in the way of my desire to keep my set-up simple.

2 usually. One of them has 2 'levels' of dirt, so it's kinda like I have a few different levels of dirt.

i use an EH english muffin´for a natural amp-like dirt that i can control with my playing (i play trough a clean and fat sounding fender 75 amp ) ,and for some solos a fuzz with optional octave-up ,i was thinking in going back to my sovtek muff instead...
i also have a boost in the board for solos ,but i´m using it less and less ...so 2 to 3 for me

I no longer have a board, but I usually have 3 dirt pedals on the floor. a Fuzz, boost and a Tube Screamer.

I haven't played out in years and don't get to setup my pedals at home too often (being in a middle floor apartment and having 2 kids running around), but from memory I have a few distortion/etc boxes.

DOX FX 56 Super American Metal (my first pedal, w/the bass knob in there I could easily shift from Ramones and Green Day to NIN and Manson)
Sovtek green Big Muff (fave setting sharpied onto it of course heh)
BOSS DF-s Super Distortion w/Feedbacker (seem to recal a claim it was used by Medicine, holding the pedal down introduces a sine wave. Kind of lame)
MXR Blue Box (really need to mod the volume loss out of it)


I think that is it for that type of pedal. Ususally I have one or both of the first 2 out and sometimes the Blue Box. Unless I'm trying to make a super muddled mass, then all 4 are out and in full effect

I always have my T-rex Tonebug Overdrive, and I have, on some gigs, used only that one.

Before I got my fuzz pedal I used the T-rex for overdrive, and a Marshall Bluesbreaker (with everything set on full) as a distortion.
Nowdays I use the Tonebug in front of a Mosrite Fuzzrite clone, and on the rare occasions that the Bluesbreaker does come along, I use it as a boost.

Here we go:
Little Big Muff, Boss SD-1, Boss OS-2, Blue Box and a Fender Blender.
I always keep the amp clean...

Borrowed the Muff from a friend, but I hardly use it so hes "borrowing" it back (we have an joint custody agreement since I replaced its broken tone pot).
The SD-1 I use as a volume pedal than an OD.
The OS-2 is my first pedal and has seen alot of abuse, its my main dirt pedal.
The BlueBox and FenderBlender are both new, so I had to fix the volume loss on both, now they keep up...

Three right now; Ghost buzzaround, paisley superfuzz and creepy fingers sugar boost.

Wampler Plextortion, Blackstar HT dist-x, Jimi Hendrix Octavio fuzz

Mclean wrote:creepy fingers sugar boost

How's that Sugarboost treating you? I've been fighting some bad gas for one of them for the past month or so?

druunkonego wrote:

Mclean wrote:creepy fingers sugar boost

How's that Sugarboost treating you? I've been fighting some bad gas for one of them for the past month or so?

It wasn't cheap, but it's a great pedal. I believe it's based on a rangemaster, but with a fat/thin knob which makes it super useful. It generally prefers a slightly dirty amp and will push it from a light crunch into something much bigger!

I only have one gain pedal on my board and it's a Super Duper. With that said, I'm just playing clean with the SD on all the time. The SD just makes everything sound better. I have a few pedals coming in the mail, maybe one of those will stay on board for good. Who knows!