well, after a little bit of experimenting, ive found a sound im pretty happy with.

ive found ways to do amazing things with the dd20. i made a small list of all the options, and ill make a video soon to upload on here (exclusive!!!)

among the effects i can make with the dd20 that ive just found,i dont need any other effect as far as modulation, weirdness, or delay goes.

the one thing i am looking at is a more natural smooth overdrive to replace my ds-1.

ive had my eyes on a few things (some arent exactly what im looking for but have considered):



Barber Tone Press (i like the idea and sound of the parallel compresor, and can be used as clean boost; thats pretty much what i need)

Barber Direct Drive (i like the sound, but the only issue is if it will be smooth enough; i think it will, but im not 10000% sure)

Boss OD-3 (first to stick out in my mind, most readily available and most likely)

Boss SD-1 (probably has to much mids, and may be out of the question)

Boss BD-2 (don't really like it, too thin and an almost "wiry, stringy" sort of breakup; not smooth to my ears at all)

Catalinbread Hyper Pak (small and one of the more expensive pedals, but the sound is well worth it)

Fulltone OCD (love how the pedal sounds, the harmonic overtones...; only issue is if it has too much brightness, but id use the high pass filter and tone control along with gtr's vol knob to work around that)

MI Audio Crunchbox (love the way the tone rolls off the highs and leaves mids and bass intact; but like the direct drive, may be too crunchy and jagged to be smooth enough)

MXR Dist+ (the idea of it is great, but the sound isnt the same to my ears as alot of other peoples's; it hits the top end too much and doesnt drive the lower and middle frequencies the way i would prefer it to. same thing goes for MXR Micro Amp and DOD 250)

Xotic BB Preamp (functinos a bit more as a distortion than overdrive, but the way it handles single coils and bass character of tone is awesome)

Xotic AC Booster (very clean boost, like a clean tube amp with a master volume to help out with that beautiful breakup)

Xotic RC Booster (almost the middle child of the 3; can be clean, but can cause some great overdrive)

ZVEX Box Of Rock (zach did a great job on the marshall sound! very much like the amplifier cranked as he modeled it after, might be too dirty for my needs though; then again, i have the gtr's vol knob to roll off some gain)

ZVEX Fuzz Factory (hmmm... this pedal really intrigues me; it can be a great wall of fuzz sound and can be a strong overdrive with a tidbit of ditortino mixed into the overdrive. can also sputter and get some crazy osscillating sounds)


as you can see i have some deciding on my hands, and those arent all of the ones ive been looking at, just a few.

i can definitely see some havoc in the thought of my dedicated "fuzz amp" (first act w/ slashed speaker) along with the fuzz factory... seems dangerous a bit to me, might have to do it.

i wish i could find a way to hear some demos and get an opinion on the Carl Martin AC Tone pedal or the Plexi tone, that would be awesome.