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@@PatPosse my favourite mod for the DS1 is the Keeley mod clipping the Resistor. Now I know more I might add a switch so it's original and k mod or kmod and a over distorted mod original sound with a fuzz circuit or led on the output for extra grunr
@@patrickmcmanus5373 I need to get Keeley to mod one of my pedals!I've got 2 of his pedals and have had some more over the years but never got anything modified by the man himself...
I purchased this pedal over 20 years ago and couldn’t stand the sound. Now Im getting all sorts of distorted goodness. This pedal is great when it’s used correctly. Thank you
I started playing in 78. I bought my DS-1 back in 1981I Still have the very same DS-1! I’m still jamming and this damn will probably out last me. Hell, I may pass it on down to my grand kids!
The DS-1 is a great pedal. I haven't used one in quite some time, but I played one on many gigs. Another tip about this pedal is that it really shines with the level on full. Sort of like the idea that an amp in the 70s needed to be turned up all the way for the best tone, this pedal works really well that way also. It actually makes for a really good overdrive with the level full and the gain between 9:00 and noon.
Oh yeah! Like pushing a tube amp into overdrive. I live doing that with the Ts9 but the DS1 also does that very well. Especially if your amp is tube driven. Great advice there !
the tone knob on the pedal plays a big role in how it sounds too, imo it starts sounding too thin past 12 oclock on the tone knob, sounds way better on lower settings
I run this pedal after my Boss Blues Driver, which I use on the clean channel of my Laney amp. I have the tone and the distortion set at 8 o'clock and the level just past 1 o'clock on the DS1, the Blues Driver has the level and gain set at 10 o'clock and the tone at 1 o'clock. My Schecter screams like crazy when I run both for leads. A slight subtle boost from the DS1 makes a huge difference. I hear people calling the DS1 a noisy pedal. It can be if you dial in too much distortion or gain. A little goes a long way with the DS1 😁🎸
Exactly this! People push it too hard expecting it to take them from clean to cannibal corpse and that’s not what it’s meant to do. I’ve done TS9 into this and Blues Breaker into this so I’m sure Blues Driver into this would sound great as well… add a little delay and you are all set! Thanks for watching and commenting brother!
I’m another who bought my DS-1 in 1980 or 81. Partly because there was no such thing then as a ‘clean pedal platform’ I never used mine like that. I’ve always used it like you advise, and I still use it today. Built like a tank, but lasts longer.
I purchased a ds-1 about 15 years ago. Since I did the Keely mod on it and it changed the sound and feel. Now on its own it makes a stock ds-1 sound like you are playing inside of a tin can. They are amazing. They do give that extra punch that puts the distortion over the top. Great video and thanks !
VERY helpful info on how to use the Boss Distortion pedal. Like most players, I tried it on a clean amp and could not get a good tone. Even tried using the Boss EQ with it which didn't work either. Now I understand why. The pedal PUSHES the distortion already present in the amp. It doesn't provide it on it's own. Great video! Thumbs up!
Exactly! I am SO HAPPY it helped! Thank you for the comment. I ran into it so much back in the Ash days that I figured I should save people some money and aggravation and explain how and why it does what it does ! Thank you for commenting!
Brilliant playing and demo. You sold me this pedal. I bought one years before and only tried it on clean settings of my amp. It really sucked as youve explained. Harsh and weak. Thanks to you I will give it one more chance. Mick and Dan in that pedal show made also more Light on this underrated but oversold pedal.
@@PatPosse there is live footage and pics of him very clearly using and engaging the pedal. Both this and the ds-2. He only used 3 fuzz pedals, really. A vintage superfuzz in the mid 80s, a pedal built for him called the young man fuzz, and a big muff on lithium. The ds-1 is essentially the nevermind distortion pedal and very commonly associated with that album.
I bought mine in 1984. I don’t have a distortion channel on my amp but I find that this pedal works better when it’s combined with other pedals. I was actually thinking about doing a video that shows how it works when combined with other effects.
I am glad I did Marc! It's a very misunderstood pedal... I remember playing it as a salesman and people loved it, bought it and returned it a few days later.. I had to explain how it worked all over again, lol
Glad I found this video. I have one one of those in a box in the garage that I got in the 90's. I never liked the sound, and always thought it was just a crap pedal. I was also using the setup mentioned cause that's all I had, and now I know. Thanks!
I bought mine new back in 1983. Still have it now. It laid around in a drawer for a long time because for many years I didn't know how to use it. Like you described in the video, it can sound killer. The trick is to wind back the gain and the tone, so it sounds not so raspy and thin.
This was my second purchase after the Boss DD-3 I still have it originally tried to get the heavy tone back in 2014 started using it as just a overdrive pedal already with my metal muff and waza craft hm2-w so I appreciate the extra info! Super informative!
Thanks my dude!! It's an old video that got the most love out of all of them... I think I have gotten better at videos but somehow this one just struck a chord with everyone. DS-1 is definitely a great pedal when used properly and it's built like a tank! Thanks for watching and commenting, hope to see you around here again!
I’ve had my DS-1 since ‘84. Still looks good and sounds great. It was a crucial part of my meager pedal chain including a DD-2, DOD chorus, and DOD flanger, all plugged into the front of my Peavey Renown 2x12 combo.
Got mine for $25 on eBay. Use it on my bass as well as my guitar. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!! I plug into my Boss ODB-3 (bass) overdrive (no fuzz or overdrive, all clean, just use the “boost” setting) then into my DS-1, into my Wah, etc. and the thing sounds like my hero Cliff Burton and just super amazing in general. EDIT: I will add my Big Muff Bass pi before it and after the Morley Wah which is actually my fave sound sometimes. Had to add that in. :) Love it as I said. Great video!
I've been playing for around 15 years and I got my first ds-1 within the past year. I run an overdrive before it and it gives it some extra chunk. I usually dial the ds-1 in the "wrong'' way. Distortion up all the way level up all the way and tone at noon. Really nails the old school death metal tones that by today's standards that are "bad" tones. You should do a video on the proco rat.
Of course it’s not set in stone! And what works, works! Your use of quotes is spot on! There’s no “right” or “wrong” way to be honest. It’s all about the end result! Video on the rat sounds good! I don’t own one but I’ll look around for a used one or I’ll ask my friends if they have one I can borrow! Thanks for watching and commenting! Death Metal rules! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Yeah stil have it :) bought from a friend for 20€. Did a little modding and it became a permanent part of my board. Nice video! Will check out your channel in more depth
I have 2 DS-1s... one is stock and the other I installed the Keely ultra seeing-eye mod. They both sound great if used like you describe! Mine go into a dirty Marshall with fantastic results. I also use a EQD Plumes overdrive (TS type circuit) and a Big Muff in the same way. They all need an amp tone with some dirt before the magic comes out... Also, stacking the DS-1 with Overdrives can work well too! Pair it with a Behringer TO800 and you have a powerful combination that cost you less than $60!
Oh hell yeah! You are right on the money! Stacking rules 🤘🏻. I should have addressed that on the video but I had no pedal to stack it with hahaha. Thanks for watching and commenting Tom!
I use the DS-1 in combination with the built-in gain on my amp (1983 Fender Concert with an EV - all tubes). Works really well. I also use a Boss Turbo Overdrive just in front of the DS-1 when I want it to feed back. Boss pedals really are bullet proof. I'm still using the pedals I bought in the '90s. The only problem I've had with any of them is that a switch crapped out on one. Easy fix.
@@PatPosseya. That was the ticket. It was my first pedal back in the late ‘90s and the only one from my youth that I still have so it’s fun still using it.
I bought my first distortion pedal in 1970. It was a Big Muff Pi. They were cool back then. I got a Boss Ds1 in 1983. It offered an AC adapter. I play through a 1976 Marshall JMP Master Model Lead 100 with a 1960A cabinet of the same year. I run the preamp at 7. The DS1 is quieter than the Big Muff. It makes the amp scream! You get harmonic feedback quickly when you hold a note.
This is the only pedal I have. I usually play bass but I was in a band where I was talked into playing lead guitar we did Yardbirds "Heart full of soul" the Byrds "8 miles high" Beatles "Taxman" and some other classic rock and blues songs and I used the DS-1. No complaints.
@@PatPosse I haven't tried that. What I meant was that I played six-string guitar in the band because someone else really really wanted to play bass. So I showed her how.
I use this pedal with the distortion all the way up and with the tone at 9:00 (sounds like garbage if you go any higher than that) into the clean channel of my amp and it sounds incredible to me, it’s my go-to tone.
Pete Thorn taught me how to use it correctly after finding it fizzy and thin for years. The tine knob is the key. A good guitar and a good amp are still crucial though
I am in Japan, and here what was the Japanese rechnician while fixing my tube amp was saying: Electric guitar and effects were made after the tube amps, so they are made to be played with those, and not transistor amps
Keep the tone under 11 o'clock and this pedal is actually very good. I modded mine with the Seeing Eye Mod, exchanged some caps with silver mica cap, and swapped the clipping diodes for a pair of low power blue leds. It sounds wider, bigger, and clearer than stock with a slight fuzz character. Sadly, the new ones use surface mount components and cannot be easily modded like the older ones.
Great work there, this was the best whistle stop tour for the DS1 I've seen. You got straight to the point and showed us what you wanted us to see, and it was effective. Not a 20-minute chat/widdle fest like you often see. I'm trying this out now, and am also going to see if also true for the DS2. Subcribsed based on this video, will watch more. Cheers
Yes, size to loan my DS one it’s on one of my paddle boards and I’ve always loved it. It’s one of the baseline that I have for my distortion pedals great video dude.
Thank you very much!! Happy to help! This video seems to be the video that keeps on giving since it's an old one but it still gets the most views and comments! Glad it resonated and helped so many people.!
I still use the one my brother got in 1999 and really it has always been great even though you hardly need any of the tone functions. Although I do love to tone up in combination with a good fuzzy neck sound, you cannot really do that responsibly as a main outlet. Actually a lot of pedals from the late 70s have that issue where you really only need a small part of what the pedal can achieve.
My amp in high school and college was a fender solid state ultimate chorus and for the longest time I played on the clean channel with all sorts of dirt pedals including the DS1. And for the longest time I didn’t realize how harsh/bad it sounded. But one day I noticed how harsh it sounded, and realized that if I played it into the dirt channel with the gain set super low/edge of breakup territory that it sounded amazing.
I use my boss super over drive at around 8 o’clock in front of the ds-1. I do the same thing with the metal zone, with its gain set to about 8/9 o’ clock.
started playing guitar a little over a year ago and across the past 3 months ive started getting an actual guitar rig and i love the ds1 its my only distortion so far but its great
Cool video. I’ve got a few decent distortion pedals. My first guitar pedal ever was a TS9 from the original run. My second was a Kelley Ultra DS1. It’s pretty great at pushing a crunchy tube amp over the edge; especially when they’re stacked. I also like my Timmy.
Just bought one today. Love the gain circuits Boss makes. Yes, even that one. Yes, the non Wazacraft version. The DS1 is just sick. Using it to juice a weak gain channel with a MXR 6 band and a gate is just monstrous
Hi Pat. Nice clean playing and spot on timing. At present I am looking for a DS-1 and if lucky get the 83 version I prefer the sound of. Watched many videos demonstrating it and many of them made the same justified point, to increase the gain on the amp before using the pedal. A booster so to speak. What is also worth mentioning is that in those days of heavy rock most amps were tube/valve amps, which have a sound character almost impossible to copy with electronics, though much more convenient. Like you will never forget the sound a Hammond organ with Leslie (rotary) speaker from that period. I was there and I know. You see, I am 73 years old and have played the guitar since I was ten and remains my main instrument, although I did also play the drum, both in bands and could always quickly learn to play simple stuff on most instruments, except the violin (horrendous noise). For three decades I have recorded at home on Cubase SX, recently upgraded to 10.5 I yet need to fully grasp. I have a Firefly SG and replaced the pick ups with Di Marzio's super distortion, new posts and switch and new machine heads that lock. My acoustic is my pride, a Atkin OM cutaway which over the years is sounding better and better and the real value to me. I love to make music and still record, posting a few tracks on Soundcloud under Bert. I am nothing special but can hold my own since my fingers have not slowed down (yet). Anyway, I got carried away because what I meant to say was that I enjoyed your demo because the manner in which you explained it was precise and to the point and I like the clarity you presented. NEVER give up playing. You will not find a nicer hobby but is a very tough profession. Wish you the best. Berthold, UK
Thank you very much for the support! You are definitely an inspiration Bert! Glad for have helped with my video an 83 DS1 would sound amazing! Hammonds and Leslie’s are beautiful, maybe one day I’ll own one of each 🤤. Keep it up my dude! Let me know if you find that ‘83 Boss pedal!! Thanks for watching and the positive comments !
This is why I have been gain staging for decades. I start with the amp breakin up just a bit, add a light fuzz, then an eq, then another dist. box of my choice. Layers are key. Then you have the stages at your foot to choose the flavor you need at the time. A good finish before modulation, and lastly time based, like delays, then reverbs is another eq to shape the tone to perfection. My chain eq starts with the EH graphic fuzz, and ends with the Boss eq, but just experiment as much as you can, that is absoloutely invaluable for effects, otherwise, play all the time, play, play, play, while you're young, limber, and not arthritic. You won't regret it!!!!
Mine got stolen. Had it in 1993 through 2000. I played Rock, Funk-Rock and Grunge, covering Nirvana, RATM, RHCP, Green Day, Off-Spring, Pearl Jam, STP, etc... and it sounded freaking awesome! I did running through a Fender Twin Reverb Amp (which had Reverb and Chorus), in the clean channel, and the guitar was a Gibson LP Custom. It was a great combo!. The DS-1 is a Rock pedal, not a Metal one. All my "metal band" friends, hated the DS-1. I loved it!, and they loved it in my setting as well.
Definitely not a Metal pedal! But it sounds great nonetheless and it can always add something to a rig for cheap! It's more versatile that people give it credit for!
@@PatPosse definitely! I love it!... but I'm today's market, there may be some other sweeter options. But you can't go wrong with it regardless, and it's a piece of history! I'll definitely get a Waza one, one day.
I love mine! I sometimes need to put a preamp pedal in front of it to choke the signal a bit on guitrs with hot pickups. I recently discovered that it can also saw if you dime everything.
@@PatPosse Well, I always loved the DS1 on my Filtertron guitar, but it sounded horrible on my Riffian guitar. A little birdie told me to make sure that the signal going into the DS 1 was low... well, rolling the volume down on the guitar killed the dynamics. Enter the preamp... worked like a charm. I keep it for such situations. IMO, everyone should have one. Mine is a Voodoo Labs Giggity, but there are many options. An EQ would probably also work great for this.
If you have made this video 3 to 4 years back, i would have not wasted my money. But i gotta thank you very much for this, it does sounds good with an amp with high gain. I mean, you had really illustrated the real situation, i bought both the ds2 and md2, none sounds like what other youtubers had demonstrated. Sell both away less than half price in less than a month.
I’m sorry you haven’t found this video sooner. It is from 2021!! Sometimes UA-camrs polish and edit the sound so it sounds better in the video but it ends up misleading people and that sucks. I’ve made a few videos where I show how pedals sound in the DAW and also in the room so you get a better perspective of what it may sound like live at home. Thanks for watching and commenting and I am glad you enjoyed the video! Happy to help 😁
I bought one of those petals back in 1980 for $20 and a meatball and cheese sandwich. And I loved it and still have it. To me, it's not what petal you use but how you play. I've seen guitar players rock out with just reverb. And the guitar was one of those 99-dollar comic book specials. All of those sounds you played were great to me. Because you know how to handle a guitar. Playing is not a petal, but a feeling. But thank you for the video. And you're a great guitarist. Keep it up.
You are too kind! Thank you very much and yes, I agree 100% with you! The best players can sound great on a cardboard box with strings! Pedals and effects are just designed to enhance your already awesome sound. We can't get too hung up on gear if we aren't spending at least as much time practicing our chops ! Loved the fact that there was a meatball sandwich involved in your story lol!
Heeheee..that face you make while playing it towards the beginning of the vid....that's me most of the time with my pedals and cheap gear. Made me smile. Hello from Ohio, new subscriber. Cheers.
Also my first pedal. Blew my mind I could switch between my Peavey Rage clean to distortion. After a year hated it. Still have it and revisited a few years ago. It's actually awesome. I think I've had it like 24 years
I recently purchased that orange Boss Distortion pedal and so far, I like it very much and I see no reason to return it. Then again, I'm using an Ampeg bass amp trading between clean and distortion.
I have a boss distortion pedal. I run my amp about half on low end and mid’s, and a little lower for highs. I e paired it up with a boss overdrive. I run the pedals to the amp, distortion from guitar, then overdrive, then the amp. I run both 😊deals about half way up on levels. Gives a great chunk and power to my sound. Loved ur vid.
That sounds like a killer setup! I understand why it would sound great! I’ll have to check it out sometime when I get a new DS1 lol. Gotta keep selling and buying to make reviews 😅
Door Stop 1 is what my buddy always called it. I always used it with the distortion off as a cheap alternative to an overdrive pedal to drive other pedals… Nice video, I don’t think allot of people know really what it’s for… my problem with it is that although it might have been the “first” for boss… the rat was kind of a contemporary to it and just blows it out of the water as an all around pedal and if I already have a tube screamer… what the heck do I need this thing for. I think the answer is because they called it a distortion pedal. Sure, some people like it… but it’s a very subtle pedal and probably doesn’t deserve to be the biggest selling pedal of all time sort of thing… like you said, people don’t know what they’re buying. The DS2 was a better pedal… it had this setting and.. a “little chainsaw”
The SD1 is also a great pedal! The Rat has a very particular sound I don’t really care for but I definitely understand what you mean. As far as the TS9 goes, well… it’s like Parmesan Cheese! It makes everything better 😁
I agree, this pedal is great for a slight gritty boost for solos, especially if you rely on the distortion from your amp, as I do. By itself through a clean? Sounds like when I first started playing🤣
Owned more than one. Not enough umph to it now that I have 2 channel bugera half stack ,2 channel i can do the same thing and have a clean channel. I have used the ds 1 like you say and yes you are 100% right. I am 61 years old and back in the day that is what we did to get that total saturated high gain sound. We had one channel amps. We got them to a grind that we could dial down the volume knob and have clean and the dial it back up and hit the pedal to take it up. My first one was a Ross distortion pedal next up MXR distortion + ,Ibanez tube screamer after that into a Laney half stack first year it came out.
I use the Boss Overdrive and it just works for pushing it for a lead tone on an already distorted amp. I don’t use distortion pedals anymore. Well, except for the MXR EVH, that one is solid
I'm not a performance-level player, just a basement guy, so there will never be a lot of high-end stuff in my rig. That said, DS-1 sits on my pedal board right after the classic green Ibanez overdrive, and I rarely use a lot of settings on the amp itself. When I built the board, I played with the order of those 2 pedals a lot, and my tastes settled on feeding OD into DS vs. the other way around. Maybe I'll swap them again with this in mind, but again, it's just for my ears most of the time so ultimately it's what this audience of 1 likes to hear. Good info though - you've got a fun delivery combined with interesting content!
Thank you very much brother! And the Tubescreamers are my favorite “always on” into-the-input guitar pedals. They work on everything for me. Add any distortion and you are set! Your audience has a good sense of tone 😉
I have it and use a voltage drag on it and often stack it with another OD or Fuzz .. plus all the other crap in my pedalborad and the amp's gain stage.. I like that dying battery sound fuzz but I also have a more straightforward OD and Fuzz than doubles as an Octavia which is awesome with the ds1 w/ the voltage drag
I’ve been playing for almost 40+ years and have owned (and sold) hundreds of pedals. I have never NOT owned a DS-1. I currently own 5. This is exactly how I used them from day one. Sometimes you need that push over the cliff!
The Boss Overdrive/Distortion is a very underrated pedal also. I use it the exact same way you use the DS-1. I actually use it like a volume pedal or boost.
I didn’t realize when I was 16 that what I was really looking for w as the the SD-1 Overdrive and not a distortion pedal. Now at 59, I get the point of the DS-1. Still not my favourite pedal but it has a place on my board.
DS-1 is just like a tube screamer but more creamy, it works great in front of a sliiightly breaking up clean tone just like you showed. I also have a little trainer squier amp lol, yes it does sound like farty soda pop just dumped into a super clean digital amp.
This was the very first effects pedal I bought and that was in the late 90s. I never had one complaint with it. I think i still have it but it's in storage because I haven't seen it in about a decade. The 9 volt battery loves to go dead way too fast tho so if you get one get the ac/DC converter and plug it into the wall. Then jam until you're blue in the face. Lol. I love the pedal
@@PatPosse yeah it works on everything from green day to scorpions to Ted nugent, etc. It's certainly a universal pedal when it come to sounds it can make. I've always thought of it as one of the better effects pedals. I also have a blue overdrive pedal by the same brand. My only problem now is that both my electric guitars don't work and I know next to nothing about soldering or replacing switches..even more diagnosing the issue. Both of them have no output to my Amp..one the selector switch is the issue and one I think the input jack is the issue. Dude I played every single day from when my parents got me my first electric guitar and Amp kit which was a peavey system to just after my dad died in 2009. I have been homeless since but now I got my ssdi and I still haven't got either of them repaired. I just dunno if I can trust local music shops in my area to do quality repairs. So far I'm back to square one dreaming about playing guitar again but not sure how I'm gonna fix it. I'm praying I get it figured out and get back to guitar soon
I own a DS-1 have had it for least a couple of years I mainly use it for Nirvana's 1989 bleach tone era sound if dialed in right it sounds freaking awesome!
The Boss and Tube Screamer were real popular in early to mid 80's. Then the Rat came along. I never used any of them, I just cranked my amp and volume knob for gain, and went for broke. I don't play much rock anymore, but I have a Rat for sustain. I use a Dumble pedal just to boost the signal, that's about it. A wah and chorus.
hahaha that makes sense … could u recommend me a good metal type amplifier - cuz mine doesnt have gain and i was doing the exact mistake u showed in the video?
I can try to help!! Let me ask you a couple questions to better assist you… What kind of metal? What guitar? What do you have now and why do you not like it? Bedroom use, band practice, or live? What’s your budget? 😁🤘🏻
So true. It can be the worst or best sounding distortion pedal, depending on many other things, primarily your amp., but lower output pickups can help too. Also keep in mind the pedal volume level effects tone. Too low and distortion high tends to not sound so great. Also, in my opinion anyway, the new Waza Craft version sounds good in the clean channel. Of course, it's not as beefy but it doesn't sound so thin and brittle like classic version. And of course, it sounds ULTRA beefy in the dirt channel.
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@@andrewsadach3194 Nice!
@@PatPosse my favourite mod for the DS1 is the Keeley mod clipping the Resistor. Now I know more I might add a switch so it's original and k mod or kmod and a over distorted mod original sound with a fuzz circuit or led on the output for extra grunr
@@patrickmcmanus5373 I need to get Keeley to mod one of my pedals!I've got 2 of his pedals and have had some more over the years but never got anything modified by the man himself...
I purchased this pedal over 20 years ago and couldn’t stand the sound. Now Im getting all sorts of distorted goodness. This pedal is great when it’s used correctly. Thank you
That’s awesome! Such a killer pedal for such a cheap price! Glad to help James!!
If you crank the amp distortion, and then on the pedal set the tone to max and level to max, you get chainsaw settings.
Ya mine sat on a shelf for a decade till I knew wtf I was doing 😂😂
Недавно купил дс-1 новый 1989 года. Посмотрю это видео для себя завтра 🤝
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Tone to max?
Are you joking ?
I started playing in 78. I bought my DS-1 back in 1981I Still have the very same DS-1! I’m still jamming and this damn will probably out last me. Hell, I may pass it on down to my grand kids!
Oh yeah ! They are built to last! They are as tough as a tank! 💪🏻
Probably worth a few quid now that pedal
Wow same here 🙌✌️🙏
Keep that tone at 9 o'clock or under and you're golden. Stacking it with another dirt box is the way to make it work on an amp that won't get dirty.
This guy knows what he’s talking about! Stacking pedals like a man!
Stacking one into a bd2 sounds unreal. Best part is you can great a great clean tone rolling back the guitar volume knob too.
Nice
SD-1 works beautifully with DS-1. It seems as if the two pedals were actually made to be used stacked.
@@Urizen777 Hell yeah!! DS1 s highly stackable and with the SD1 is a great pair!
Finally. A video that properly explain how to use it properly. I love my DS1
Thanks man! It’s a great pedal when used correctly! 😁😁. Glad you love the DS1! Thanks for watching and commenting 💪🏻
The DS-1 is a great pedal. I haven't used one in quite some time, but I played one on many gigs. Another tip about this pedal is that it really shines with the level on full. Sort of like the idea that an amp in the 70s needed to be turned up all the way for the best tone, this pedal works really well that way also. It actually makes for a really good overdrive with the level full and the gain between 9:00 and noon.
Oh yeah! Like pushing a tube amp into overdrive. I live doing that with the Ts9 but the DS1 also does that very well. Especially if your amp is tube driven. Great advice there !
I've always found full Vol/level settings best on the majority of distortion pedals I've used over the years🤘
the tone knob on the pedal plays a big role in how it sounds too, imo it starts sounding too thin past 12 oclock on the tone knob, sounds way better on lower settings
It Definitely does!
Totally agree. I just use the pedal by itself and put it at about 9 or 10 o'clock and it works perfect for me.
Of cours the tone knob goes from bass to treble, hence best around ( imo ) 11, pushing mids.. on my 7 string I push tone to around 1
Definitely. Sometimes even down to zero for a dark tone.
I actually use the ds-1 with a ts9 most of the time, and I think the two work so beautifully together to create a nice full sound!
Love that! TS9 is THE pedal! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
In front or after the Ts9dx which your favorite?
THIS IS THE WAY!!!!
I run this pedal after my Boss Blues Driver, which I use on the clean channel of my Laney amp. I have the tone and the distortion set at 8 o'clock and the level just past 1 o'clock on the DS1, the Blues Driver has the level and gain set at 10 o'clock and the tone at 1 o'clock. My Schecter screams like crazy when I run both for leads. A slight subtle boost from the DS1 makes a huge difference. I hear people calling the DS1 a noisy pedal. It can be if you dial in too much distortion or gain. A little goes a long way with the DS1 😁🎸
Exactly this! People push it too hard expecting it to take them from clean to cannibal corpse and that’s not what it’s meant to do. I’ve done TS9 into this and Blues Breaker into this so I’m sure Blues Driver into this would sound great as well… add a little delay and you are all set! Thanks for watching and commenting brother!
I’m another who bought my DS-1 in 1980 or 81. Partly because there was no such thing then as a ‘clean pedal platform’ I never used mine like that. I’ve always used it like you advise, and I still use it today. Built like a tank, but lasts longer.
Nice!! They will outlive all of us!
I purchased a ds-1 about 15 years ago. Since I did the Keely mod on it and it changed the sound and feel. Now on its own it makes a stock ds-1 sound like you are playing inside of a tin can. They are amazing. They do give that extra punch that puts the distortion over the top. Great video and thanks !
Thank you buddy!! I need to try that Keeley mod!!
I found this video VERY HELPFUL. Now I know why this pedal - which I always called the chunk of cheese - never quite did it for me. Thank you!
That's awesome! Happy to help!! Hope you give this bad boy another try and let me know how it goes!
VERY helpful info on how to use the Boss Distortion pedal. Like most players, I tried it on a clean amp and could not get a good tone. Even tried using the Boss EQ with it which didn't work either. Now I understand why. The pedal PUSHES the distortion already present in the amp. It doesn't provide it on it's own. Great video! Thumbs up!
Exactly! I am SO HAPPY it helped! Thank you for the comment. I ran into it so much back in the Ash days that I figured I should save people some money and aggravation and explain how and why it does what it does ! Thank you for commenting!
Metal did that a lot in the 80s. Ran a tube screamer to boost the amp gain. Easy.
I agree but I think that this is a limit of this pedal, a conceptual flaw : it should also somewhat work on a clean amp but... This is not the case.
Brilliant playing and demo. You sold me this pedal. I bought one years before and only tried it on clean settings of my amp. It really sucked as youve explained. Harsh and weak. Thanks to you I will give it one more chance. Mick and Dan in that pedal show made also more Light on this underrated but oversold pedal.
Glad to help, that’s what it’s all about ! Let me know if it works out better for you!!
I bought one 20 plus years ago., still have it. Getting ready to start using it.
Nice!! They are built to last so I’m sure it’ll provide you with years of service still!
This pedal can be good for metal but where it really shines is grunge tones like Nirvana
That is true. It was famously “used” by Kurt (although it’s still debated if it wasn’t a fuzz box instead) but it can definitely do that job !!
@@PatPosse there is live footage and pics of him very clearly using and engaging the pedal. Both this and the ds-2. He only used 3 fuzz pedals, really. A vintage superfuzz in the mid 80s, a pedal built for him called the young man fuzz, and a big muff on lithium. The ds-1 is essentially the nevermind distortion pedal and very commonly associated with that album.
@@untakenusernamegoeshere Cool. I really couldn't care any less myself, lol. But I'm sure this comment will help other people! Thanks!
I bought mine in 1984. I don’t have a distortion channel on my amp but I find that this pedal works better when it’s combined with other pedals. I was actually thinking about doing a video that shows how it works when combined with other effects.
you should! It's a great pedal to stack for sure!
Great Video Pat. You open my understanding about that padal.
I am glad I did Marc! It's a very misunderstood pedal... I remember playing it as a salesman and people loved it, bought it and returned it a few days later.. I had to explain how it worked all over again, lol
Glad I found this video. I have one one of those in a box in the garage that I got in the 90's. I never liked the sound, and always thought it was just a crap pedal. I was also using the setup mentioned cause that's all I had, and now I know. Thanks!
Glad to help!! Let me know if it makes it any better!
Guitar players thinking their tone has to sound good outside of the setting of a full mix keeps us sound engineers both employed and exasperated
Yup!!
Great pedal talk, rock on!
Thanks man!! I always felt sorry for this pedal, people HATE IT! lol... I might have to do one about the MT2 too hahaha
I bought mine new back in 1983. Still have it now. It laid around in a drawer for a long time because for many years I didn't know how to use it. Like you described in the video, it can sound killer. The trick is to wind back the gain and the tone, so it sounds not so raspy and thin.
Nice! It’s built to last! And it CAN sound great under the right conditions lol
DS-1 is my go-to pedal. I love it. I can understand why people might not like it, but I have always enjoyed using it when I play.
Hell yeah. I guess people expect something completely different from it. It rocks as a boost 🤘🏻
This was my second purchase after the Boss DD-3 I still have it originally tried to get the heavy tone back in 2014 started using it as just a overdrive pedal already with my metal muff and waza craft hm2-w so I appreciate the extra info! Super informative!
Awesome! These pedals are built to last 🤘🏻. Glad to help brother!
I purchased that pedal in 1982 and still use it to this day. Great video, well done!
Thanks my dude!! It's an old video that got the most love out of all of them... I think I have gotten better at videos but somehow this one just struck a chord with everyone. DS-1 is definitely a great pedal when used properly and it's built like a tank! Thanks for watching and commenting, hope to see you around here again!
Running a ds1. Behind Ibanez jem distortion into a 100 watt handwired plexi. Absolutely amazing.
I bet it is! Can’t go wrong 🤘🏻🤘🏻
The video was great can't wait for more 😂
Thanks bud!! There will be one every month :D
I’ve had my DS-1 since ‘84. Still looks good and sounds great. It was a crucial part of my meager pedal chain including a DD-2, DOD chorus, and DOD flanger, all plugged into the front of my Peavey Renown 2x12 combo.
Built like a TANK my bro!! Never played that amp or eve seen it! That's awesome!
Yeah, I could’ve taken that rig to war! 😂
@@TheLadsBandLive Might have won it too!!
Kreator T-Shirt🤘🔥
Hell yeah dude!! Kreator rules!
Got mine for $25 on eBay. Use it on my bass as well as my guitar. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!
I plug into my Boss ODB-3 (bass) overdrive (no fuzz or overdrive, all clean, just use the “boost” setting) then into my DS-1, into my Wah, etc. and the thing sounds like my hero Cliff Burton and just super amazing in general.
EDIT: I will add my Big Muff Bass pi before it and after the Morley Wah which is actually my fave sound sometimes.
Had to add that in. :)
Love it as I said.
Great video!
Thats sick! Sounds like a fun rig 🤘🏻
I've been playing for around 15 years and I got my first ds-1 within the past year. I run an overdrive before it and it gives it some extra chunk. I usually dial the ds-1 in the "wrong'' way. Distortion up all the way level up all the way and tone at noon. Really nails the old school death metal tones that by today's standards that are "bad" tones. You should do a video on the proco rat.
Of course it’s not set in stone! And what works, works! Your use of quotes is spot on! There’s no “right” or “wrong” way to be honest. It’s all about the end result! Video on the rat sounds good! I don’t own one but I’ll look around for a used one or I’ll ask my friends if they have one I can borrow! Thanks for watching and commenting! Death Metal rules! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Same set up over here - I push a JCM 800 Pre Amp clone with it - sounds great 🔊🔥🤘🔥🔊
@@lillehammerexperimental Hell yeah!! Simple yet effective!
Yeah stil have it :) bought from a friend for 20€. Did a little modding and it became a permanent part of my board. Nice video! Will check out your channel in more depth
That's a hell of a deal!! nice... Welcome to the channel! hope you enjoy the content!!
I have 2 DS-1s... one is stock and the other I installed the Keely ultra seeing-eye mod. They both sound great if used like you describe! Mine go into a dirty Marshall with fantastic results.
I also use a EQD Plumes overdrive (TS type circuit) and a Big Muff in the same way. They all need an amp tone with some dirt before the magic comes out...
Also, stacking the DS-1 with Overdrives can work well too! Pair it with a Behringer TO800 and you have a powerful combination that cost you less than $60!
Oh hell yeah! You are right on the money! Stacking rules 🤘🏻. I should have addressed that on the video but I had no pedal to stack it with hahaha. Thanks for watching and commenting Tom!
great video. with very minimal gain the DS1 adds the right amount of sizzle to a 2203 & retains bottom end that the SD1 / TS9 lose.🤘
Damn straight !! Just that little push it needs!
Exactly right. My first pedal. I got the one I still have in the mid ‘90s. Kurt had one, why not me?
Nice! Built to last
I use the DS-1 in combination with the built-in gain on my amp (1983 Fender Concert with an EV - all tubes). Works really well. I also use a Boss Turbo Overdrive just in front of the DS-1 when I want it to feed back. Boss pedals really are bullet proof. I'm still using the pedals I bought in the '90s. The only problem I've had with any of them is that a switch crapped out on one. Easy fix.
Totally ! Built like a goddamned tank! and IF they EVER crap out on you, the parts are easy enough to find and available worldwide!
Thanks. I always want to use the DS-1 for its notoriety but haven’t cared for the sound. I’m going to try your advice.
Hope it helps! Let me know 😉😉💪🏻🤘🏻
@@PatPosseya. That was the ticket. It was my first pedal back in the late ‘90s and the only one from my youth that I still have so it’s fun still using it.
@@CatharticGuitar SICK!!! Awesome to help!!
I bought my first distortion pedal in 1970. It was a Big Muff Pi. They were cool back then. I got a Boss Ds1 in 1983. It offered an AC adapter. I play through a 1976 Marshall JMP Master Model Lead 100 with a 1960A cabinet of the same year. I run the preamp at 7. The DS1 is quieter than the Big Muff. It makes the amp scream! You get harmonic feedback quickly when you hold a note.
Nice!!! I bet it did lol! The 1960A is one of my favorite cabs of all time too 🤘🏻🤘🏻
This is the only pedal I have. I usually play bass but I was in a band where I was talked into playing lead guitar we did Yardbirds "Heart full of soul" the Byrds "8 miles high" Beatles "Taxman" and some other classic rock and blues songs and I used the DS-1. No complaints.
Nice! It definitely adds some dirt and oomph to a bass sound!
@@PatPosse I haven't tried that. What I meant was that I played six-string guitar in the band because someone else really really wanted to play bass. So I showed her how.
Oh lol gotcha! 😁🤘🏻
I use this pedal with the distortion all the way up and with the tone at 9:00 (sounds like garbage if you go any higher than that) into the clean channel of my amp and it sounds incredible to me, it’s my go-to tone.
I totally agree! Past that threshold it blows. It really depends on the amp and desired overdrive 🤘🏻
I've had this pedal for a long time. I know exactly what to expect from it. Love my DS-1
Nice 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Pete Thorn taught me how to use it correctly after finding it fizzy and thin for years. The tine knob is the key. A good guitar and a good amp are still crucial though
Totally!
*tone*
I am in Japan, and here what was the Japanese rechnician while fixing my tube amp was saying:
Electric guitar and effects were made after the tube amps, so they are made to be played with those, and not transistor amps
There’s a lot of truth to that BUT you can still make them sound great on Solid State Amps and even plug ins!
I have stacked ts9 type pedal intro ds1 type pedal, into Solid states 1x12 combo. Results: Ratt crunch tone.
@@barecoil Nice! You can never go wrong with a TS9!
Keep the tone under 11 o'clock and this pedal is actually very good. I modded mine with the Seeing Eye Mod, exchanged some caps with silver mica cap, and swapped the clipping diodes for a pair of low power blue leds. It sounds wider, bigger, and clearer than stock with a slight fuzz character. Sadly, the new ones use surface mount components and cannot be easily modded like the older ones.
Wow that sounds like some awesome mods! Yeah too bad everything modern seems to be made to not be “upgradeable”
I just picked up a 1983 DS-1 off Reverb. Awesomeness! Thanks for the tip. I plan on stacking it with a Tumnus. Let's see what happens!
NICE! Let me know how it goes 😁🤘🏻
Great work there, this was the best whistle stop tour for the DS1 I've seen. You got straight to the point and showed us what you wanted us to see, and it was effective. Not a 20-minute chat/widdle fest like you often see. I'm trying this out now, and am also going to see if also true for the DS2. Subcribsed based on this video, will watch more. Cheers
Thank you! You are too kind, Glad to help 💪🏻. Let me know how it turns out for ya! 😁
Just bought one, now I'm watching you to learn how to use it.
Nice! Best of luck, hope to have helped!
I just recently discovered this, it's a very versatile pedal for adding harmonics and sustain
100%!!! It definitely enhances and emphasizes the top end and harmonics to give your tone more depth... and sustain galore!
@@PatPosse Big time, I had one my buddy gave me years ago, I put it on my board and just love it now.
Sweet!! That’s a Score!
The DS-1 was my first pedal ever, I still have it, and I still use it like 20+ years later.
Built to last! It’s a tank💪🏻🤘🏻
I use my ds-1 on a hot rod deluxe fender amp and a strat, no complaints ,so far,I,ve had my pedal since 95'
Hell yeah!! Built to last baby!
+1. Gigged on a DS-1 into a Hot Rod Deluxe for years. They go together like PB&J. Got compliments all the time.
I love my DS-1w. I have a tonne of dirt pedals, but I always gravitate towards said pedal.
Nice! I'm yet to try one..,
Yes, size to loan my DS one it’s on one of my paddle boards and I’ve always loved it. It’s one of the baseline that I have for my distortion pedals great video dude.
Thank you brother! Yes! The DS1 is a great “always on” pedal! Just like the TS9, it gives you that extra oomph you sometimes need!
Another great video, clarifying and explanation, always Lear really useful things with your videos.
Thank you very much!! Happy to help! This video seems to be the video that keeps on giving since it's an old one but it still gets the most views and comments! Glad it resonated and helped so many people.!
I still use the one my brother got in 1999 and really it has always been great even though you hardly need any of the tone functions. Although I do love to tone up in combination with a good fuzzy neck sound, you cannot really do that responsibly as a main outlet. Actually a lot of pedals from the late 70s have that issue where you really only need a small part of what the pedal can achieve.
Less is more sometimes! For sure 🤘🏻🤘🏻
My amp in high school and college was a fender solid state ultimate chorus and for the longest time I played on the clean channel with all sorts of dirt pedals including the DS1. And for the longest time I didn’t realize how harsh/bad it sounded. But one day I noticed how harsh it sounded, and realized that if I played it into the dirt channel with the gain set super low/edge of breakup territory that it sounded amazing.
That’s the ticket! FOR SURE 🤘🏻🤘🏻
I use my boss super over drive at around 8 o’clock in front of the ds-1. I do the same thing with the metal zone, with its gain set to about 8/9 o’ clock.
Nice
started playing guitar a little over a year ago and across the past 3 months ive started getting an actual guitar rig and i love the ds1 its my only distortion so far but its great
Awesome dude!! Keep it up 💪🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Cool video. I’ve got a few decent distortion pedals. My first guitar pedal ever was a TS9 from the original run. My second was a Kelley Ultra DS1. It’s pretty great at pushing a crunchy tube amp over the edge; especially when they’re stacked. I also like my Timmy.
They must sound awesome stacked!!!!
Just bought one today. Love the gain circuits Boss makes. Yes, even that one. Yes, the non Wazacraft version. The DS1 is just sick. Using it to juice a weak gain channel with a MXR 6 band and a gate is just monstrous
Hell yeah!! Awesome! Congrats!!
@PatPosse thanks
@@Breaker197 You are welcome! 😉
Hi Pat. Nice clean playing and spot on timing. At present I am looking for a DS-1 and if lucky get the 83 version I prefer the sound of. Watched many videos demonstrating it and many of them made the same justified point, to increase the gain on the amp before using the pedal. A booster so to speak. What is also worth mentioning is that in those days of heavy rock most amps were tube/valve amps, which have a sound character almost impossible to copy with electronics, though much more convenient. Like you will never forget the sound a Hammond organ with Leslie (rotary) speaker from that period. I was there and I know.
You see, I am 73 years old and have played the guitar since I was ten and remains my main instrument, although I did also play the drum, both in bands and could always quickly learn to play simple stuff on most instruments, except the violin (horrendous noise). For three decades I have recorded at home on Cubase SX, recently upgraded to 10.5 I yet need to fully grasp. I have a Firefly SG and replaced the pick ups with Di Marzio's super distortion, new posts and switch and new machine heads that lock. My acoustic is my pride, a Atkin OM cutaway which over the years is sounding better and better and the real value to me.
I love to make music and still record, posting a few tracks on Soundcloud under Bert. I am nothing special but can hold my own since my fingers have not slowed down (yet).
Anyway, I got carried away because what I meant to say was that I enjoyed your demo because the manner in which you explained it was precise and to the point and I like the clarity you presented. NEVER give up playing. You will not find a nicer hobby but is a very tough profession. Wish you the best. Berthold, UK
Thank you very much for the support! You are definitely an inspiration Bert! Glad for have helped with my video an 83 DS1 would sound amazing! Hammonds and Leslie’s are beautiful, maybe one day I’ll own one of each 🤤. Keep it up my dude! Let me know if you find that ‘83 Boss pedal!!
Thanks for watching and the positive comments !
I owned 3 or 4 of this pedal in the past, used them, tweaked some and sold them. But now thinking of getting one again.
Hahaha 😂 like a Man! we always go back to the pedals we had the most fun with…!
Thanks.. I’ll try some stuff to improve my dirty toans
Hell yeah! Make it nasty! Hahaha 😂 happy to help 💪🏻
I own this pedal and the first time I used it, I loved then. Then, not so much. :D Thank you for this video.
Thank you for watching!!
Yes! Awesome! Like you said ,the push over the cliff! Especially if you have some watts downstream to send the message 😮👍
😁🤘🏻🤘🏻that’s right!
This is why I have been gain staging for decades. I start with the amp breakin up just a bit, add a light fuzz, then an eq, then another dist. box of my choice. Layers are key. Then you have the stages at your foot to choose the flavor you need at the time. A good finish before modulation, and lastly time based, like delays, then reverbs is another eq to shape the tone to perfection. My chain eq starts with the EH graphic fuzz, and ends with the Boss eq, but just experiment as much as you can, that is absoloutely invaluable for effects, otherwise, play all the time, play, play, play, while you're young, limber, and not arthritic. You won't regret it!!!!
I fully approve this message!! I’ll try my best to honor it 💪🏻🤘🏻
Mine got stolen. Had it in 1993 through 2000. I played Rock, Funk-Rock and Grunge, covering Nirvana, RATM, RHCP, Green Day, Off-Spring, Pearl Jam, STP, etc... and it sounded freaking awesome! I did running through a Fender Twin Reverb Amp (which had Reverb and Chorus), in the clean channel, and the guitar was a Gibson LP Custom. It was a great combo!.
The DS-1 is a Rock pedal, not a Metal one. All my "metal band" friends, hated the DS-1. I loved it!, and they loved it in my setting as well.
Definitely not a Metal pedal! But it sounds great nonetheless and it can always add something to a rig for cheap! It's more versatile that people give it credit for!
@@PatPosse definitely! I love it!... but I'm today's market, there may be some other sweeter options. But you can't go wrong with it regardless, and it's a piece of history! I'll definitely get a Waza one, one day.
@@benirodriguez9516 I'm yet to try a Waza one...
I love mine! I sometimes need to put a preamp pedal in front of it to choke the signal a bit on guitrs with hot pickups.
I recently discovered that it can also saw if you dime everything.
It’s a killer little pedal! Haven’t tried that pre amp before de DS1 but it sounds interesting…
@@PatPosse Well, I always loved the DS1 on my Filtertron guitar, but it sounded horrible on my Riffian guitar. A little birdie told me to make sure that the signal going into the DS 1 was low... well, rolling the volume down on the guitar killed the dynamics. Enter the preamp... worked like a charm. I keep it for such situations. IMO, everyone should have one. Mine is a Voodoo Labs Giggity, but there are many options. An EQ would probably also work great for this.
That’s cool! Funny how everyone’s got a trick up their sleeve for this bad boy!
If you have made this video 3 to 4 years back, i would have not wasted my money.
But i gotta thank you very much for this, it does sounds good with an amp with high gain.
I mean, you had really illustrated the real situation, i bought both the ds2 and md2, none sounds like what other youtubers had demonstrated. Sell both away less than half price in less than a month.
I’m sorry you haven’t found this video sooner. It is from 2021!!
Sometimes UA-camrs polish and edit the sound so it sounds better in the video but it ends up misleading people and that sucks. I’ve made a few videos where I show how pedals sound in the DAW and also in the room so you get a better perspective of what it may sound like live at home.
Thanks for watching and commenting and I am glad you enjoyed the video! Happy to help 😁
I bought one of those petals back in 1980 for $20 and a meatball and cheese sandwich. And I loved it and still have it. To me, it's not what petal you use but how you play. I've seen guitar players rock out with just reverb. And the guitar was one of those 99-dollar comic book specials. All of those sounds you played were great to me. Because you know how to handle a guitar. Playing is not a petal, but a feeling. But thank you for the video. And you're a great guitarist. Keep it up.
You are too kind! Thank you very much and yes, I agree 100% with you! The best players can sound great on a cardboard box with strings! Pedals and effects are just designed to enhance your already awesome sound. We can't get too hung up on gear if we aren't spending at least as much time practicing our chops !
Loved the fact that there was a meatball sandwich involved in your story lol!
Heeheee..that face you make while playing it towards the beginning of the vid....that's me most of the time with my pedals and cheap gear. Made me smile. Hello from Ohio, new subscriber. Cheers.
Hahaha 😂 it’s hard not to make it 😅. Thanks for watching and commenting (and subscribing like a man! 💪🏻)
Also my first pedal. Blew my mind I could switch between my Peavey Rage clean to distortion. After a year hated it. Still have it and revisited a few years ago. It's actually awesome. I think I've had it like 24 years
Built to last, my bro!
I recently purchased that orange Boss Distortion pedal and so far, I like it very much and I see no reason to return it. Then again, I'm using an Ampeg bass amp trading between clean and distortion.
That's an interesting setup!!
I have a boss distortion pedal. I run my amp about half on low end and mid’s, and a little lower for highs. I e paired it up with a boss overdrive. I run the pedals to the amp, distortion from guitar, then overdrive, then the amp. I run both 😊deals about half way up on levels. Gives a great chunk and power to my sound. Loved ur vid.
That sounds like a killer setup! I understand why it would sound great! I’ll have to check it out sometime when I get a new DS1 lol. Gotta keep selling and buying to make reviews 😅
Door Stop 1 is what my buddy always called it. I always used it with the distortion off as a cheap alternative to an overdrive pedal to drive other pedals…
Nice video, I don’t think allot of people know really what it’s for… my problem with it is that although it might have been the “first” for boss… the rat was kind of a contemporary to it and just blows it out of the water as an all around pedal and if I already have a tube screamer… what the heck do I need this thing for.
I think the answer is because they called it a distortion pedal. Sure, some people like it… but it’s a very subtle pedal and probably doesn’t deserve to be the biggest selling pedal of all time sort of thing… like you said, people don’t know what they’re buying.
The DS2 was a better pedal… it had this setting and.. a “little chainsaw”
The SD1 is also a great pedal! The Rat has a very particular sound I don’t really care for but I definitely understand what you mean. As far as the TS9 goes, well… it’s like Parmesan Cheese! It makes everything better 😁
My first distortion pedal was a Gibson Maestro Fuzz- Tone (sadly long gone), still have my MIJ DS-1 though.
Oh man! That maestro would have brought in some cashola these days for sure!
I agree, this pedal is great for a slight gritty boost for solos, especially if you rely on the distortion from your amp, as I do. By itself through a clean? Sounds like when I first started playing🤣
HAHAHA You and I both!
Owned more than one. Not enough umph to it now that I have 2 channel bugera half stack ,2 channel i can do the same thing and have a clean channel. I have used the ds 1 like you say and yes you are 100% right. I am 61 years old and back in the day that is what we did to get that total saturated high gain sound. We had one channel amps. We got them to a grind that we could dial down the volume knob and have clean and the dial it back up and hit the pedal to take it up. My first one was a Ross distortion pedal next up MXR distortion + ,Ibanez tube screamer after that into a Laney half stack first year it came out.
Classic pedals my dude! I’m yet to try that Ross distortion but I own and love both the Distortion + and of course, the Tube Screamer!
i hear Priest in your playing thanks for the tips. I was getting this pedal and needed some tips.
Priest rules man!! Happy to help 😁
I use the Boss Overdrive and it just works for pushing it for a lead tone on an already distorted amp. I don’t use distortion pedals anymore. Well, except for the MXR EVH, that one is solid
Amp distortion is the best! 🤘🏻
I'm not a performance-level player, just a basement guy, so there will never be a lot of high-end stuff in my rig. That said, DS-1 sits on my pedal board right after the classic green Ibanez overdrive, and I rarely use a lot of settings on the amp itself. When I built the board, I played with the order of those 2 pedals a lot, and my tastes settled on feeding OD into DS vs. the other way around. Maybe I'll swap them again with this in mind, but again, it's just for my ears most of the time so ultimately it's what this audience of 1 likes to hear.
Good info though - you've got a fun delivery combined with interesting content!
Thank you very much brother! And the Tubescreamers are my favorite “always on” into-the-input guitar pedals. They work on everything for me. Add any distortion and you are set! Your audience has a good sense of tone 😉
I own it and still use it, primarily as a low gain OD and boost pedal in front of my 5150, both clean and crunch channels
Nice!! It's built like a tank and it can do sooo much! Great little addition to any guitarist's arsenal!
It works best as a clean boost and tone filter. The gain can mix really well with an overly bright Marshall amp, otherwise give me a SD1, TS9, TS808.
I agree 100%!
It brought my Blues Jr. to life... Strat-Blues Jr.-DS-1... Done
That rules! It’ll do that for sure!
So easy to modify and add different clipping to. Such a versatile pedal. My first pedal in 1993 was a EHX Sovtek Big muff. Who would buy a dsi first😂
@@patrickmcmanus5373 highly modifiable!! Makes it awesome
Great job man!!! Very useful information.
I put a like 👍🏻 on your video right away and thank you again! 🔥🤟🏻🎸🎶
Thank you very much! Happy to help😁
I have it and use a voltage drag on it and often stack it with another OD or Fuzz .. plus all the other crap in my pedalborad and the amp's gain stage.. I like that dying battery sound fuzz but I also have a more straightforward OD and Fuzz than doubles as an Octavia which is awesome with the ds1 w/ the voltage drag
Nice!!
I’ve been playing for almost 40+ years and have owned (and sold) hundreds of pedals. I have never NOT owned a DS-1. I currently own 5. This is exactly how I used them from day one. Sometimes you need that push over the cliff!
Like a MAN!! That’s all the vindication I needed 😁😁
The Boss Overdrive/Distortion is a very underrated pedal also. I use it the exact same way you use the DS-1. I actually use it like a volume pedal or boost.
Like a man!! Definitely an under appreciated pedal!
5:18 was my fave sound of all the ones you played!
That's interesting... it might sound cool by itself but in a mix it would get drowned out!
Just bought one for 34 at a local shop, haven’t plugged it yet can’t wait 🤟
Nice! Let me know how it turns out for ya
I didn’t realize when I was 16 that what I was really looking for w as the the SD-1 Overdrive and not a distortion pedal. Now at 59, I get the point of the DS-1. Still not my favourite pedal but it has a place on my board.
You’ve come full circle lol. It’s a great pedal! It just relies on what’s next to it and what it’s being connected to more than we initially realize…
Good advice. The DS1 is also great paired with a Big Muff style fuzz pedal, especially if you into stoner/doom stuff.
Oh yeah!!
I have this one and this video helped me thanks you I send it to some people who wants it
Nice!! Happy to help 😁😁
DS-1 is just like a tube screamer but more creamy, it works great in front of a sliiightly breaking up clean tone just like you showed. I also have a little trainer squier amp lol, yes it does sound like farty soda pop just dumped into a super clean digital amp.
Hahaha 😂 yup!! Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing 🤘🏻
This was the very first effects pedal I bought and that was in the late 90s. I never had one complaint with it. I think i still have it but it's in storage because I haven't seen it in about a decade. The 9 volt battery loves to go dead way too fast tho so if you get one get the ac/DC converter and plug it into the wall. Then jam until you're blue in the face. Lol. I love the pedal
Damn straight!! It's built like a tank and when used properly it can rock your socks off!!
@@PatPosse yeah it works on everything from green day to scorpions to Ted nugent, etc. It's certainly a universal pedal when it come to sounds it can make. I've always thought of it as one of the better effects pedals. I also have a blue overdrive pedal by the same brand. My only problem now is that both my electric guitars don't work and I know next to nothing about soldering or replacing switches..even more diagnosing the issue. Both of them have no output to my Amp..one the selector switch is the issue and one I think the input jack is the issue. Dude I played every single day from when my parents got me my first electric guitar and Amp kit which was a peavey system to just after my dad died in 2009. I have been homeless since but now I got my ssdi and I still haven't got either of them repaired. I just dunno if I can trust local music shops in my area to do quality repairs. So far I'm back to square one dreaming about playing guitar again but not sure how I'm gonna fix it. I'm praying I get it figured out and get back to guitar soon
I own a DS-1 have had it for least a couple of years I mainly use it for Nirvana's 1989 bleach tone era sound if dialed in right it sounds freaking awesome!
Oh yeah, you nail it with it!
The Boss and Tube Screamer were real popular in early to mid 80's.
Then the Rat came along.
I never used any of them, I just cranked my amp and volume knob for gain, and went for broke.
I don't play much rock anymore, but I have a Rat for sustain.
I use a Dumble pedal just to boost the signal, that's about it.
A wah and chorus.
Nice!!
hey man great video!! 🎸🤟🏻 could u tell me which amplifier are you using in this video?
Thank you!! I believe it was a plug in… it’s been ages 😅
hahaha that makes sense … could u recommend me a good metal type amplifier - cuz mine doesnt have gain and i was doing the exact mistake u showed in the video?
I can try to help!!
Let me ask you a couple questions to better assist you…
What kind of metal?
What guitar?
What do you have now and why do you not like it?
Bedroom use, band practice, or live?
What’s your budget?
😁🤘🏻
So true. It can be the worst or best sounding distortion pedal, depending on many other things, primarily your amp., but lower output pickups can help too. Also keep in mind the pedal volume level effects tone. Too low and distortion high tends to not sound so great. Also, in my opinion anyway, the new Waza Craft version sounds good in the clean channel. Of course, it's not as beefy but it doesn't sound so thin and brittle like classic version. And of course, it sounds ULTRA beefy in the dirt channel.
That’s spot on! I lower output pickups help a lot! They seem to have addressed that issue with the Waza mod 🤘🏻
Got mine for $25 on eBay. Use it on my bass as well as my guitar. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!
Hell yeah!!!
@@PatPossecheers man!
I somehow left 2 comments. I’ll leave the other to explain how I used it.