I love stacking those two. They just work perfectly together. SD-1 gives that warm tube amp-like midrange, while DS-1 delivers the balls. DS-1 cuts through the mix like a knife, while SD-1 makes the sound fuller.
Great demo, thanks Levi. I have just ordered the overdrive to pair with my proco rat. I'm aiming to boost the solos whilst playing live. I'm grateful for the demo of the stacked sound during solo playing and demonstrating the mid boost during this process. Just what I was looking for. Now fully reassured on my purchase.. thanks again. 👍
Critical Correction. The DS-1 is indeed usable and was widely used for 80s “Metal,” or what was called “metal” prior to “Master of Puppets.” We’re talking about an era when Heavy Metal was Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio era Black Sabbath, RR era Ozzy, Saxon, Def Leppard, Dokken, early Queensryche, Scorpions etc. The heavier, faster, metal of Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth, were still considered extreme, and not always welcomed by many metal fans. Read Metallica’s Damaged Justice Tour ‘88-‘89 program. The written narrative by Mick Wall very eloquently describes the initial reaction of early 80s metalheads to the then new more primitive, less melodic, punk-influenced form of metal. Many metal fans of the early 80s outright rejected punk rock as an unskilled noisy genre. Metal fans were particular about the musical chops of their heroes, and the hardcore punk bands just couldn’t cut it. Ultimately Metallica and peers proved everybody wrong, they developed as musicians and songwriters, while mainstream metal devolved into formulaic hair/pop/metal.
Totally makes sense. I suppose what I had in mind when I referred to metal is the modern metal sound from the 2000s and newer. But for that classic era of metal, it totally makes sense that they'd be using the DS-1s for that. I'll have to learn some more songs by the bands you've mentioned! Thanks for checking the video out and sharing your knowledge here!
@@Levisrad if u want a more mordrn metal try the mega distortion pedal or metal core pedal by Boss those are pro wrestling adrenaline junkie types of sounds
Not exactly what happened. Music can be so extreme and virtuosic that it leaves most of its audience behind (what happened to jazz). Heavy guitar hit that wall in the 80s…and there was a backlash. Alternative/Grunge/pop-punk knocked the more popular/accessible heavy bands. Guys like Satch and Vai kept instrumental heavy guitar going. Then there was Metallica…which righted the ship. But now years later, metal is off to a different kind of extreme.
@@kellygreenii Nah! That is exactly what happened as far as “metal,’ and what is called metal, and how metal culture evolved in the 80s. I was there and a very active participant from multiple perspectives. In the early 80s, metal magazines would still have Led Zeppelin and Van Halen on the covers. The same kids would go see Judas Priest, Sabbath, Van Halen, and Motley Crue. What you are referring to is the much needed backlash to late 80s guitar gunslinger culture, and pop-metal excesses. By then a Slayer/Exodus fan wouldn’t be caught dead at a Poison or Winger show. The solidarity was broken. Every commercial “metal” band had to have a square-jawed shredder from GIT with yard-long hair extensions. Very cookie cutter. But it was very different in the first half of the 80s.
@@rmedzoyan Which is the problem. You are describing what happened from a biased point of view with a clear preference for one of the many different sub-genres that existed at the time. You are correct. Metallica won. They made the music more accessible without “compromising” on the intensity and negative emotions that the heaviest forms of metal feed off of. Grunge/Alternative won the other group of fans. Giving music that was more accessible, but appealed to those fans that wanted a more varied experience. I love heavy guitar music…but let’s be frank. Modern metal has gone down such a rabbit hole of evermore extreme approaches and ever more darker tones…that it has its repeating its past mistakes and becoming more and more inaccessible. To the point I view djent the same way I do free jazz: cool as a concept, unappealing as an actual experience.
The DS-1 is really sick, it's really good! The SD-1 is a Screamer of sorts, you can use it as a dirty boost into a tube amp, that's what it is best for.
Great demo, thanks Levi. I have just ordered the overdrive to pair with my proco rat. I'm aiming to boost the solos whilst playing live. I'm grateful for the demo of the stacked sound during solo playing and demonstrating the mid boost during this process. Just what I was looking for. Now fully reassured on my purchase.. thanks again. 👍
I love stacking those two. They just work perfectly together. SD-1 gives that warm tube amp-like midrange, while DS-1 delivers the balls.
DS-1 cuts through the mix like a knife, while SD-1 makes the sound fuller.
Great demo, thanks Levi.
I have just ordered the overdrive to pair with my proco rat. I'm aiming to boost the solos whilst playing live.
I'm grateful for the demo of the stacked sound during solo playing and demonstrating the mid boost during this process. Just what I was looking for.
Now fully reassured on my purchase.. thanks again. 👍
Very good demonstration. Thanks
Critical Correction. The DS-1 is indeed usable and was widely used for 80s “Metal,” or what was called “metal” prior to “Master of Puppets.” We’re talking about an era when Heavy Metal was Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio era Black Sabbath, RR era Ozzy, Saxon, Def Leppard, Dokken, early Queensryche, Scorpions etc. The heavier, faster, metal of Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth, were still considered extreme, and not always welcomed by many metal fans. Read Metallica’s Damaged Justice Tour ‘88-‘89 program. The written narrative by Mick Wall very eloquently describes the initial reaction of early 80s metalheads to the then new more primitive, less melodic, punk-influenced form of metal. Many metal fans of the early 80s outright rejected punk rock as an unskilled noisy genre. Metal fans were particular about the musical chops of their heroes, and the hardcore punk bands just couldn’t cut it. Ultimately Metallica and peers proved everybody wrong, they developed as musicians and songwriters, while mainstream metal devolved into formulaic hair/pop/metal.
Totally makes sense. I suppose what I had in mind when I referred to metal is the modern metal sound from the 2000s and newer. But for that classic era of metal, it totally makes sense that they'd be using the DS-1s for that. I'll have to learn some more songs by the bands you've mentioned! Thanks for checking the video out and sharing your knowledge here!
@@Levisrad if u want a more mordrn metal try the mega distortion pedal or metal core pedal by Boss those are pro wrestling adrenaline junkie types of sounds
Not exactly what happened.
Music can be so extreme and virtuosic that it leaves most of its audience behind (what happened to jazz). Heavy guitar hit that wall in the 80s…and there was a backlash.
Alternative/Grunge/pop-punk knocked the more popular/accessible heavy bands. Guys like Satch and Vai kept instrumental heavy guitar going.
Then there was Metallica…which righted the ship. But now years later, metal is off to a different kind of extreme.
@@kellygreenii Nah! That is exactly what happened as far as “metal,’ and what is called metal, and how metal culture evolved in the 80s. I was there and a very active participant from multiple perspectives. In the early 80s, metal magazines would still have Led Zeppelin and Van Halen on the covers. The same kids would go see Judas Priest, Sabbath, Van Halen, and Motley Crue. What you are referring to is the much needed backlash to late 80s guitar gunslinger culture, and pop-metal excesses. By then a Slayer/Exodus fan wouldn’t be caught dead at a Poison or Winger show. The solidarity was broken. Every commercial “metal” band had to have a square-jawed shredder from GIT with yard-long hair extensions. Very cookie cutter. But it was very different in the first half of the 80s.
@@rmedzoyan Which is the problem. You are describing what happened from a biased point of view with a clear preference for one of the many different sub-genres that existed at the time.
You are correct. Metallica won. They made the music more accessible without “compromising” on the intensity and negative emotions that the heaviest forms of metal feed off of.
Grunge/Alternative won the other group of fans. Giving music that was more accessible, but appealed to those fans that wanted a more varied experience.
I love heavy guitar music…but let’s be frank. Modern metal has gone down such a rabbit hole of evermore extreme approaches and ever more darker tones…that it has its repeating its past mistakes and becoming more and more inaccessible.
To the point I view djent the same way I do free jazz: cool as a concept, unappealing as an actual experience.
The DS-1 is really sick, it's really good! The SD-1 is a Screamer of sorts, you can use it as a dirty boost into a tube amp, that's what it is best for.
thanks man just ordered the overdrive great vid
Thanks, hope you enjoy it! I’m actually plugged into the SD-1 as I type this, haha. It’s a good one!
@@Levisrad thanks man its arriving on monday
Man you talk too much
Haha thanks for the feedback. Working on it 🤙🏻
Great demo, thanks Levi.
I have just ordered the overdrive to pair with my proco rat. I'm aiming to boost the solos whilst playing live.
I'm grateful for the demo of the stacked sound during solo playing and demonstrating the mid boost during this process. Just what I was looking for.
Now fully reassured on my purchase.. thanks again. 👍