BOSS DS-1 Distortion Pedal Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 พ.ค. 2017
- Nick Bowcott presents the BOSS DS-1 distortion pedal. Simply put, the BOSS DS-1 distortion pedal is a modern classic. For the better part of 30 years, you've heard this orange box put through its paces on countless top rock recordings - from Kurt Cobain's "Nevermind"-era grunge to the renowned distorted tones of Steve Vai. The DS-1 is affordable, it's incredible sounding, and it's a rock pedalboard staple - the perfect first distortion stompbox and one that may well be your last.
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He plays at 5:50
Not all hero's wear capes.
He talk mostly. Talking about good pedal review.
God bless 🙏🤣
Came here for a pedal review, but got history lesson, haha. Great stuff.
Nick Bowcott is the man! : ) Fantastic video and review. I personally own the 40th anniversary DS1 and its a fantastic pedal.
I also have to add that I LOVE the grim reaper roadcases in the video : )
2:08 I was worried you where going to throw the pedal too XD
I had to watch this video in my mirrors reflection.
saaaaaaaaame
Great review Mr. Bowcott👏😃. I have both. The orange one and the 40th. Boss forever!!!🤘😃🤘🎸. Cheers from Viamao City - RS Estate (Brazil)
The spinal tap reference was wonderful
Love the review and the Boss history!
I use my DS-1 to boost the Classic British overdrive channel on my Randall G2 RG75.I don't use the distortion on the pedal even though the pedal is on.The tone knob is at a low level and the level knob up.The overdrive level on the amp set at 3 o'clock.I get a thick tone out of it.I'm a lefty as well lol
Great review should do more.
Nick Bowcott rules!
You had me at "flanger."
Hi, can you make a dem with the gain setting to the top, I want to know how distortion you can go with the clean channel of your marshal amp
I have owned a couple of Boss CS-1 pedals at different times. A simple and straight-ahead distortion pedal. Simple and to the point.
Very iconic sounds it produces
i really like the outro last 5 seconds, that guitar work. wish that were the point of this video instead of the LED
Nice intro got one and now it sits next to the Tube screamer on my pedal board...differeng dist. for different purposes, amps, cabs or 🎸 thanks
Great Review
Nice review thanks
I avoided this pedal for years because of the negative press it got over the years. i can tell you it outdoes a lot of distortion pedals three times it's price. All i do is use the sample settings in the manual and i'm satisfied. Sounds great with the Bf-2 of 3!
it even has an LED and a power supply jack?! no way! i need one ASAP
I like the revers box on that Marshall.
Cool video mate :)
what Marshall combo do you use in this video ? Thanks.
is it suitable if ds-1 is used dangdut?
Of course all the great DS1 players are using the original 1978-1990 Japanese ones with the original chipset. They've changed it 3 or 4 times since, its just not the same pedal now. Some of the cheap Chinese clones sound more like the original DS1 than the DS1 now.
I prefer the dirt from a Marshall tube amp personally. However I do alot of out of town gigs, festivals etc, where an amp is provided. Sometimes I can't choose what I get, or even know what I'm getting for an amp. So I keep a good dirt box like this for such situations. But even at that, only really hard rock or metal your gonna need this much dirt.
I'm usually just past breakup n sounds heavy enough for classic rock
Matthias Jabs of the Scorpions uses a DS 1 too.
Nick work, or used to work for Marshall.................... if memory serves me right......... And the guitarist of Grim Reaper ;)
watching a lefty play makes me uncomfortable
DzB it's OK snowflake. Jimi, Tony, and Paul are lefties.
brucekulickfan and?
Seth Thomas and what?
Then you might not wanna listen to Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Nirvana, Thin Lizzy, and The Beatles If it makes you uncomfortable.
i think its the way he has the guitar on his leg
Boss pedals are also popular amongst synth players.
BTW the DS-1 is a serious pedal :)
Mike Hydropneumatic that's what I was considering buying it for, it's dirt cheap, & a classic distortion pedal. I'm not a guitarist,I mess with synths . The thing that I'm not sure is if I added this or the
od- 1 overdrive pedal, which would be a better choice? The guy at the store suggested the ds1, but I'd have to hear both with a synth.
Synths sound very different than guitar & they respond very differently to effects pedals especially distortion pedal.
I ran a synth thru a "metal" boss distortion pedal & I didn't care much for the sound. It got very noisy. I guess I would have preferred a clean overdriven sound or a fuzz type sound over hard core noisy distortion.
I think it was designed as a multi instrumental tool and that explains the wiiiide range in Tone that most people dial up waaaay too high for guitar.
Joe Satriani used a DS-1 as well. Does the 40th-anniversary version have the exact same circuitry and sound as the original?
Steve vai too
@@metalheadblues Steve Vai is literally the first example he mentioned in the video mate lol!
does anyone know the answer to this: i am getting an orange crush 12, but im not sure if this pedal works with that amp. do i need to get a different amp?
Great question! The beauty of guitar pedals is they'll work with any amp. You'll run your guitar into that pedal, then go from the pedal to the input of the amp. If you have any more questions whatsoever, let me know!
Matt McGowen, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1702, matt_mcgowen@sweetwater.com
The Orange amp is only compatible with the original "Orange" DS1!
Just got it for my birthday 😏
Who needs a distortion pedal while having that Marshall 😀
Playing through a Silver Jubilee of course it sounds great. Should have used a Strat and you could have sounded like Frusciante.
Nigel Tufnel approved!
good asmr
I felt asleep while watching, when I woke up you were still talking... damn.
Lol
4:08 I believe your amp is on fire
C'mon Nick play some GRIM REAPER!!
I wish he does😭 he never plays tho sigh
Don Carr where are you?:(
How could you not mention Satriani?
Satriani mentions himself enough
@@galena7474 These sorts of comments are ridiculous. The guy is the greatest selling solo rock guitarist of all time, but he literally couldn't be any more humble. And then there's you...
7:31 play
Nick "The Grim Reaper" Bowcot!!
Now that's a blast from the past when Rock ruled the world!!!
It's time to get Rock up front again to get rid of today's awful music!!
Let's not forget that Gary Moore was a DS-1 user!!!
Video starts here 5:52
3:13
But can it do death metal?
is it good for the bass?
I once did use this pedal on bass guitar (1990 - 1991) , and it was alright !!!!
But talking about using the DS-1 on guitar:
My personal experience says no , my ears feel more comfortable with the BD-2 !!!!
My DS-1 guitar test (orange & black) , watch?v=-xZmFdExr1k (Feb. 2018)
Nice shirt.
Amp model?
Mini jubilee
Ah! Just play already!
Thanks for your abvice my friend!!! (Buy more pedals...) jajajaja
He forgot Neil Schon and many others...
Why don't they tell us that the DS-1 can sound like absolute crap if it isn't used with the right amp and guitar. They don't like high output pickups or amps that have heaps of headroom. They work better with Marshall type amps that are set to that position where they're just about to start breaking up.
My experiment was.. the ds1 goes well with my Mini Rectifier head and it cant goes well with DrZ maz18.... Just too piercing.
The intro got me forgetting why I'm here
by itself it is a meh pedal for me, but when you dumped it on top of the gainy marshall I was like OMFG!!!
Yeah, I think the gainy Marshall has something to do with that tone. Try it on a Hot Rod Deluxe, I bet it's much different.
The Cantrell Project I also think it always sounds horrible in a clean amp
I've learned this if you have any distortion pedal you need a noise gate
Depends lol. Some peopke aren't a fan of noise gate so...
..and you being British and all you forgot the best guitar player of all time Gary Moore who used the Boss DS-1 on the two best guitar albums ever made Corridors of power and Victims of the future jeez!That guitar sound made Vai,Van Halen,Satriani etc sound like a bunch of beez.
I had one of these in the late 70's - early 80's. I've never cared for any kind of distortion pedal and haven't used one since I got rid of this one in 1983. It's all in the amp for me. That's one (or more) less pedals to power, as well.
Is it just me or does he sound like mark knopfler
and some people say i talk to much LOL
it sits on my shelf because it was my first Pedal but it will never see my pedalboard again. But I guess with the right amp it may sound okay...
@Ato Zee Yeah. It works best eith a heavier amp from what I underatand.
im left handed but i play right handed
I'm right handed and I play left-handed
Im left handed and I play left handed
@@deadroses19 I'm right handed and I play left-handed
@@buddyholly9960 Im left handed and i play left handed
@@deadroses19 awesome both of us lefties at guitar it's so much more comfortable you know playing right handed is just so awkward in my opinion I don't get it why can't people play the left-handed it's not that hard plus it's more comfortable I've never found it comfortable playing right-handed
Chat!
nick cut the chat for christ sake
Joe Satriani?
George Lynch? !! Oh boy. Back to the Sweetwater website again I go.
🤣🤣🤣
He speaks a lot 🙄
täp into America
Is this a lecture or a gear demo, also no shot of the settings. Expect better from sweetwater
"If you want to shoot - shoot! Don't talk..." Tuco (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly).
I’m pretty sure Randy Rhoades used one
Way too much talking my friend, where is Don?
You mentioned Hammet but not Joe Satriani??? BLASPHEMY!!!! Guaranteed Joe fans make up at least 10% of DS-1 sales lol
Umm...he didn't mention Hammett though lol!!
Here's my two cents
1. LED and DC connector is standard to every single pedal, don't bother mention as an extra feature, makes it sound dumb.
2. The reason why this pedal sold out so much is its price accessibility and the fact that it is a reliable scooped heavy distortion
3. No, this pedal has far from a tight sound, in fact his biggest problem is having a very flubby and compressed low end.
4. The best way to get a good sound about the stock ones is having an amp slightly breaking up with a lot of powerful mids like a marshall, and crancking the volume, not maxing out the the distortion fully and having the tone around 10/11 oclock to kill those buzzy bees. Bright guitars work better with it as the pedal as a very scooped sound. Funny enough the bridge pickup of my strat works better than the one from my epi les paul.
Having said this I thing it is a great little circuit, and with mods can be much much better.
My ears feel much more comfortable with the BD-2 !!!!
wheres yuh teet?
Jesus loves you!!
You can't call this a review is you have a 12 minute video with only one minute sound samples combined that is. I've never done a review but here's what I think it should be: Hello, everything at noon, drive at 9, drive all the way down, drive at 3, drive all the way up. same for tone and level.
... and that would be quite stupid, so...
babbling 3000
This guy is great, but even that doesn't help that pedal, it has always sounded crappy
Says some internet troll who thinks he can play guitar
I ran the test myself (orange & black version) watch?v=-xZmFdExr1k
In my personal opinion , i don't like the DS-1 , my ears feel more comfortable with the BD-2 !!!!
I personally like it as long as it's used on a heavier amp as opposed to a clearer amp.
Too much talking
Sounds good. Too much selling.
too much talk. not enough tone.
Here's an Idea, when you're showing us how clean the amp is, hit a freakin power chord like you mean it, not gently barely pluck some harmonics. No disrespect but those tactics smell of snake oil. I actually like this pedal, but not the apparent deception :)
Sorry for the snarky tone of this comment, the internet is up my bottom atm.
VINTAGE IS THE BEST. ONLY BOSS!
Too much talk
too much talking