Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal
Here's little ol' me trying out this iconic pedal. The DS-1 has been used by everyone and their dog. It's provided classic sounds for albums such as...well I don't know, but say a guitarist, and chance are he's used this distortion. Steve Vai has been known to use it, and that's enough for me. So I thought I'd review the DS-1 and see if it's any good. It is after all a quite affordable distortion pedal, so it's always worth taking a look at.
Hope you enjoy the video.
If you want to check out a comparison between the DS-1 and the DS-2, check this video out: • Boss DS-1 Distortion v...
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Check out the comparison video I did of the DS-1 and the DS-2: th-cam.com/video/6zZd2tnIuXA/w-d-xo.html
Also, if you want to see more Boss pedal reviews, check out this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLNaLwTdlpQNH25G8vg0YCJuhWmpQakiZa.html
Who among us hasn’t bought a new DS-1, sold it and ended up buying a used one because you miss it...🎸🔊🎶✌🏻
Yes! Did that...
I find that a humbucker sounds better, than a single coil, but this guy makes his Stratocaster sound very good...
Must be those Seymour He has on there....
@@leftymadrid Or his amazing playing.
Excellent review, demo and guitar playing aa always. I may of had this pedal before. I cant remember. I do have currently the Boss DS-2 which is a bit less a jar of angry bees and it has a secondary mode with a jar of angry wasps in the turbo mode. .
I removed the D5 diode in my Boss DS1. Made a world of difference. You get way more volume and thickness, and takes that high end fizz out. But it reduces the gain a tad bit. But it is worth it .
how do you remove the D5 diode?
Keep this in mind, back in the day amps didn't have good clipping overdrives, so this pedal really rocked out cheap and expensive amps
Also this pedal sounds even better in a live band. (This is not a bedroom pedal)
Going over some of your older vids. Being sick sucks and I can't play now so it's good to hear you man!
I was blown away how good my modded ds-1 sounds compared to stock in a/b test. It's a Keeley seeing eye mod with proper German capasitors. And it's a heaven and hell I tell you. Now if I only could play as good 😑
the old great ds1!! since many years ago I like it as a booster with the gain on 0...one of this days perhaps return to the sd1...Good work, Elmo!!
These are very respectable and remember they have are built from parts that have a decent life span.... and best of all they are relatively cheap. What's not to like?
Strymon Riverside costs 345,00 Euros and Boss DS-1 costs 60,00 Euros (at Thomann.de). On the DS-1 you can back off the distortion a bit from full on to avoid hiss and the level set at unity (~2:00 o'clock). I found the best setting is Tone=10:00, Level=2:30, Distortion=2:00-3:00. Oh, and it's more pedalboard friendly than the Strymon, draws less current and you can have it with a battery for a long time!
Sure is. The SD-1 is about the same, and I like it more. The Mosky D250 is even less, and I like that even more.
The Strymon is surprisingly pedalboard friendly, if you need more than one sound. It does quite a few, which saves money and space, plus it has an inbuilt noise gate, which again saves money and space.
But again, whatever floats your boat. It's a matter of taste really.
I Love my Boss pedals. I have my original 1980's Boss Heavy Metal Pedal 2 (came with a brass plaque stating it was the 3 millionth Boss unit ever made), Boss Chorus Ensemble, Boss Flanger BF2, Boss Delay DD7, Boss Reverb RV6 and Boss tremolo TR2.
@@chrisdaviesguitar Boss makes some cool pedals for sure.
Ahhh the boss DS1 ; no stock or modded version (90s Japanese, Keeley, etc) has ever made me happy.... hah!
After years of chasing more and more gain I just got better and my Amps dirt channel is all I use now.
Cool :)
I have a DS-1 and I really like it. I think it sits better in a track than alone. I usually have the tone at 10-11 o'clock.
Just got this and am figuring out the kinks but I like it.
Amazing video, just as always. I have an DOD YJM (back in Brazil) but I’m looking for something a little bit more heavy, but I don’t like buzzy sounds (I don’t like fuzzy pedals as well). Going to watch the other video!
Maybe the RevvG3
It is a great pedal ya I’ve had a ds-1 since the 80s playing out and it’s always dependable and dirty
The tone at his first quarter, level full or almost, gain just before or after half. But most important : on a slight crunch tone. Vintage Marshall are perfrect. The ds1 behavior change drastically, particulary its tone knob.
Love it with humbuckers.
What i love about the ds1 is that it's not easy to use. And when people tell me and the end of a gig : "what pedal are u using"? A simple ds1! "No way!?" 😁
Cool :)
the ds-1 has a blues vibe about it for sure.
Nice sound!
It seems different than other reviews... I mean the sound... may it is due the amp type or brand.
Although it's not one of my favorite drive pedals, the DS-1 (and DS-2) is a pretty great distortion, if it's used right. This pedal sounds best with humbuckers, played through a clean, Fender style amp. It also sounds good plugged straight into a mixer. It never seems to work well with overdriven Marshall-style amps, since the added compression really mangles and squashes the DS-1's already limited frequency range. It isn't a gain beast designed to push an already loud amp. It's just a splash of dirt meant for clean, nice sounding amps. Kurt Cobain was able to make it work. Why can't metal players? It's your choice of amp.
You "tickle me Elmo" with wonderful demos. Tank You! Subscribed, of course. What am I, "stunodz" not to? I don't think so.
Thank you :)
The Boss Adaptive Distortion is the best Boss distortion that I've heard, but unfortunately is now discontinued.
Never tried that one. I liked the DS-2 a lot out of the Boss distortions.
It really is quite something. It keeps definition of complex chords even at (relatively) high gain. Also, moving along the fretboard and sounding awfully squeaky at high notes. Well, not with it.
I use a California Pedal for a Clean Boogie Sound and anEVH Overdrive with built-in NR
I've been meaning to check out an EVH.
I think people fail to understand this is a personal choice whether you guys think it's great, Yngwie has it ... Doesn't mean s*** and who are you feeling sorry for it 4 minutes?? I love how these forms are basically avenues for people to give their opinions and feels somewhat obligated to attempt to tear someone down ... It's all subjective s*** heads!
What amp were you using? Good sound for single coil bridge pickup. I find my Strat bridge pickup a bit squeely and too bright with a lot of distortion. Guitar had a lot more thickness with the Boss than the Strymon? Good pedal if you want to thicken up a Strat.
It was the Marshall 1987x
I think these pedals work perfectly with Marshall amps. I found that they sound a little thin and Fizzy. through clean Fender amps
I have the Ds2 instead of Ds1, and I think it´s a better bang for the buck. Ds2 is a bit warmer, yet a bit darker, and also it doesn´t sound like those old battery portable radios when tone is maxed out. I love overdrives too. I have Boss Fbm1 59 Fender Bassman, which sounds wonderful. : )
Does the Fender sound better for you than the Strymon? The definition was very impressive. I thought the Boss sounded quite good, it had the issues you mentioned, but I did like the smooth, flutey lead tone quite a bit. WAY better than I thought it would be. It's not surprising to find out they sell tons of them.
The Fender is a bit better than the Strymon. But not by much :)
For my ears, your tone was better with DS1 than Strymon.
Two videos one day. Earlier referred to by yourself as "a c*ckup" 🤔. Maybe that happened again....
But as for general opinion: I feel Boss works quite well for the beginning of my chain (sustainer/compressor or cs3) and the end (noise suppressor). Other than that Boss is never an option. I've owned several and they never give me what I'm looking for. But I will say this: this last weekend I had my mum visiting me (my kids actually) and even she mentioned I had improved my technique quite a bit. So I've been fairly pumped up about this.
And then you play some comparison-riffs. M*therf*cker, you got me down 😂. Well played during your discussion. Such a distinctive control. I tip my hat to thee.
And. Fender Malmsteen OD all the way. 👌
A cockup indeed :D
And thanks for the kind words. Keep playing man. Det blir nog bra :)
Greetings Elmo! Nice video.. Have u noticed any volume drop while engaging the pedal?
Nope.
I always feel like this was made more for leads. Single notes or running leads sound amazing but chords and chugging just falls apart
I just ordered a Donner Alpha One,Delay/Chorus/High Gain Overdrive, I'll let You Know what I think of that one.....
Cool bananas :) I look forward to hearing what you think.
Is this TheDooo’s pedal? If not, what is The Dooo’s Pedal?
Well done!
Cheers :)
Wanted to try a DS-1, so i went looking for my dog. Then i realized i don't have a dog. Damn. Seems i'm stuck with my TS-9...
:D
Weak
I have one on my chain :) (And an SD-2, and MT-2)
Cool bananas :)
Hot Dick :(
problem with this pedal is it kills the sustain.
The first (and only) distortion pedal I have ever owned. Used so infrequently that when I loaned it out and was offered it back I said no thanks ! Even after many years I miss it not. Compared to some modern pedals I know why :-). Great review as always.
Haha :D Fun story :)
Nice strat
Thanks :)
Definitely not a pedal to use the tone knob more than 12 o' clock 😁. Specially if you're using a Stratocaster or an SG. In "fatter" guitars, such as Les Paul or Explorer, could be different. I have this pedal and I never use it, never totally convinced me. From time to time I give it another chance, but it doesn't want to help LOL.
:D
Used on a slight crunch, the tone knob change radically. For me the best is a Marshall, loud, with humbuckers. It works really great.
Nice, the intro can be cut though.
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Only...Great!!!
Can someone help me. Idk if it’s my guitar or amp. I have a Roland cube amp and when I try to mute the strings or take my hands off the strings it makes noises and buzzing sounds and loud ringing with the boss ds-1 on. Help please.
Do you have the same issue with other amps? Sounds like an issue with the guitar.
Is this made on Taiwan version? Thanks.
Taiwan.
At this time I am playing out of ds1 distortion with a eq added it sound great but how ever got my eyes on the boss metal zone wt2w waza craft which I'm going to get. Metaldude323
Jesus loves you!!
I played many years with that thing, but with a BOSS overdrive in front of it. Otherwise, I think alone it sounds like shit!
Actually thinking of revisiting this pedal, and trying it with an overdrive pedal.
SD-1 is better imo 😯
The Strymon sounded horrible!The Boss is great if you know how to dial it in"properly".
i felt bad for him at 4:00 haha
:D
You could make an expensive pedal sound bad.
Of course. I know what I'm doing.
Reh video i saw yngwie has this on his pedalboard...
Did he? I don't remember that.
@@MrPolevaulter sorry maybe i was wrong. maybe it was steve vai and kurt kobain.but both are using ds1 made in japan. which one u review in this video sir?
This was the Taiwan version I think. I'd be interested to know how big the difference is between the two.
Not very clean
The Tone and the controls of the amp have a huge impact on this pedal, this pedal by itself will not get a gut sound
That's true of any pedal.
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DS-1 Horrible !
At times, although it did some things sort of well. There are better things out there though.
It's all down to taste and opinion and you're entitled to yours. Personally I think it's great.
With this amp and guitar and player and recording rig, yes
yeah...must be horrible.....it only made Kurt Cobain a household name and rock icon
@@seankinnane12 Cobain really sucked Bad !