I was 15 and it was 1992. I was soooooo into Nirvana. I saved up enough money from my paper route to buy my first pedal. Someone told me that “Come as you are” used a thing called “Flanger” so I got a Boss Flanger BF-2. I still have it, and now it’s considered “vintage” which sorta hurts.
I was 15 in 95, and my first two pedals I bought together, it was a standard Crybaby Wah and an Ibanez Chours pedal..I still have the chorus pedal, and I loned a friend the wah...yeah, I should've NEVR done that.☹️
Right on! The first petal i went for (started guitar in ‘94) was that same boss flanger because of come as you are. Lol 😂🎉 i dont think we were the only ones ether
You are turning into one of my absolute favorite TH-camrs! Your content feels very realistic and you make things seem approachable! You are outstanding!
Dude, you’re like the perfect guitarist to take notes on to break my post beginner/intermediate stuck in a rut phase! You bridge the gap to being a pro! Keep it up! And the JHS Morning Glory is a pedal I will never let go, even with a Helix as my whole rig.
@@kennylopezz aww man I remember I had a double barrel then sold it to get my current morning glory and a bonsai. BEST COMBO EVER! I feel remorseful for letting the bonsai go🥲
My first pedal was a DS-1. Used it for a little while and then replaced it. Rediscovered the DS-1 a few years ago and couldn’t believe how good it could sound if you take the time to dial it in!
A local Guitarist that was a frequent player at the restaurant/bar I was washing dishes at gifted me an old Ibanez TS-5 Sound Tank. I've had it for well over twenty years now.
I got three pedals at once, a Blue Box, a Bass Big Muff, and a Boss Bass Chorus, the chorus is the only one left and it’s my secret weapon, literally everything sounds amazing through it
I’ve actually kept almost every pedal I have ever owned. My music room looks like a Hoarder’s Temple. Well over 100 pedals spread over 3 boards and shelves. 🤓🤘🏼
Thank you for highlighting how good this pedal is at lower gain settings! My first pedal was nearly a DS-1, but I ended up with a Jimi Hendrix Wah pedal that a sold a few years back. I remember being similarly clueless going to the store - every one of us has had that moment!
My 1st distortion pedal, hell my 1st pedal I ever owned was the original version of the Boss DS-1. But I haven't used it In a while. I'm currently using the Friedman BE-OD for my overdrive tone. I tried this pedal years ago in a guitar center and fell in love with its sound. It will probably never leave my signal chain.
I play at my church too and I use the Boss Blues Driver and a Boss Super Overdrive and I stack them. Love the video. I’m glad I came across your channel.
My first pedal? It was the ’80s, so it was a chorus. Favorite distortion? I really like the Boss DA-2, but-for me-nothing beats polyphonic distortion through my Boss GP-10 or Spicetone 6appeal. It always annoys me when people call a hexaphonic pickup a “MIDI pickup” because the real magic is when you use it for polyphonic distortion rather than to trigger synths.
My first was a EHX Muff Fuzz. It's not a Big Muff, but rather a little rectangular box with one knob and an on/off switch. I got it back in the late 70's I think and it blew my mind. It was pure, unadulterated filth and I loved it. I still have it but I don't really have a use for it currently.
This was the first gain pedal I ever got when I was 13 and I ended up gravitating to the the rat for the distortion I wanted but when I returned to the ds-1 to mess with it it blew me away the versatility this thing holds as a boost in front of your favorite amp settings. No classic pedal has surprised me as much as this one.
I still use that pedal in my setup after almost 20 yrs live. Most songs, I just leave it on and turn the volume knob down til you get a nice clean tone with that little bit of grit. And with a good booster pedal behind it, reverb, it’s a great pedal. Very versatile
The Boss DS-1 is the past, present and future. It was the first distortion peddle I ever owned and I kept coming back to it after trying others. It does everything you need, no matter what you need. It just sounds perfect, no matter what guitar or amp you pair it with. Add to all that, you can throw Boss peddles against a wall and they still work. I'll never use anything else.
That look on your face when you first strummed the guitar. It was if you had sipped some unknown wine and was trying to figure out if you liked it or not. Great stuff Mang.
It was way back in 1983/84 when I got my first pedal: It was the kit of the DS-1, that you had to build/solder yourself. What a friend did for untalented me. Unfortunately it got lost after a live gig we played. I loved it while playing my Höfner Solid Body 173 which works with pretty underwound pickups. I replaced the orange brick with a Korg OVD-1 and still play it today. A little later a Tube Screamer followed, which is also still in use. The Höfner suffered a water damage when our rehearsal room got flooded. I got a Squier Japan Strat as replacement for it. And still play it today. I could restore the Höfner just three years ago. I use it for practicing and to develop ideas. I guess, another DS-1 would really work well with it again ... Thx for the inspiring video!!
1st pedal was a Zoom 505. 2nd pedal was a Zoom 505 replacement for my 1st one (still have the replacement but doesn't work properly). 3rd pedal Boss DS-1 (still have). 4th pedal EHX little BIG muff (still have). 5th pedal TC Skysurfer Reverb (still have). 6th pedal EHX Holy Grail Max (still have).
First pedal was obviously DS-1 just like everybody else lol. First one I bought though was a Vox repro wah, and ended up trading it about a year after. Only have two pedals now, a soul food overdrive and a ditto looper. And that'll be all I ever use for my music at this time. But seeing that orange box always brings back nostalgia. Just like that fender strap in your videos. Everyone had them when they started out
1992 the Boss CH-1 stereo chorus...yes I still have it... I only have 2 pedals besides my Morley Volume pedal ...the CH-1 , and my DS-1 ...both great pedals
I like your stuff Mike. You don't go instantly overboard on anything but you play clean & dial in the risk factor little by little (while growing all the time)
For all those that think the DS-1 isn’t a good dirt pedal. Please use it with an already dirty amp, back the drive, boost the level, fine tune the tone knob. It’s a better more colorful boost/drive than most boutique drives. Don’t @ me.
Normally, I use a Rat or similar pedal but recently I've been using a Boss DA-2 Adaptive Distortion, DS-1 Distortion, and a DS-1X Distortion for recording. The DA-2 features Boss' Multi-dimensional Processing (MDP) technology which I thought was just more marketing malarky until I played it. The distortion is very different from other pedals I've used. The DS-1X uses the same MDP and makes a nice variation on the DA-2. The DS-1 borders on fuzz and has a rich spinning grind. All three play nice with single coils and humbuckers and maintain the tonal characteristics of each guitar.
I started playing guitar around ‘87 and I got my first pedal shortly after I got my first 15 watt Fender practice amp which was a Boss GE-7. I still have it in my practice rig though in my main rig I have a Behringer programmable 31 band stereo EQ and a parametric EQ on my multi effects unit. While things like delay, chorus, reverb, flanger, phaser, distortion, overdrive etc. are very useful I still think a graphic EQ should be every guitarist first pedal. I have a DS-1 with the Keeley seeing eye mod and a MT-2 and CE-2 also modded by Keeley (I don’t think Keeley does any pedal mods any longer). I want to get hold of the waza craft versions of those pedals to see how they compare to the modded ones I have. Best chorus I have ever had was in the ADA MP-1, but the modded CE-2 is also phenomenal. Delay is probably my favorite effect to use overall, though for obvious reasons it’s not on all the time and an EQ is always on…2 actually as I’m always running the graphic and parametric EQs. Again I would encourage every new guitar player to start with a small graphic EQ, there’s no glamor with EQ but it’s the most versatile pedal there is and you can learn so much more about tone and how to stand out just right in the mix with an EQ, things that you just can’t quite learn with any other pedal.
I have a mxr super badass distortion pedal on my board.I went thru a lot of distortion pedals to find that sound in my head.Mxr put that sound that was in my head into their pedal
That full and fat sustained tone without being fuzzy or fizzy sounded great with the Strat, and i would have mistaken it for an OD, not a distortion. How different is it than the standard DS1?
My first guitar pedal was a Boss DS-1. I used it to drive my Gorilla GG-10 into usable sound areas. When I got a better amp back in high school, I sold the pedal (I was stupid). Last time I talked to the guy who bought it, he still has it and still uses it.
My first pedal was a DOD 680 analog delay that my dad wasn't using... I LOVED that pedal... I still have it, but it's had some issues over the years that I've had to get fixed, and so it's somewhat patched together haphazardly right now... one day, I'll go through and properly restore it.
My first pedal was a DOD Supra Distortion. I started playing in 1991 & DOD was the entry level pedal go-to. It sounded terrible. No idea what even happened to it but it’s long gone. Nowadays I do a lot of stacking & gain staging with my drive pedals. My main drive for pushed clean & full on distortion is a Hudson Broadcast Dual. For a different flavor of OD or lead boost I use a Klon Centaur. And no I didn’t pay some ridiculous amount for it, I bought it from Bill Finnegan in 2007 when he was still making them. Paid $344, which I thought the pedal was well worth. I also have a Danelectro Eisenhower octave fuzz & a slot that gets swapped out constantly. It can be anything from a Muff of some kind to a Keeley D&M Drive. I also have a Strymon Flint. The drive pedals & the Flint are in the effects loops of a Line 6 HX Effects which handles everything else. Wah, comp, chorus/mod, Whammy, volume, delay & reverb are all done by the HX, which has 2 Dunlop expression pedals connected. From there I go into the front of the amp, which is either a 1x12 Princeton Reverb, a Dr. Z Maz 18 NR or a Vox AC10. I have a few other amps but most of the time it’s the Princeton, which has a 12” Cannabis Rex in it.
Great video. I have never tried that Boss pedal. I have a SD-1 on my pedal board that I use to boost an ISP Theta for leads. It tightens it all up. I have many Boss pedals. I love them all. I also use a Quilter Tone Block for my amp. Small reliable and insanely powerful setup. I can play into any cabinet from a 1x12 up to 2 4x12's. I have used the ISP for many years. If I were to try something else I would go for the BluGuitar Mercury or Iridium.
I like your natural excitement in talking tech! My first pedal was the first generation Ibanez "Super Metal" pedal. that was 1985. Now my setup is a pigtronix optical compressor (germanium, of course) and a clean channel Mesa-Boogie. It just works for me, yah?
This is the first video of yours that I've seen. I really like your enthusiasm and energy. I'm going to go watch some more. I feel like the Boss DS1 is the orange stomp box everybody needs to try once. Whether or not you keep it in your arsenal, is entirely up to you, and that's probably why it's everywhere. It can shape your whole voice or it can just enhance it. Not a lot of kit can do that. I know pros who keep two of them on their pedal boards, because everybody seems to have (at least) two favorite settings that they can dial in with that pedal. Because it has such a dynamic range and EQ, this can be quite a big variety of voicings. Having said that, this pedal never hit me right. The attack has always had a solid state feel to it that never felt right to me. I was drawn to the kind of sounds you get from tube distortions and valve harmonics. There are a lot of condescending guitars snobs out there who share that same opinion, so I'm kind of rolling my eyes saying so. In my defense, I did start playing guitar in the '80s and back then everything was solid state, hairspray, and sharp attack, high gain distortion. 🤟 A couple of years ago somebody gave me one and I let it collect dust for too long. I then learned that it is a remarkably good way to cut a clear voice in a smaller hall, where you might get a little lost in the acoustics. Years of looking down on this pedal and I now realize why it is everybody from bedrooms to ballrooms uses it. Even if it's only sparingly integrated into their kit, it has a place. I highly suggest you looking to getting the boss EQ. If you think the DS1 has an alarming amount of variety and uniqueness, that little white pedal will blow your mind.
I spent all my $100 I got for Christmas 1981 on a Boss DS-1. Yes it was that much. In fact I got it for $25 off. I don't remember what happened to it but I want to get another one. I'm going to get me the new Waza craft Edition as soon as they're back in stock. I'll never forget the time I took my guitar, amp, and this pedal to my buddy's house and hearing his mom ask "What is that little orange box that makes it sound ugly?" lol! Yup it's a classic alright. (My first pedal was an Electro Harmonix Big Muff Deluxe that I got from a friend some 42 years ago when I was 16 and just started playing.. It was fuzz and compression in one and it had the sweetest violin fuzz. Very collectable today. Another piece of gear i regret letting go.) Great video!
I don't know if I just hit the right time for picking up the guitar again, but I am madly in Love with what Neural DSP is doing. Owning the Rabea and the Toneking 2 Plugin, I basically don't feel the need for additional pedals. I couldn't crank an amp anyways in My Apartment, so I am very happy with the tone I get
Amp + Two Notes Captor + Audio Interface == Cranking Tube amp at home at any level and recording at full power. Amp + Attenuator + Cab == Cranking Tube amp at home at any level. I own the toneking plugin as well but I prefer a real amp for most stuff because I am used to the feel.
My first pedal was a used Crybaby wah. The rubber on top was peeling and the metal name plate had a bent corner. Now the rubber and name plate are completely gone and the pedal is still trucking.
Sadly, I lost all my pedals, amp and electric guitar to a Cat5 typhoon here in our country.. took me 6-8 yrs to build my set and I was pretty happy with them.. I had a zoom 505, boss desto, reverb, and some others that I deliberately choose not to remember cos it hurt.. managed to salvage my acoustic guitar which floated on sea water during the typhoon.. had it restored by a local shop.. needless to say, it was a shit show.. they used furniture varnish for the top coat.. that was 9 yrs ago.. I just saved enough money to have my acoustic finally restored by a professional, its still in the works.. trying to save up to build and buy a new set.. but yeah.. this brings back memories.. thank you..
I went in the same experience as you wanting a pedal and they sold me a zoom 505 for about a hundred. Kind of expensive relative other pedals but in hindsight they did a great job because that was the perfect pedal to plug into any amp and get a decent stage worthy sound, where the fx chorus compression distortion etc built right in.
My first Pedal was a BOSS SD-1. I have an old distortion plus but never use it. My go to overdrive is the behringer ts 808. I bought my Son a Russian Fuzz pedal and now I want one.
Good review. DS-1 is a cool pedal. I have a good collection of Keeley modded ones and an Analogman one. The custom channel is a good idea which sounds kind of like they did took some of the mods done by different boutique builders during the years and applied them. I haven't tried the Waza, but am interested. Typical modded DS-1s would change the clipping diodes to get a different break-up character and also sometimes change some capacitors to get more mids. Another similar good distortion pedal is the Ibanez Sonic Distortion. Also, in general, if you haven't tried the Nobels ODR1, it's very good as an overdrive (not a distortion pedal). I recently discovered that overdrive and think it sounds more amp-like than many drives.
I'm a bass player and my first pedal was the Boss bass overdrive which was back in like 2004 maybe and it's still my main pedal I use. It has a low and high knob which helps keep my tone as thick as I want whole also getting the high end I need to cut through the mix. And the drive you can either dial back and make just a nice light crunch or you can get it really fuzzy and heavy. I used to add a tube screamer to my setup but for bass it can cause a drop in low end so I would put it before the overdrive so that I can use the tube screamer to get that extra boost and cut through the mix for certain parts of a song but the overdrive will keep the low end boosted.
My first two pedals (since I got them at the same time) were a Boss OD-1X and DS-1 and I still use them to this day, my go-to is my OD-1X and that’s the main source of gain that I use on my pedalboard but I’ll use the DS-1 when I need something with a bit more crunch (I also remember a Guitar World issue I had went through a list of effects pedals and the songs that used those pedals with their exact setting, so my DS-1 still has the same “Smells Like Teen Spirit” setting I put it to
We have a different experience . I started at multi effects. I become dependent on that pedal . When it broke and doesn't work, I started from scratch and experiment on different pedals. I do not have proper knowledge on the signal chain. I realized that I should not be dependent on one setup. Now i have a pedal board equipped with different pedals.
I use a boss bass overdrive that was modded for guitar tones. It was given to me as a gift 15 years ago from another guitarist and it’s my go to because it has a blend knob so it can have mix of clean and overdrive at the same time.
Me being a Big Parliament/Funkadelic fan My first pedals were a Fender Fuzz/Wah and MXR Phase 90. But I actually got the Phase 90 after hearing Guitar Solo/Riff on Bohannon's The Groove Machine. I made a recording of it and took it to a local music store and they hooked me up. I may still have it somewhere.
Favorite distortion is a preamp by behringer,the tm300,emulates Marshall in both clean,hi or hot modes (among mesa mark 2 & fender bassman). Beautiful guitar and tones,tasty playin,excelente video amigo!
First pedal: Boss fuzz fz3 still have it, still use it. I also have the original ds1, still use it. Fuzz is great when you want that really heavy Melvin’s sound. Ds1 can do pretty much anything involving distortion.
Yes I do...lol Metal Zone MT-2, some people have rated this to be the worse pedal. but it seemed that it works best depending how it is connected. If i remember correctly, if you put it before the preamp it works great if you plug after it seems to not work good at all.
I'm jamm'n with the Pod Go by Line 6. I really would have loved to buy an "11"- that must have been a nice rack mount, during that period. The Helix seems awesome and the Kemper Profiler seems out of this world. . .
I've settled on my gain go-to's being my green russian and demonfx tubescreamer clone. I can dial in a huge spectrum between those 2. From bright clean to heavy low end chug and everything in-between
I had a Boss Heavy Metal pedal for my first distortion pedal. Traded it for a Boss Super Feedbacker and Distortion. A couple years back, I started getting into playing guitar again, and reassessed my equipment. I sold that DF-2 to buy an EQD Plumes. I did buy a Rat and that is what I use for distortion, but mostly I use it with the distortion dimed and it makes a great fuzz when pushed by the Plumes. I play into a Boogie Fillmore, so I don't really need too much distortion.
@@jacksmith4460 Yeah, but they just released a WAZA version, so I guess people may still be buying the original for $400, but why? Yeah, I think I had it less than a year. That was 1986/7. I'm okay, though, because I sold a beat up 1960 Melody Maker I bought for $150 for $1250 a yeaer and a half ago.
First pedal, MXR Phase 100. Still have it have it, not on my board anymore. Got a newer one. The only drive pedals I have are Boss MIJ DS 1, Boss DN 2. Otherwise like you my board is large, usually has 32 pedals.
My first pedal in about 1996-7 was a ZOOM 505. It died , so I don't have it. I had a DS-1 and sold it. I have the DS-2 right now. I think the standard mode sounds slightly better than the DS-1.
My first pedal was a EHX soul food. i got it because I thought it would work well at church, but I never ended up playing it there and didn't really get it on the whole. I got an OCD next and it was much more up my alley. Despite my consistent efforts to replace it, it usually ends up on my board again after a month or so. I've used it like at least 5 different ways over the years. I got really into stacking at one point and wanted to try the soul food into the OCD, but the soul food didn't work when I plugged it in, so i pulled the LED for an LED clipping experiemnt I was doing at the time and eventually got rid of the rest of the board because it wasn't worth paying someone to figure out what was wrong with it.
an EHX metal muff (with top boost), I don't have it anymore, my taste in tone changed too much since back then. Most recent pedals are a Matthews effects Astronomer (v2) and a Proco Rat.
My first pedal was a Boss Distortion (orange color) and a Morley wah. I then purchased a cheap as EQ. Can't remember the name, it was a known name but they were budget pedals. I'll tell you what though, the distortion and that EQ have me the perfect Metallica tone. Weird I know but wow. These were ran through a Crate gx30 purchased new in 95. That solid state amp took pedals like nothing else. Just awesome. Wish I still had that set-up.
My first pedal I bought in 2019 when I started relearning guitar ( i played for about a year in about 2012) it was a metal zone I bought because I was covering a song in school and needed a way to switch from a clean to a distorted sound. I know it’s a cliché pedal but I really like the metal tones I get from it now. My second and only other pedal is a Kirk Hammett wah because I am a big Metallica fan ( I type this while wearing a black album shirt). Those pedals into my 100w valve state is my ideal tone. However because my favourite guitarists are Eddie van halen and Randy Rhoads I think I will get an mxr Phase 90 and a 10 band EQ next to see if I can get me closer to those guitarists tones
Thanks for the shoutout man! The DS-1 sounds great under your hands.
BROOO THANK YOU MAN. it sounds great in your hands!!
I was 15 and it was 1992. I was soooooo into Nirvana. I saved up enough money from my paper route to buy my first pedal. Someone told me that “Come as you are” used a thing called “Flanger” so I got a Boss Flanger BF-2. I still have it, and now it’s considered “vintage” which sorta hurts.
My BS-3 is 15 years old, yeah yours is definitely vintage.
I was 15 in 95, and my first two pedals I bought together, it was a standard Crybaby Wah and an Ibanez Chours pedal..I still have the chorus pedal, and I loned a friend the wah...yeah, I should've NEVR done that.☹️
Vintage gear is the best gear forreal.
come as you are were using chorus pedal.. cmiiw
Right on! The first petal i went for (started guitar in ‘94) was that same boss flanger because of come as you are. Lol 😂🎉 i dont think we were the only ones ether
You are turning into one of my absolute favorite TH-camrs! Your content feels very realistic and you make things seem approachable! You are outstanding!
Dude, you’re like the perfect guitarist to take notes on to break my post beginner/intermediate stuck in a rut phase! You bridge the gap to being a pro! Keep it up!
And the JHS Morning Glory is a pedal I will never let go, even with a Helix as my whole rig.
the morning glory rips! i have the double barrel. its two sided so its the Morning Glory and the Moonshine (tube screamer )
@@kennylopezz aww man I remember I had a double barrel then sold it to get my current morning glory and a bonsai. BEST COMBO EVER! I feel remorseful for letting the bonsai go🥲
My first pedal was a DS-1. Used it for a little while and then replaced it. Rediscovered the DS-1 a few years ago and couldn’t believe how good it could sound if you take the time to dial it in!
A local Guitarist that was a frequent player at the restaurant/bar I was washing dishes at gifted me an old Ibanez TS-5 Sound Tank. I've had it for well over twenty years now.
I got three pedals at once, a Blue Box, a Bass Big Muff, and a Boss Bass Chorus, the chorus is the only one left and it’s my secret weapon, literally everything sounds amazing through it
My first pedal was the DS-1 bought in 79, still have it, nice to see it’s now being appreciated..
My first pedal was a DS-1, as well, maybe 1997, still have it, too.
1982 Big Box Rat. I still have it. Evidently it’s worth quite a bit. I should plug it in sometime. It’s been in a box for over 35 years.
I’ve actually kept almost every pedal I have ever owned. My music room looks like a Hoarder’s Temple. Well over 100 pedals spread over 3 boards and shelves. 🤓🤘🏼
You can never go wrong with boss pedals. Very affordable and they pretty much make one of everything
Totally. And they are built like tanks.
The Waza versions are not very affordable. But most of the regular ones are.
My first pedal was a big muff and I'll keep loving it 'til the day I die :)
I have been playing guitar since 2005, bought my first electric guitar on 2008.
I bought my first pedal (nux mg300) a few months ago. 😚
Thank you for highlighting how good this pedal is at lower gain settings! My first pedal was nearly a DS-1, but I ended up with a Jimi Hendrix Wah pedal that a sold a few years back. I remember being similarly clueless going to the store - every one of us has had that moment!
Fender bluesbreaker with a ts9 to saturate it is just delicious.
first pedal was a Behringer chorus pedal that i bought quickly after hearing Come As You Are
My 1st distortion pedal, hell my 1st pedal I ever owned was the original version of the Boss DS-1. But I haven't used it In a while. I'm currently using the Friedman BE-OD for my overdrive tone. I tried this pedal years ago in a guitar center and fell in love with its sound. It will probably never leave my signal chain.
My very first pedal was a cheap Ibanez Tube Screamer when I was 15. My friend gave it to me. Very nice of him.
I play at my church too and I use the Boss Blues Driver and a Boss Super Overdrive and I stack them. Love the video. I’m glad I came across your channel.
My first pedal? It was the ’80s, so it was a chorus. Favorite distortion? I really like the Boss DA-2, but-for me-nothing beats polyphonic distortion through my Boss GP-10 or Spicetone 6appeal. It always annoys me when people call a hexaphonic pickup a “MIDI pickup” because the real magic is when you use it for polyphonic distortion rather than to trigger synths.
My first was a EHX Muff Fuzz. It's not a Big Muff, but rather a little rectangular box with one knob and an on/off switch. I got it back in the late 70's I think and it blew my mind. It was pure, unadulterated filth and I loved it. I still have it but I don't really have a use for it currently.
Will you sell it? I’d buy it
This was the first gain pedal I ever got when I was 13 and I ended up gravitating to the the rat for the distortion I wanted but when I returned to the ds-1 to mess with it it blew me away the versatility this thing holds as a boost in front of your favorite amp settings. No classic pedal has surprised me as much as this one.
My first pedal was.a Boss Tremelo and I still have it. Bought it after hearing R.E.M.’s Monster album.
I still use that pedal in my setup after almost 20 yrs live. Most songs, I just leave it on and turn the volume knob down til you get a nice clean tone with that little bit of grit. And with a good booster pedal behind it, reverb, it’s a great pedal. Very versatile
The Boss DS-1 is the past, present and future. It was the first distortion peddle I ever owned and I kept coming back to it after trying others. It does everything you need, no matter what you need. It just sounds perfect, no matter what guitar or amp you pair it with. Add to all that, you can throw Boss peddles against a wall and they still work. I'll never use anything else.
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@@Stringprodigy My bad. You are correct. Honestly, I was probably drunk.
The DS-1 is a must have! I've had mine for about 10 years and I can't help but use it in every iteration of of my pedal rig that I've done.
That look on your face when you first strummed the guitar. It was if you had sipped some unknown wine and was trying to figure out if you liked it or not. Great stuff Mang.
@BarstoolSportsbook-Tellgram-me Your scamming is not appreciated.
It was way back in 1983/84 when I got my first pedal: It was the kit of the DS-1, that you had to build/solder yourself. What a friend did for untalented me. Unfortunately it got lost after a live gig we played. I loved it while playing my Höfner Solid Body 173 which works with pretty underwound pickups. I replaced the orange brick with a Korg OVD-1 and still play it today. A little later a Tube Screamer followed, which is also still in use. The Höfner suffered a water damage when our rehearsal room got flooded. I got a Squier Japan Strat as replacement for it. And still play it today. I could restore the Höfner just three years ago. I use it for practicing and to develop ideas. I guess, another DS-1 would really work well with it again ... Thx for the inspiring video!!
1st pedal was a Zoom 505. 2nd pedal was a Zoom 505 replacement for my 1st one (still have the replacement but doesn't work properly). 3rd pedal Boss DS-1 (still have). 4th pedal EHX little BIG muff (still have). 5th pedal TC Skysurfer Reverb (still have). 6th pedal EHX Holy Grail Max (still have).
First pedal was obviously DS-1 just like everybody else lol. First one I bought though was a Vox repro wah, and ended up trading it about a year after. Only have two pedals now, a soul food overdrive and a ditto looper. And that'll be all I ever use for my music at this time. But seeing that orange box always brings back nostalgia. Just like that fender strap in your videos. Everyone had them when they started out
First pedal was a Metal Zone, sometime in the '90's. It is sitting right in front of me, right now.
The Metal Zone is misunderstood
Mine was a Fuzz Face @ 1972 😂. Yes, Stank Face in 1972.
There was this band named: Grand Funk Railroad, perhaps you’ve heard of them? Got this thing on the move, Gotta get it in. . .
My first pedal was an old rocktek distortion. I ended up removing the op-amp inside it to use in my diy TS-808 pedal
1992 the Boss CH-1 stereo chorus...yes I still have it... I only have 2 pedals besides my Morley Volume pedal ...the CH-1 , and my DS-1 ...both great pedals
I like your stuff Mike. You don't go instantly overboard on anything but you play clean & dial in the risk factor little by little (while growing all the time)
my first pedal was a zoom gx1 4 modeling pedal. I wanted something that could kinda do it all while keeping decent tone. And yes I still use it today!
For all those that think the DS-1 isn’t a good dirt pedal. Please use it with an already dirty amp, back the drive, boost the level, fine tune the tone knob.
It’s a better more colorful boost/drive than most boutique drives.
Don’t @ me.
But your name starts with @!
Normally, I use a Rat or similar pedal but recently I've been using a Boss DA-2 Adaptive Distortion, DS-1 Distortion, and a DS-1X Distortion for recording. The DA-2 features Boss' Multi-dimensional Processing (MDP) technology which I thought was just more marketing malarky until I played it. The distortion is very different from other pedals I've used. The DS-1X uses the same MDP and makes a nice variation on the DA-2. The DS-1 borders on fuzz and has a rich spinning grind. All three play nice with single coils and humbuckers and maintain the tonal characteristics of each guitar.
I started playing guitar around ‘87 and I got my first pedal shortly after I got my first 15 watt Fender practice amp which was a Boss GE-7. I still have it in my practice rig though in my main rig I have a Behringer programmable 31 band stereo EQ and a parametric EQ on my multi effects unit.
While things like delay, chorus, reverb, flanger, phaser, distortion, overdrive etc. are very useful I still think a graphic EQ should be every guitarist first pedal.
I have a DS-1 with the Keeley seeing eye mod and a MT-2 and CE-2 also modded by Keeley (I don’t think Keeley does any pedal mods any longer). I want to get hold of the waza craft versions of those pedals to see how they compare to the modded ones I have.
Best chorus I have ever had was in the ADA MP-1, but the modded CE-2 is also phenomenal.
Delay is probably my favorite effect to use overall, though for obvious reasons it’s not on all the time and an EQ is always on…2 actually as I’m always running the graphic and parametric EQs. Again I would encourage every new guitar player to start with a small graphic EQ, there’s no glamor with EQ but it’s the most versatile pedal there is and you can learn so much more about tone and how to stand out just right in the mix with an EQ, things that you just can’t quite learn with any other pedal.
Boss super distortion feedbacker, I miss it soo much!!!
I’m currently running a REVV G3 it’s the high gain of my dreams. 🤘🏽
Boss Super Chorus got it two weeks ago I love it with my bass mainly cause of Jason Newsted and Duff McKagan of Metallica and Guns N’ Roses
My first one was a boss ODB-3 and I still have it. I use it as a boost with low gain. Sounds great.
I have a mxr super badass distortion pedal on my board.I went thru a lot of distortion pedals to find that sound in my head.Mxr put that sound that was in my head into their pedal
Love the tones you get
That full and fat sustained tone without being fuzzy or fizzy sounded great with the Strat, and i would have mistaken it for an OD, not a distortion. How different is it than the standard DS1?
I look up to you man, the tone!!! Quality playing bro
My first guitar pedal was a Boss DS-1. I used it to drive my Gorilla GG-10 into usable sound areas. When I got a better amp back in high school, I sold the pedal (I was stupid). Last time I talked to the guy who bought it, he still has it and still uses it.
My first pedal was a DOD 680 analog delay that my dad wasn't using... I LOVED that pedal... I still have it, but it's had some issues over the years that I've had to get fixed, and so it's somewhat patched together haphazardly right now... one day, I'll go through and properly restore it.
My first pedal was a DOD Supra Distortion. I started playing in 1991 & DOD was the entry level pedal go-to. It sounded terrible. No idea what even happened to it but it’s long gone.
Nowadays I do a lot of stacking & gain staging with my drive pedals. My main drive for pushed clean & full on distortion is a Hudson Broadcast Dual. For a different flavor of OD or lead boost I use a Klon Centaur. And no I didn’t pay some ridiculous amount for it, I bought it from Bill Finnegan in 2007 when he was still making them. Paid $344, which I thought the pedal was well worth.
I also have a Danelectro Eisenhower octave fuzz & a slot that gets swapped out constantly. It can be anything from a Muff of some kind to a Keeley D&M Drive. I also have a Strymon Flint. The drive pedals & the Flint are in the effects loops of a Line 6 HX Effects which handles everything else. Wah, comp, chorus/mod, Whammy, volume, delay & reverb are all done by the HX, which has 2 Dunlop expression pedals connected. From there I go into the front of the amp, which is either a 1x12 Princeton Reverb, a Dr. Z Maz 18 NR or a Vox AC10. I have a few other amps but most of the time it’s the Princeton, which has a 12” Cannabis Rex in it.
Great video. I have never tried that Boss pedal. I have a SD-1 on my pedal board that I use to boost an ISP Theta for leads. It tightens it all up. I have many Boss pedals. I love them all. I also use a Quilter Tone Block for my amp. Small reliable and insanely powerful setup. I can play into any cabinet from a 1x12 up to 2 4x12's. I have used the ISP for many years. If I were to try something else I would go for the BluGuitar Mercury or Iridium.
I like your natural excitement in talking tech! My first pedal was the first generation Ibanez "Super Metal" pedal. that was 1985. Now my setup is a pigtronix optical compressor (germanium, of course) and a clean channel Mesa-Boogie. It just works for me, yah?
Mine was a Rat distortion pedal I bought in 1992 and I still have it and use it.
I just got this pedal for Christmas, I like it. Thanks for your Input
no one ever forgets their first. i used my friend's proco rat once and immediately bought my own and i still use it as a solo boost to this day
This is the first video of yours that I've seen. I really like your enthusiasm and energy. I'm going to go watch some more.
I feel like the Boss DS1 is the orange stomp box everybody needs to try once. Whether or not you keep it in your arsenal, is entirely up to you, and that's probably why it's everywhere. It can shape your whole voice or it can just enhance it. Not a lot of kit can do that.
I know pros who keep two of them on their pedal boards, because everybody seems to have (at least) two favorite settings that they can dial in with that pedal. Because it has such a dynamic range and EQ, this can be quite a big variety of voicings.
Having said that, this pedal never hit me right. The attack has always had a solid state feel to it that never felt right to me. I was drawn to the kind of sounds you get from tube distortions and valve harmonics. There are a lot of condescending guitars snobs out there who share that same opinion, so I'm kind of rolling my eyes saying so.
In my defense, I did start playing guitar in the '80s and back then everything was solid state, hairspray, and sharp attack, high gain distortion. 🤟
A couple of years ago somebody gave me one and I let it collect dust for too long. I then learned that it is a remarkably good way to cut a clear voice in a smaller hall, where you might get a little lost in the acoustics.
Years of looking down on this pedal and I now realize why it is everybody from bedrooms to ballrooms uses it. Even if it's only sparingly integrated into their kit, it has a place.
I highly suggest you looking to getting the boss EQ. If you think the DS1 has an alarming amount of variety and uniqueness, that little white pedal will blow your mind.
Boss Blues Driver. Hated it, and put it away. Played it 7 years later and I love it.
I spent all my $100 I got for Christmas 1981 on a Boss DS-1. Yes it was that much. In fact I got it for $25 off. I don't remember what happened to it but I want to get another one. I'm going to get me the new Waza craft Edition as soon as they're back in stock. I'll never forget the time I took my guitar, amp, and this pedal to my buddy's house and hearing his mom ask "What is that little orange box that makes it sound ugly?" lol! Yup it's a classic alright. (My first pedal was an Electro Harmonix Big Muff Deluxe that I got from a friend some 42 years ago when I was 16 and just started playing.. It was fuzz and compression in one and it had the sweetest violin fuzz. Very collectable today. Another piece of gear i regret letting go.) Great video!
My only pedal is a Fender Mustang GT40... yeah, it's not a real pedal, but it does everything I need. Modelling amps FTW
I don't know if I just hit the right time for picking up the guitar again, but I am madly in Love with what Neural DSP is doing. Owning the Rabea and the Toneking 2 Plugin, I basically don't feel the need for additional pedals.
I couldn't crank an amp anyways in My Apartment, so I am very happy with the tone I get
Amp + Two Notes Captor + Audio Interface == Cranking Tube amp at home at any level and recording at full power.
Amp + Attenuator + Cab == Cranking Tube amp at home at any level.
I own the toneking plugin as well but I prefer a real amp for most stuff because I am used to the feel.
My first pedal was a used Crybaby wah. The rubber on top was peeling and the metal name plate had a bent corner. Now the rubber and name plate are completely gone and the pedal is still trucking.
Sadly, I lost all my pedals, amp and electric guitar to a Cat5 typhoon here in our country.. took me 6-8 yrs to build my set and I was pretty happy with them.. I had a zoom 505, boss desto, reverb, and some others that I deliberately choose not to remember cos it hurt.. managed to salvage my acoustic guitar which floated on sea water during the typhoon.. had it restored by a local shop.. needless to say, it was a shit show.. they used furniture varnish for the top coat.. that was 9 yrs ago.. I just saved enough money to have my acoustic finally restored by a professional, its still in the works.. trying to save up to build and buy a new set.. but yeah.. this brings back memories.. thank you..
Ds1 was my first still have it 18 years later just sitting on a shelf
I went in the same experience as you wanting a pedal and they sold me a zoom 505 for about a hundred. Kind of expensive relative other pedals but in hindsight they did a great job because that was the perfect pedal to plug into any amp and get a decent stage worthy sound, where the fx chorus compression distortion etc built right in.
My first Pedal was a BOSS SD-1. I have an old distortion plus but never use it. My go to overdrive is the behringer ts 808. I bought my Son a Russian Fuzz pedal and now I want one.
Good review. DS-1 is a cool pedal. I have a good collection of Keeley modded ones and an Analogman one. The custom channel is a good idea which sounds kind of like they did took some of the mods done by different boutique builders during the years and applied them. I haven't tried the Waza, but am interested. Typical modded DS-1s would change the clipping diodes to get a different break-up character and also sometimes change some capacitors to get more mids. Another similar good distortion pedal is the Ibanez Sonic Distortion. Also, in general, if you haven't tried the Nobels ODR1, it's very good as an overdrive (not a distortion pedal). I recently discovered that overdrive and think it sounds more amp-like than many drives.
I'm a bass player and my first pedal was the Boss bass overdrive which was back in like 2004 maybe and it's still my main pedal I use. It has a low and high knob which helps keep my tone as thick as I want whole also getting the high end I need to cut through the mix. And the drive you can either dial back and make just a nice light crunch or you can get it really fuzzy and heavy. I used to add a tube screamer to my setup but for bass it can cause a drop in low end so I would put it before the overdrive so that I can use the tube screamer to get that extra boost and cut through the mix for certain parts of a song but the overdrive will keep the low end boosted.
Boss bass overdrive line is underrated.
Your joy is infectious!
My first two pedals (since I got them at the same time) were a Boss OD-1X and DS-1 and I still use them to this day, my go-to is my OD-1X and that’s the main source of gain that I use on my pedalboard but I’ll use the DS-1 when I need something with a bit more crunch (I also remember a Guitar World issue I had went through a list of effects pedals and the songs that used those pedals with their exact setting, so my DS-1 still has the same “Smells Like Teen Spirit” setting I put it to
We have a different experience . I started at multi effects. I become dependent on that pedal . When it broke and doesn't work, I started from scratch and experiment on different pedals. I do not have proper knowledge on the signal chain. I realized that I should not be dependent on one setup. Now i have a pedal board equipped with different pedals.
I use a boss bass overdrive that was modded for guitar tones. It was given to me as a gift 15 years ago from another guitarist and it’s my go to because it has a blend knob so it can have mix of clean and overdrive at the same time.
Nice video. I’m a fuzz man, especially Big Muff style fuzz. I know the DS1 is a fine pedal though. I used to play with a guy who used one.
Me being a Big Parliament/Funkadelic fan My first pedals were a Fender Fuzz/Wah and MXR Phase 90. But I actually got the Phase 90 after hearing Guitar Solo/Riff on Bohannon's The Groove Machine. I made a recording of it and took it to a local music store and they hooked me up. I may still have it somewhere.
With the DS-1 I love to set the gain on max, put the tone at 10-11 o' clock and find the volume settings that are equally as loud as the bypass signal
Favorite distortion is a preamp by behringer,the tm300,emulates Marshall in both clean,hi or hot modes (among mesa mark 2 & fender bassman).
Beautiful guitar and tones,tasty playin,excelente video amigo!
First pedal was a ProCo Turbo Rat. Second one was a chorus IIRC. Went to multieffects after that.
First pedal: Boss fuzz fz3 still have it, still use it. I also have the original ds1, still use it. Fuzz is great when you want that really heavy Melvin’s sound. Ds1 can do pretty much anything involving distortion.
Your "In the Mix" headphone setup is so jank, I love it lmao
Yes I do...lol Metal Zone MT-2, some people have rated this to be the worse pedal. but it seemed that it works best depending how it is connected. If i remember correctly, if you put it before the preamp it works great if you plug after it seems to not work good at all.
Nice channel you got. I got my first pedal around 2000. A Pro Co Turbo Rat (distortion).
First pedal was a big muff pi in the big green case. Sold that long ago, but I currently own the normal enclosure recent edition.
First pedal was a Roland Flanger. Big. Very industrial looking. My best friend's dad gave it to me because he never used it.
I'm jamm'n with the Pod Go by Line 6. I really would have loved to buy an "11"- that must have been a nice rack mount, during that period. The Helix seems awesome and the Kemper Profiler seems out of this world. . .
I've settled on my gain go-to's being my green russian and demonfx tubescreamer clone. I can dial in a huge spectrum between those 2. From bright clean to heavy low end chug and everything in-between
Really like the Chanel man. Stumbled on you by accident last week and subscribed!
I had a Boss Heavy Metal pedal for my first distortion pedal. Traded it for a Boss Super Feedbacker and Distortion. A couple years back, I started getting into playing guitar again, and reassessed my equipment. I sold that DF-2 to buy an EQD Plumes. I did buy a Rat and that is what I use for distortion, but mostly I use it with the distortion dimed and it makes a great fuzz when pushed by the Plumes. I play into a Boogie Fillmore, so I don't really need too much distortion.
OMG you had an HM2. You know they go for like 400+ bucks these days lool?
@@jacksmith4460 Yeah, but they just released a WAZA version, so I guess people may still be buying the original for $400, but why? Yeah, I think I had it less than a year. That was 1986/7. I'm okay, though, because I sold a beat up 1960 Melody Maker I bought for $150 for $1250 a yeaer and a half ago.
My first pedals were the Boss Super Chorus and DD3.
I still have both and love them.
You haven't lived until you have a vintage
Maxon OD808
Mike's vids are so friendly
First pedal, MXR Phase 100. Still have it have it, not on my board anymore. Got a newer one. The only drive pedals I have are Boss MIJ DS 1, Boss DN 2. Otherwise like you my board is large, usually has 32 pedals.
That sounds so nice and very different from my DS-1. I might have to get me one.
What amp are you playing through?
I’ve got a DS-1 (pre-Waza Craft), but I’ve not yet really given it a go. You’ve inspired me to do so tomorrow!
My first pedal was a Wet Reverb and I still have it and I use it with everything from acoustic to electric guitar.
My first pedal in about 1996-7 was a ZOOM 505. It died , so I don't have it. I had a DS-1 and sold it. I have the DS-2 right now. I think the standard mode sounds slightly better than the DS-1.
My first pedal was a EHX soul food. i got it because I thought it would work well at church, but I never ended up playing it there and didn't really get it on the whole. I got an OCD next and it was much more up my alley. Despite my consistent efforts to replace it, it usually ends up on my board again after a month or so. I've used it like at least 5 different ways over the years.
I got really into stacking at one point and wanted to try the soul food into the OCD, but the soul food didn't work when I plugged it in, so i pulled the LED for an LED clipping experiemnt I was doing at the time and eventually got rid of the rest of the board because it wasn't worth paying someone to figure out what was wrong with it.
Mine was boss sd1. Wish I still had it. That's ok though I have the anniversary pedal
When you turned the tone control up it not only added treble but it removed all the bass and mids!
loved your reactions mate!!
I use a Behringer vintage tube monster. It's great, but has a huge footprint. I'll definitely be booking into this.
Dang. I love the sound of the DS-1 but haven't been able to use it because of the volume drop with it engaged. Maybe with the boost it will work now
@@CharlieMoney777 maybe mine was messed up? All I know is the level was all the way up, turned the pedal on, it got quieter.
an EHX metal muff (with top boost), I don't have it anymore, my taste in tone changed too much since back then. Most recent pedals are a Matthews effects Astronomer (v2) and a Proco Rat.
My first pedal was a Boss Distortion (orange color) and a Morley wah. I then purchased a cheap as EQ. Can't remember the name, it was a known name but they were budget pedals. I'll tell you what though, the distortion and that EQ have me the perfect Metallica tone. Weird I know but wow. These were ran through a Crate gx30 purchased new in 95. That solid state amp took pedals like nothing else. Just awesome. Wish I still had that set-up.
My first pedal I bought in 2019 when I started relearning guitar ( i played for about a year in about 2012) it was a metal zone I bought because I was covering a song in school and needed a way to switch from a clean to a distorted sound. I know it’s a cliché pedal but I really like the metal tones I get from it now. My second and only other pedal is a Kirk Hammett wah because I am a big Metallica fan ( I type this while wearing a black album shirt). Those pedals into my 100w valve state is my ideal tone. However because my favourite guitarists are Eddie van halen and Randy Rhoads I think I will get an mxr Phase 90 and a 10 band EQ next to see if I can get me closer to those guitarists tones
Apparently that pedal needs to go through an effects loop channel to get the best sound. I kinda want one too.