The funny thing to me is that when I listen to old Cream, Jimi , Deep Purple etc now, it doesn't seem that distorted, not like the high gain stuff that you hear now.
I guess becausethey didn't have master volume amps , just cranked up the amp and used the guitar to control the overall volume.
I do know that tastes change, I went through a phase a few years ago trying out fuzz pedals trying to find the sound in my head, never did find it. The old Univox Superfuzz, Big Muffs etc.. that I used to have just don't sound good to me any more, and most of the boutique pedals didn't sound much better, I've about given up on fuzz pedals.
I go for more of an on the edge of amp feedback type distortion really, I've always liked that tone.
I dig good clean tones a lot though, always have.
For me my DR , or my Bassman head with a couple of pedals gets me all the distortion I need , which isn't as much as it was years ago....
