Boss DS-1, do you regularly use one?

No Twang Please · May 14th, 2007, 04:25 PM

Just curious who regularly uses the Boss DS-1 distortion. I have been getting back into using mine and actually enjoying it.

franchelB · May 14th, 2007, 08:39 PM

I'm using one at the moment. While I like the sound, I've thought about "downsizing" my pedals some more...trading it and my Crybaby for a Morley Wah/Distortion/Volume pedal. Either that or getting my DS1 and Crybaby "Keeley-ed"...

SixStringSlinger · May 14th, 2007, 08:45 PM

A DS-1 was my first distortion. Then I got a Digitech distortion modeler, but I mostly use the DS-1 setting. It's a great rhythm sound if you dial it up right. I've been looking into something like the Radial Trimode (tube-driven, seperate rhythm and lead channels), but I'll most likely have it set close to a DS-1-type sound, tweaked to my needs.

toadman · May 14th, 2007, 08:58 PM

i used one for years then tried a few other distortion boxes. 10 months ago i went back to it! it may not be the absolut best sounding box in the world but it sure ain't bad and it's NEVER crapped out on me!

scooteraz · May 14th, 2007, 09:09 PM

I use a Keeley modified DS-1 regularly, but not often. Seems that I need it about once every two months, for a specific song. Stay on my board for about two weeks, then I think I can do thing better another way. Then it is off for about 4 weeks, then back on. Good sound, never craps out. And for just that certian distortion, invaluable.

mikespe · May 14th, 2007, 09:09 PM

I got rid of mine about 3 months after I got it. I didn't like it at all. I like having separate bass/treble controls to dial in my tone. I will say though that I had only been playing for about 6 months when I got it so it may have been the fact I was a novice.

Sarge · May 15th, 2007, 09:37 AM

I had the DS-1 for a year or so then tried the DS-2..IMHO the DS-2 is a much better sounding pedal...the Remote is also a cool feature.

May 14th, 2007, 04:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
No Twang Please TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Age: 33 Posts: 24	Boss DS-1, do you regularly use one? Just curious who regularly uses the Boss DS-1 distortion. I have been getting back into using mine and actually enjoying it.

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franchelB Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Irving, United States of Texas! Age: 45 Posts: 2,399	I'm using one at the moment. While I like the sound, I've thought about "downsizing" my pedals some more...trading it and my Crybaby for a Morley Wah/Distortion/Volume pedal. Either that or getting my DS1 and Crybaby "Keeley-ed"... __________________ Feel free to visit my homepage! http://www.myspace.com/francisbalagtas

May 14th, 2007, 08:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
SixStringSlinger Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2006 Location: Miami, FL Age: 22 Posts: 1,283	A DS-1 was my first distortion. Then I got a Digitech distortion modeler, but I mostly use the DS-1 setting. It's a great rhythm sound if you dial it up right. I've been looking into something like the Radial Trimode (tube-driven, seperate rhythm and lead channels), but I'll most likely have it set close to a DS-1-type sound, tweaked to my needs. __________________ "Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool opotamus?" -Mitch Hedberg

May 14th, 2007, 08:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
toadman Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: andoverandoverandover,ct Age: 47 Posts: 1,599	i used one for years then tried a few other distortion boxes. 10 months ago i went back to it! it may not be the absolut best sounding box in the world but it sure ain't bad and it's NEVER crapped out on me! __________________ toadman the plank spanker www.slugnickel.com www.zydecohogs.com "The ultimate result of protecting man from folly is to fill the world with fools" Herbert Spencer

May 15th, 2007, 09:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
Sarge Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pgh,Pa Age: 54 Posts: 3,552	I had the DS-1 for a year or so then tried the DS-2..IMHO the DS-2 is a much better sounding pedal...the Remote is also a cool feature. __________________ A coward dies many deaths, a Soldier once.

May 14th, 2007, 09:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
scooteraz Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 1,459	I use a Keeley modified DS-1 regularly, but not often. Seems that I need it about once every two months, for a specific song. Stay on my board for about two weeks, then I think I can do thing better another way. Then it is off for about 4 weeks, then back on. Good sound, never craps out. And for just that certian distortion, invaluable.

May 14th, 2007, 09:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
mikespe Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Western New York Age: 43 Posts: 1,075	I got rid of mine about 3 months after I got it. I didn't like it at all. I like having separate bass/treble controls to dial in my tone. I will say though that I had only been playing for about 6 months when I got it so it may have been the fact I was a novice.

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