DRRI - adding some grit

BD2 shd do it Works nice on my Princeton and I have tried a lot of boutique expensive pedals.

 

I put a Brake Lite on mine, and I think that the amp sounds fantastic on about 7-8. There's nothing like the warmth of a Fender tube combo in overdrive.

 

The Barber GC is one I have for use with my Deluxe. I just use it for a bit of Transparent boost. My favorite is an Ibanez TS9DX Tube Screamer. It's not your usual TubeScreamer though. With it on "Turbo" mode it adds big bottom end like a Marshall stack. I run it with Gain near zero and volume to suit. The tone knob works well on these too.
Both are great for rifs and comping with a Deluxe.
What speaker is in your Deluxe?

To me though, Deluxe's are super easy for grit or OD's though, because they are a bit scooped mids and most OD's add a lot of mids.

 

When I switched from my Vox AC15 to a 65 DRRI I was worked I'd have to rework my pedal board, but I was pleasantly surprised by my three gain pedals. They all needed some tweaking, but the MXR Timmy sounds great with the dipswitch to the left (asymmetrical clipping I think) and gives a nice transparent overdrive. My Fuzz (Danelectro 3699) sounds less fizzy than it did with the Vox. And while the Rat sounds different with the DR, it's not a bad sound.

 

BK Butler Real Tube 901. Non-starved plate tube preamp.

 

With the two pedals you have ordered, you should have no problem dialing in your dirt (I have a DRRI) You'll definitely want the attenuator if you're going to try the natural amp break up. A Deluxe on 6 can definitely damage your hearing. I have an Allesandro SC-64 in mine and can't get it past 3. I use a transparent OD which I think is mostly just pushing the preamp, it's nice.

 

If you get something like the Barber Launch Pad (a clean boost that can make some amps produce unclean sounds), you can plug into both channels; it has two phase-reversed outputs. Each has "Sensitivity" and Volume controls; if you crank both on the output to the Normal channel, you can have a reverb-less overdriven sound, complete with tone controls, to mix in with a clean Vibrato channel sound, and the two channels together will also hit the power tubes differently. Set the other channel to unity gain, and the Normal channel becomes foot-switchable.

(Since I posted this, I pulled out my Launch Pad and set it up just as I described. It's been a while. It sounds fantastic! I promptly unplugged my mini-pedalboard.)

 

Not a bad speaker, like you say can be a bit harsh. My Gain Changer is the smallish one, other than that I'm not sure what it is!

 

it's this one:

 

I bought it used a few years ago.
I have 3 OD/Grit pedals aboard:
GC: Minor grit, Transparent Boost for comping and chording with a more "hollow" tone.
TS9DX: Minor grit, fuller for chording/comping (Keef style) and more OD if guitar is cranked up. (SRV style)
Zenkudo: Higher gain drive for leads occasionally. Dumble sound supposedly.

 

I like a Timmy.

The bass and treble cuts really allow you to shape your tone. There is a huge range in 'grit' from a touch (light sizzle) to a whole bunch (basically distortion).

I haven't tried one of the new MXR versions but I imagine it's essentially the same as the older ones.

 

I like Tune Screamer pedals with my Fender amps along with a Wampler Black ‘65 pedal.

I usually run my TS808HW into the Black ‘65. The TS adds drive and the Black ‘65 adds bottom-end and fullness that the TS removes. Works for me.

 

The bright cap in the Vibrato channel can make some drives and distortion sound fizzy. Although, the C12K is a pretty dark sounding speaker, as far as I recall.

 

Unless you modded it somehow, that is, indeed, a starved-plate design.

 

I tried an ac15 combo with several dirt pedals and it sounded dire with all of them