Good metal distortion pedal for a tube amp?

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I play a peavey XXX 120w head and it has good dist. on it but i just got a digitech jam man solo which makes a bunch of shitty noise if you use the distortion on the amp. So I bought a fullbore metal pedal to run and it runs quietly enough its just a very digital and artificial sounding distortion. Im just wondering if anybody knows if a good high gain pedal that you can run into a tube head like that and get a better more authentic sounding distortion. I play mostly exodus, overkill type thrash stuff.
 
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OCD
Bad Monkey
Keeley DS1
Keeley MT2
Keeley RAT

If you can build a pedal
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Isn't most of that old thrash a ProCo Rat or Turbo Rat?

Either way, I'll always recommend the Barber Dirty Bomb as a distortion pedal. Great stuff. Not too spendy either.
 
cool, just ordered a keeley modded mt2 hopefully it sounds better than this fullbore metal thing guess ill just have to try shit till I find something I like. does anybody have this pedal?
 
Peavey Triples are rock solid amplifiers for heavy metal. You shouldn't need a real distortion pedal, just a light boost to get some presence and tightness. The Boss MT-2 is a good distortion pedal but it's overkill, IMO, unless you're planning to use the MT-2 distortion instead of the amplifier. I played a Bodenhamer Bloody Murder or Ibanez TS9 with a 5150, so maybe one of those would do good in a Triple. I've never owned that amp so I'm not certain what would sound best, but I remember a buddy using a TS7 with the combo version. Go around and buy all the badass pedals you can afford and see what does the trick.
 
Finally played a Barber Dirty Bomb this weekend. Incredible pedal. Killer high gain tones, and BIG sounding.
 
RockStarNick":nugy7fga said:
Finally played a Barber Dirty Bomb this weekend. Incredible pedal. Killer high gain tones, and BIG sounding.
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Yup. It turns a killer clean amp into a killer 2 channel metal machine.
 
Dehumanize":3dou1tcz said:
Peavey Triples are rock solid amplifiers for heavy metal. You shouldn't need a real distortion pedal, just a light boost to get some presence and tightness. The Boss MT-2 is a good distortion pedal but it's overkill, IMO, unless you're planning to use the MT-2 distortion instead of the amplifier. I played a Bodenhamer Bloody Murder or Ibanez TS9 with a 5150, so maybe one of those would do good in a Triple. I've never owned that amp so I'm not certain what would sound best, but I remember a buddy using a TS7 with the combo version. Go around and buy all the badass pedals you can afford and see what does the trick.
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Yeah no kidding,those amps have more gain then any one
human should ever need,any more and it'll sound like mashed
taters.
Gary Holt has been using them on the last few albums.
Except the latest album,I think.
 
Mudder":2tw8snjh said:
Isn't most of that old thrash a ProCo Rat or Turbo Rat?

Either way, I'll always recommend the Barber Dirty Bomb as a distortion pedal. Great stuff. Not too spendy either.
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+1 on the dirty bomb, great pedal. I will say that if metal is most of what you are playing, that I prefer amp distortion. For an metal sound every now and then with my vintage amps, the dirty bomb does work great though.
 
Wampler makes some good stomps, the Triple Wreck is good, plenty of YT vids on it.
 
locoed":3oqklehk said:
Dehumanize":3oqklehk said:
Peavey Triples are rock solid amplifiers for heavy metal. You shouldn't need a real distortion pedal, just a light boost to get some presence and tightness. The Boss MT-2 is a good distortion pedal but it's overkill, IMO, unless you're planning to use the MT-2 distortion instead of the amplifier. I played a Bodenhamer Bloody Murder or Ibanez TS9 with a 5150, so maybe one of those would do good in a Triple. I've never owned that amp so I'm not certain what would sound best, but I remember a buddy using a TS7 with the combo version. Go around and buy all the badass pedals you can afford and see what does the trick.
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Yeah no kidding,those amps have more gain then any one
human should ever need,any more and it'll sound like mashed
taters.
Gary Holt has been using them on the last few albums.
Except the latest album,I think.
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You guys obviously didnt read the post, i cant use the distortion on the amp with this looper i bought because it make a bunch of shitty noise if i do, with a pedal the noise is gone.
 
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