Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal

[thatguy13346]

it sounds terrible because he isnt using it like he should all he does is play 3 chords and fuckin blues solos

[gwyntube]

I had a gig like this, except I was shitty at it, hence my post from Langford. The Mullet capital of B.C.

[cdcgb1]

Really don't understand why people hate on BOSS pedals so much?

[nirvanalive4ever]

don't u even fucking think that you are going to get some Cobain's Sound

[GuitarnScythes]

it sounds terrible

[Anight7mareX]

Every time I see this pedal I just laugh because it is so fucking horrible. You can almost tell how good a guitarist is just by seeing his set-up/if they have this pedal.

[mateusvideos]

@Anight7mareX yeah, Slash, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani are pretty bad guitar players

[Anight7mareX]

@mateusvideos pfffffft. You think they actually use this? They have guitars 2k and up, they're not going to use a "starter" $100 pedal on their rig.

[JeffreeMalloy]

Good guitarist, terrible tone

[MatKiller1197]

sounds like shit to me

[redsox1188]

I can never get that tone he got when first turned the pedal on all at 12 0'clock. Maybe because i'm using a bass amp?

[Bulle893]

Use a noise gate to get rid of the buzz

[Guitarsrock321]

i got this pedal the other day and it is bad to the ass

[aaaaaaaaaa2303]

NEED ADVICE ! I wanna buy this pedal and play rhythm section of Metallica songs.Is this pedal good for metal ???? pls,need your thinging !

[Jasaxos]

@aaaaaaaaaa2303 i dont think youll have what you need with it

[gullywoots]

@aaaaaaaaaa2303 I'd suggest a marshall shredmaster for that. I've got a handbuilt one which I've demoed in my channel.

[nirvanalive4ever]

@aaaaaaaaaa2303 no, it's not good, try with another one, maybe de metal version or the mega distortion, i don't remember the real names, but search them, both are boss. You should check another Lines, like electro harmonix or whatever

[JacobMorrisNinetyTwo]

Anyone who claims they can get a good sound out of the Boss DS-1 is either Kurt Cobain or a liar.

[makakamakaki]

Play some metal !

[DFMerlino]

he says "im gonna kick it on right now" (taps it with his hands)..

[Jeepjones85]

Iv spent hundreds of dollars on destortion pedals and I always go back to the ds1 lol I paid like 35$ for it on eBay lol

[vhiako]

DS - 1 BOSS

[aussiesteveable]

I have a DS-1 , had it for years ... built like a tank !

[MadokaCatty]

do you think about use boss mt2 with ds1 for play thrash metal styles? mt2 for riff and boost with ds1 when play lead or solo

[dcesar117]

Great pedal for hardcore screamo music

[Fretmaster1994]

Would this be the best pedal for early black sabbath stuff?

[blowraven93]

хуйня

[babyhannahrocks]

cool hat dude

[14ax2]

can anyone explain why i should go for a distortion pedal, instead of using the distourtion thats already built into the amp?

[LifeLongGamer]

@14ax2 If you are gigging then its obviously gonna be alot easier to switch to a drive channel, especially mid song. Also, using a pedal, you can look into loads of different pedals and get exactly what drive tone you are looking for

[10078g]

@14ax2 distortion pedals ALWAYS have better quality distortion , so if u do gigs , and want nice distotion at a loud volume , get a distortion pedal

[AutoDidactic26]

@10078g are you saying a distortion pedal is always better than an amp's distortion? If so, then that is so incredibly wrong.

[10078g]

@AutoDidactic26 ibanez tubescreamer , and most boss pedals are better than most amps , when u do big gigs , marhsalls amps are normal the way to go , and there overdrive sucks , only smaller amps like line 6 spiders etc , have a really good distortion

[AutoDidactic26]

@10078g Christ man please tell me you are fucking with me. Look up the mesa mark series, mesa road kings, engl amps, fortin amps, axe fx, hughes & kettner, framus, fryette/vht, ect. Beware that a lot of people suck at tweaking these amps. You have to find the right videos of people that dialed the amps properly.

[MarvinPumpkin]

These things are Hands Down the Best Disto's out there !

[Comic8420]

Would a Boss DS-1 sound good on a Fender Frontman 15G Amp?

[Trakstar84]

@Comic8420 Get a better amp first dude. You'll thank me later.

[Comic8420]

@Trakstar84

LOL

do you know any good amps for covers on YouTube?

[Trakstar84]

@Comic8420 Honestly, anything but that amp haha. Coming from someone who used to own one. Fender has the Frontman series (average distortion but decent clean), Marshall has the FX series (nice effects and such), etc. Not too familiar with other brands but it all depends on what your trying to play man.

[Comic8420]

@Trakstar84 alright, man

thanks for the advice :)

[stratforme]

Worst pedal in the world

[ComedyActionGuys]

Metallica sent me here!

[LeeMikael95]

@revitandgo lol...i dont buy items off ebay, never have, never will. lol

[uuuw780]

I've got the same one. but why is the sound so different... is it because my guitar is not good enough or my amp isnt good,,,?

[RedMonkeys24]

@uuuw780 the sound you get will change slightly based on your guitar and amp, but i don't think it would be a problem with your guitar.

[starfoxstarwolf5423]

I just got mine today! :)

[JuliansGuitarCovers]

@starfoxstarwolf5423 Well then why are you here, GO PLAY IT.

[QcMarcAndre]

kurt cobain sent me here

[LeeMikael95]

I got the same pedal last week for 50 bucks :D



[Revitandgo]

@LeeMikael95 You paid too much for it then. Get a new one off ebay for $20-$30

[jicksawkiller01]

hey there, pls could somebody telll me whatthe diffrence between a distortion and an overdrive isbecause i don't get it ;)

[SterilizeThePopulace]

@jicksawkiller01 Both of them do the same thing, which is to clip (distort) the guitar's signal. Distortion pedals generally cause more severe clipping than overdrive pedals. A lot of it just marketing. For example, the MXR Distortion III is almost the exact same circuit as the MXR Wylde Overdrive.

[WantSomeSlaw]

I found it for $50! That pedal kicks ass if you need distortion in the music!

[hanstiv]

me puedes dar la referencia o el nombre del amplificador??. . . . graciass

[SgtZaqq]

Pretty cool video. If I had an electric guitar, I would buy it :D

[Necrotempus22]

With every good pedal demo I see people are playing blues licks with (distortion pedals) seriously.. where the fuck is the extreme metal Black,Death and even Thrash?

[stevetom805]

this guy plays the same shit for all demos....

[jlucasqueiroz]

smoke on the water 2:36

[UZPAndTheistegg]

Wtf Look At The Reaction

Who Reacted "cute" lol

[Bludhoundz8]

I don't even see the point to distortion pedals... if you want gain, buy an amp with good gain settings.. maybe buy an overdrive pedal later to boost and cut some of the EQ.. distortion pedals have the worst tones I have ever heard and are soo cheap.. pretty much goes hand in hand with the saying, "If it ain't broken, don't fix it."

[TheMonkeysGoOoh]

@Bludhoundz8 It is a lot easier to hit a switch than it is to rotate a bunch of knobs in the middle of a gig.

[StephenFiorentini]

ive had one of these for as long as i can remember, can be a bit fuzzy with tascam recorder machines, but through stacks with a good amount of bass (on amp) and mids (on pedal) sounds amazing x'']

[JamsCover]

All 12 O'clock=Twisted Sister sound=WIN :D

[hotmccartney]

mine sure dont sound like that lol

[quainhankid14]

@hotmccartney Mostly because of you amp ! 

[hotmccartney]

@quainhankid14 crap...

[hawk7900]

@hotmccartney if you match a tube screamer or the boss blues driver it will sound very similar....even if you have solid state amp!

[hotmccartney]

@hawk7900 im using a Kustom '66 Dart amp which i know is kinda crappy so i will definately look into those things or a new amp

[hawk7900]

@hotmccartney ha you don't know the half of it....i play an old montgomery ward amp.....oh yeah...20 bucks at a pawn shop...you dont get crappier than that....the combo of the blues driver and the distortion pedal makes it sound great!! Good Luck!!

[astroboirap]

kurt cobain's favorite pedal

[MrSakker]

steve vai use this

[slimandshaddy]

at least he doesn't suck dick like wammy

[faouar]

I tell you, this pedal rocks. Even for heavy sounds. I would not buy any other after listening to all others. I don't regret buying it.

[EPICVOLUME101]

iam going to buy this pedal

my fender starcaster dirt pedal has to much distortion on and does not sound good with my fender mustang amp

[fireballcurt]

Man.. that white boy can play!

[Changue37]

daaaaaleeee boludooooo hacete el canchero!

[Kashmirishable]

do you do pinch harmonics with distortion? cause it doesn't seem easy with my shitty-lp and same marshall's overdrive!

[mads123kofod]

That guy have never been playing rythm guitar. solos constantly, and the same chords all the time... ;)

[gbsons]

Crate FTW

[RandomAndYou]

Anyone else find it funny when he said all the knobs are at 12 oclock? ... What?

[SammyBeniuga]

@RandomAndYou he meaning at the knobs,they are in middle"like 12 o'clock"

[jonahkemp]

Fire Jason spencer

[Theshamham]

piece of garbage

[Qoooba95]

it smells like teen spirit... good vid dude

[rrgert4]

this or digitech RP80 :DDD

[ardeod]

bought this pedal and i have to say i like it

[tiralex]

the problem with this video is that it sounds compressed

[flipedup]

hey guys.. just wondering.. is there any pedal that just increases the distortion in the amp that i already have... its a shitty practice amp, but i got tone that i really like, but it could use a little bit more distortion, is there any way i could do that without changing the tone?!

[SergeantMatt13]

@flipedup Try using a distortion pedal like this DS-1, turn the Drive knob all the way down, level knob all the way up, and adjust the tone knob to your liking. Should give you extra distortion without changing the tone too much.

[Menditri]

Boss ds1 or Little big muff??? (for garage rock)

[ukeleleboy97]

@Menditri big muff

[0yavuz]

dont fucking play blues!

[TheHybridlogic]

Finally, some change in his playing.

[KeelHeelAble]

wtf i have a little 10 watt RSQ amp and it has more of a distortion than the amp and that pedal, then again i have overdrive on the amp

[Sushanz1]

I Use Analog Pedals For Great Sound... Distortion Ds-1 And MAB Overdrive Are THE Best Basic Setup For Me...

[8GVirus]

i want to remove his glasses and kick the shit out of this guy.

[AguVengeance]

I want my boss ds-1 and my 80 vt vox sounds similar to Avenged Sevenfold, As I do?

[Freegadgets101]

@AguVengeance You have about as much chance of that happening as a meteor falling out of the sky, and searching for you so it can suck your dick.

[AguVengeance]

@Freegadgets101 WTF? jajajajaj :p ,

[IronBroadsword]

@AguVengeance Dude, just get somebody to build you a Dr. Boogey pedal. Nothing on the market can really nail it.

[sinquinixd2]

Toca bem tenho um desse valeu do video.

[RUNnGUNify]

OMFG you made the ds1 sounds even worse!

[AlterEgoEffectors]

Cool pedal

[bob3063v]

You look like Dr.Palmer from NCIS. And you said, ''I like this setting because it sounds heavy and thick, It sounds nice'' Nobody puts thick and heavy with nice in the same sentence.

[Arcatera94]

its not hard ..

[CacheSeaker]

Clean boost my ass

[thanderlp]

is this better than the boss ds-2?

[ledzepplinagian]

am i the only person who actually thinks this guy is good?

[neckovski10]

@ledzepplinagian yep

[JJTheGuitarDoctor]

@ledzepplinagian the fact that you master the guitar technique doesn't make you good, what you do with it, create out of it, that's what makes you good. But yes he knows how to play and his guitars are cool.

[MattHXIV]

@ledzepplinagian yes

[bimmergsp]

@ledzepplinagian Yes, yes you are.

[TheMaycontainnuts]

@ledzepplinagian yes yes you are because Bimmergsp just took a huge poo

[rafaloic]

@ledzepplinagian this guy is an awesome guitar player

but he is playing blues lick and trying to show a distortion pedal...thats where he is wrong

[CCRockit]

@ledzepplinagian

Its not a question of his skill, its a question of his choice of style for playing blues on a DISTORTION pedal, not a fuzz box, not an overdrive, not a blues overdrive, a DISTORTION, play grunge, metal, hard rock, etc.

I mean, if he REALLY wants to show off what the pedal can do in a decent amp with a decent guitar.

[funofsk8ing]

@ledzepplinagian yeah, very steve vai-ish

[forawhileful]

i U don't like blues dont comment no one wont say anything about it Fin haters

[nicklei369]

i hat this jason spencer ( after watching just the Boss PHase shifter and this )

[RUNnGUNify]

you made it sound worse!

[pancakes2506]

I play lots of metal

[morenoodlesplease]

yeahh!he's good!



[Angryification]

Whoever taught him that scale is gonna have to sleep with their eyes open.

[ZanmaruV2]

Man these guys employ anybody

[ThePoorhillbilly]

amp eq.

treble-7, gain-7, mids-4,bass-3,reverb-2

guitar settings.

tone at half (pointing towards your lead)

bridge position. full volume.

Ds 1 settings.

tone-11, level all the way up (12 to help the neighbours) distortion, all or 1 o clock.

thats the bleach sound. play this through a fender amp. wow

[ThePoorhillbilly]

I think the Boss ds1 is the best fuzz pedal out there. you get perfect fuzz maaaan

[MrArchfail]

@Blinkyboy99 Its a distortion pedal what do you want him to use ?

[jaded822]

Wow. That pedal is a boss i'm impressed. I'm going to take a look at that.

[brettannelin]

e has a couple of the same pedal? 0:54

[PGgnGTAVC95]

he doesnt know the word variety

[TheCheeze911]

im thinking about buying one of these DS 1.

btw sweet schecter i play one myself

diamond series

[frenchfriedfrenchmen]

@TheCheeze911 How much do the diamond series go for used?

[ElectricTurkey1]

Hi, Im jason spencer. I cant play for shit and i play the same pentatonic riffs in every video im in. Basically, im going no where in music and im 40

[CONFINEDroyalty07]

could some one please tell me why my distortion pedal doesn't sound even close to this.

[StephenFiorentini]

I have used one of these for 5 years, and it still sounds fresh outa the box.

[maritzayyy]

that slight turn of the head at 00:23 gets him tits

[maritzayyy]

that slight turn of the head at 00:24 gets him girls

[witchcraftlord]

@TheDownAndOutKS guitarists can do what ever they want, Randy Rhoads played through marshall 100watt plexi tube amps, there is no clean channel, just overdrive, and he used a mxr distorion plus as a gain boost, and so did I , and he used the mxr 10 band eq , and so did i , it makes the sound more heavy in the end, there is no where that says i can use distorion pedals or fuzz boxes with an overdriven amp, thats what jimmy hendrix did, clean chanel with distorion sounds weak

[witchcraftlord]

what a weak sound,  you are supposed to use amp overdrive and then add distortion pedals

[jahh96]

is this pedal good for digital amps to??

[jahh96]

Is this pedal good for digital amps to??

[enthnd03]

quick question,,,,,i'm an owner of this pedal....but for some reason the volume level is pretty low to the point where i have to put the level to max just to match the clean sound....i'm wondering if i can do something about this or if it's normal

[ihaveaverybadcold]

how bout people quit whinning like bitches and just watch another video

[quainhankid14]

Come on you guys, you're all here to hear how a boss ds-1 sounds, not Jason's playing.

[aditsetan]

you know what's so funny ? most people here said Jason is bad, and proguitarshop is better, but still, jason got the most views... lol

[LedJam26]

How about some cool riffs instead of playing the same fucking lick over and over you douche

[heydonc]

PLAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT thumbs up 4 this (btw u r awesome but same shit different vid)

[milisav]

@heydonc btw how can you objectively compare how something sounds on different stuff when you play different songs... -_-

[heydonc]

@milisav because not everyone plays blues some people would want to hear what it sounds like when their type of music is played using it. if they only know how it sounds with blues and say they play rock/metal how do they know if it is good with that genre therefore there is a chance they won't buy it, when they most probably would've if it was played in rock. js. :L

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[nncoco]

Distortion and reverb go together like water and oil.

[mrafllle]

wtf? fuzz box

[StephenFiorentini]

Its the easiest pedal in the world to use in a recording studio

[joshualobato101]

could you use the distortion pedal with ANY electric guitar ??

[kix7711therealone]

@joshualobato101 yes of course

[Mastahboys]

he plays the same thing in every video

[LeeChavezMusic]

Judging by this guy, and the dude from that one channel who seems stoned all the time, I don't think they have many expectations for reviewers.

[bigmuffexpress]

ProCo Rat... MXR Distortion 3... Boss DS-2... all of them better than the DS-1.. and around the same price.

[skipper375]

@bigmuffexpress better is just a personal opinion

[MrDeamon1]

Put down the schecter.... Just kiddin he's gotten better

[TahaMurataladdin]

wow triangle hat.......

[skipper375]

@karl198 the reason is the amp dude, they use the Fender DRRI at PGS

[Angryification]

Haha this guy again...

[mrtall1994]

this guy is such a douche

[xMrDmgx]

i probably sound like tard but i got blessed by a friend and he actualy GAVE me this pedal. so i was very happy, i'v been playing with it. i'm happy with everything but... i have my amp on a clean side, use the 2nd humbucker of my guitar. and the pedal is great when we get really loud and crazy...but the volume lowers....is that supposed to happen? i tried messing witht he setting on the pedal,amp, and guitar. idk wth

[tharbeapancake]

2:50 reminds me of syn gates

[DusanRadovanovic]

Hi,

I bought this pedal few days ago,

when i connected it on my amp, clean tone work fine,

but when i press the pedal nothing changes.

Any help?

[mattymuchacho]

@DusanRadovanovic

More info would help us solve your problem. I have one, works absolutely fine.

[LostMuffins]

@DusanRadovanovic thats because Jesus does not love you.

[rhettanator2000]

is this good for 80s metal like metallica? if not what pedal?

[rhettanator2000]

is this good for 80s metallike metallica if not what pedal?

[ThePoorhillbilly]

Kurt Cobain used one of these in the early years. i'd guess he would have pushed the drive up, and tone down on the pedal and on his Jaguar. thus the Bleach sound, Nirvana's best Album!. amp setting are bass 5, mid all the way up, treble 7, and a fair amount of reverb.

[blueleadguitar]

I have one of these. I think for solo's it's crap, but for rhythm it's got a great raunchy sound

[The10AMautomatic]

1:12 jack white