MXR Double Shot Distortion

[Snow007]

Now, I have one of these pedals and I love it but I'm looking for another distortion pedal that's heavier.

Now being an MXR fan I first thought of the Dime Distortion as an option. After searching for information from the Dunlop site, I read that the one channel from the double shot is identified as the "Dime channel" which has identical circuitry as the Dime Distortion pedal.

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So... would this identical circuit give the EXACT tone of the Dime Distortion, since it just says circuit, or would it be a totally different distortion with all the other parts?

[Snow007]

Re: MXR Double Shot Distortion

Bumping my own thread in hopes someone will see this with the knowledge to answer my question, hope no one gets upset.

[beachjammer]

Re: MXR Double Shot Distortion

IMHO ,dealing with electronics for a living, I would say that the circuit would be the same as the Dime distortion. I recommend a BOSS Metal Zone MT-2 for a heavier distortion pedal. They are just brutal!

[beachjammer]

Re: MXR Double Shot Distortion

Oh, I forgot, I did just try out some of the new Digitech "morphing" pedals and the work really well to. The one that I tried morphed overdrive pedals like a tubescreamer or OD-1 but they also have a Metal pedal that morphs the MT-2 that I mentioned above and a couple others. I'd check these out as well if I were you.

[Snow007]

Re: MXR Double Shot Distortion

So beachjammer the sound would be basically be the same between the doubleshot and dime?

I have tried the boss metalzone and it's one of my top options because it has mid and high controls (I focus on mids to get the sound I like).

Kind of a side note, I picked up a vintage MXR Distortion II yesterday for 130 Canadian and It owns! Very classic rock sound. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]