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Need cheap distortion

My brothers guitar effects for some reason aren't working anymore and I needed it for some distortion. I don't care if it's single I just need a decent distortion that might be able to pull off some cliff burton stuff. It doesn't have to sound exactly like his it just needes to be enough distortion to sound decent for that kind of material. By the way by cheap I mean sub $40 no more.
 
BOSS DS-1
$40 new
I got one for $15 used.

Not perfectly Cliff Burton, my overdrive gets the tone far better, but the DS is very cheap and should last you until you can afford something closer to what you're looking for. It should be close enough.
 
I'v tried the DS-1 for bass, but it only takes away my low end and volume... I havnt tried it with a compressor, and that might be a reason, but nonetheless.

Im sure yo ucan get a used Big Muff off ebay, and it dont get much closer to cliff's distorsion than cliff's distorsion.