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*sigh* another distortion thread

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Vosk

Oct 24, 2005
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Brisbane, QLD Australia
#1
Hey guys,

Can you tell me a pedal that gets something like that huge saw sounding Distortion Tim Commerford gets in Rage Live? Instead of fizzle or crunch this is just well... like a big fat mean saw :bassist:

Any thoughts?

EDIT:

Buzz Saw Distortion: distortion reminiscent of a saw missing teeth rather than a tube amp being overdriven. (Reflective artist Tim Commerford)
 
#2
Well his rig is ridiculous. Lemme hook you up with some pics.
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So on that note, I will reccomend you some pedals.

The distortion pedal he used on all of their self-titled album and I think on Evil Empire is the ORIGINAL Marshall Guv'nor. The vintage black one with the red lines. I have one and I love it to pieces. I've also heard the Black Cat Octave Fuzz does a great Timmy C sound but I haven't ever gotten my hands on one of them.

So my advice? Get a Guv'nor for overdrive, and then or distortion, either get another Guv'nor with the gain cranked or a tube distortion of sorts.
 
#4
guvnor in conjunction w/ aphex punch factory, and a clean amp underneath that is pretty darn good if u want timmy c stuff...use a 3 amp setup for my distortion too, and thats what is in my 3rd amp...my 2nd amp is ehx black finger and a modded copy of a maestro brassmaster, which also can get u timmy c like distortion if u do it properly
 
#6
We don't need another distortion thread, unless of course it is about Timmy C.

I am in.

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One of the things that you kind of have to pay attention to in the magazine articles that talk about gear, is when they talk about the pros using multiple amps. I mean, back when I was a guitar player it was well known that SRV recorded multiple amps with multiple mics, once at least with one little champ in a bathroom, and then the mixed sound of all that is what when down on the album. When they show multiple amps, do not think that they only play through one at a time.

Often the sound you are looking for is not one pedal through one amp.

Just for fun, split your output to go to your bass amp and your friends guitar amp. Put your sound into your bass amp clean. Put your sound into the guitar amp through two distortion pedals one after the other. Put those speaker cabinets side by side crank up.

This may not be the Timmy C. sound you are looking for, but it may start you on a path for YOUR sound, using stuff that you may have around you right now.
 
#7
Great point. The article about dUG Pinnick illustrates this, with him describing how he uses a Marshall guitar amp along side his bass rig. I think the vast majority of pros these days use a separate amp for their distortion, alongside their bass rig.
 
#11
Hookus said:
Great point. The article about dUG Pinnick illustrates this, with him describing how he uses a Marshall guitar amp along side his bass rig. I think the vast majority of pros these days use a separate amp for their distortion, alongside their bass rig.
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I can think of the guy from Nickelback, and Chris Wolstonholme from MUSE. I'm getting a (used) Tubeworks RT902 to use as a second pre-amp just for distortion.
 
#15
I noticed that Timmy C has a "hum eliminator" box.

Questions:
1) is that the same as a Noise Suppressor/Gate (I assume not...)

2) if not "1" then is it a "ground lift" kinda thing (which I do assume)

3) if not "1" or "2" then what in the h#!! is it :confused:
 

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