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Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal: Distortion Pedals, Boss Guitar Pedals -- Use It, Abuse It, and Embarrass It At Parties!

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The Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal gives you versatility in one simple package. Easy controls, tough shell, and fair price. Among the vast selection of overdrive pedals available to guitar players, this popular Boss distortion pedal is one of the most widely used and greatly appreciated!

This simple Boss distortion pedal gives you simple controls, "barely there" to-stomach-churning distortion (but not quite fish-hook-in-your-gut-tied-to-a-corpse-as-you-pull-it-through-the-swamp) distortion, and can be used for lots of different guitar styles!

The Boss DS-1 distortion pedal won't suck up all your wonderful guitar tone like a Metal Zone II. Of all the distortion pedals out there, the Boss DS1 is a well-rounded choice for any seasoned guitar player!

While most gear heads are strongly opposed to using an effects pedal as your MAIN source of distortion, this pedal has other applications as well, so let's look further into the different ways in which it can be used!

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The Boss DS1 Distortion Pedal Is Easy to Use!

This guitar effects pedal is less complicated than your VCR from 1991, so you won't need an instruction manual to operate it! You get three controls to play with: TONE, LEVEL, and DISTORTION: Simplicity at its finest.

Adjust the TONE knob relative to three things:

1. Your amp's EQ setting
2. The guitar pickup you use MOST
3. Your tone knob on your guitar

For example, I use my neck pickup more than anything else, so I like to balance the equation by setting my TONE knob a little past 12 o'clock. If that sounds muddy, boost the mids on your amplifier to counteract it.

Strawberry Cupcake the Groupie says:

"You have to decide if you are going to use your Boss distortion pedal as your MAIN source of distortion, OR only as a boost. Like Nathan said earlier, many guitar players are opposed to using distortion pedals as their MAIN distortion. Nathan happens to have a guitar and amp rig that works perfect and sounds great when he DOES use his Boss DS1 pedal this way. AND he always gets loads of compliments on his wonderful guitar tone at gigs. You just have to figure out what works for YOU!"

The LEVEL knob is generally set to a little bit louder than when the pedal is off. HOWEVER, when your sound man "needs to keep his day job" or you just want to "ride" your own solos a little, you can reach down and twist it up right before a guitar solo.

Hard to Abuse

Lesser quality overdrive pedals are easier to abuse than alcohol on Memorial Day weekend. Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedals, however, know how to take a beating! If you play TONS of gigs and tour up and down the USA in an RV with a single-axle trailer like semi-successful rock/alternative band Halo Stereo (who does everything the HARD way), this is a MUST HAVE feature!

Although some wear and tear from the road is inevitable and kind of cool because it's like battle scars and makes other bands who open up for you think you are even MORE awesome and "hard", you most definitely want to invest in a hard shell pedal case for your ever-decreasing value in guitar effects stomp boxes!

Moore Metal says:

"If you like playing a lot of METAL, I wouldn't suggest using the Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal as your main source of distortion. You probably need something a little edgier, like a Fullbore by Dunlop. This pedal totally rules when it comes to playing Metal! If Send More Cops! guitarist Chris McDonald uses it, you can too!"

What's next? Visit How to Use Your Guitar Effects Pedals: Rocking Your Wah to Stomping Your Stomp Box.

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