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I ’ m old enough to remember all my music friends in high school seeing Kurt Cobain change the world by stomping on one of these babies and thinking “ I can do that !” They of course forgot they had to have Cobain ’ s talent , passion , skill for melody , intense stage presence , and hitting the zeitgeist at the right time , but that ’ s neither here nor there . Even before Cobain , the
At $ 50 new for the DS-1 and $ 80 new for the DS-2 , you can ’ t go wrong , though I feel the pedal ’ s bad rap comes from ubiquity and also misuse . A solid-state distortion like this sounds best running into a tube amp , so a cheap practice amp won ’ t give you much . Also , for heavier sounds , humbuckers are definitely recommended to round out the bright tone . Don ’ t make
DS-1 ( and the DS-2 , its midrange-heavy sibling ) had more than earned its place in music history by appearing on the board of every possible music genre . From blues to indie to metal , having a Boss Distortion is almost a rite of passage . It worked just as well for Cobain ’ s buzzing melody as it did for Steve Vai or Joe Satriani ’ s epic solos . the mistake of diming this baby and hoping for the best . If you ’ re playing lower gain music like blues though , single-coils should be just fine . An honorable mention also goes to the Boss OS-2 , which sells for the same price as the DS-2 and blends in a quality overdrive as well .
I ’ m old enough to remember all my music friends in high school seeing Kurt Cobain change the world by stomping on one of these babies and thinking “ I can do that !” They of course forgot they had to have Cobain ’ s talent , passion , skill for melody , intense stage presence , and hitting the zeitgeist at the right time , but that ’ s neither here nor there . Even before Cobain , the
At $ 50 new for the DS-1 and $ 80 new for the DS-2 , you can ’ t go wrong , though I feel the pedal ’ s bad rap comes from ubiquity and also misuse . A solid-state distortion like this sounds best running into a tube amp , so a cheap practice amp won ’ t give you much . Also , for heavier sounds , humbuckers are definitely recommended to round out the bright tone . Don ’ t make

BOSS DS-1 & DS-2 DISTORTION

DS-1 ( and the DS-2 , its midrange-heavy sibling ) had more than earned its place in music history by appearing on the board of every possible music genre . From blues to indie to metal , having a Boss Distortion is almost a rite of passage . It worked just as well for Cobain ’ s buzzing melody as it did for Steve Vai or Joe Satriani ’ s epic solos . the mistake of diming this baby and hoping for the best . If you ’ re playing lower gain music like blues though , single-coils should be just fine . An honorable mention also goes to the Boss OS-2 , which sells for the same price as the DS-2 and blends in a quality overdrive as well .
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