Good distortion pedals for Valveking
Good distortion pedals for Valveking
If I had to recommend anything, I suppose an overdrive pedal would be it. But an all-out distortion pedal, absolutely not.
Yeah, I would stay away from distortion pedals. IMO they add nothing but buzz and fuzz.
Go with a OD pedal and use it pretty much as a clean boost on your Valvekings distortion channel. That should tighten up your tone and give it better saturation.
I have heard good metal clips from the valveking. I personally like the valveking module in revalver as well as in person. It has plenty of good saturation especially with an OD.
For a checp fic, the boss SD-1 is great (does the same thing as the TS-7 without the extra name hype $$), rolls of the bass and pumps the preamp with tones of mids, giving you more usable saturation and crunch. If you aren't happy with taht distortion a 6505, XXX, JSX or any other tub amp will disappoint you as well, becuase the valveking competes with the bad boys in terms of quality. that being said DA's claim that your doing it wrong is highly correct, or your just too anal.
I like the boss metal zone in my peavy. In general, I dont like distortion pedals but it gets the job done.