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Boss DS-1 Classic Distortion Pedal

Boss DS-1 Classic Distortion Pedal
From Boss

List Price: $97.50
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Product Description

The DS-1 provides a harder distortion effect for guitar and keyboard sounds. Instead of toneless, fuzzy distortion, the DS-1 faithfully reproduces all the subtle nuances of your playing dynamics, from whisper-quiet to screaming loud. The onboard TONE control allows you to tailor the overall sound to your liking.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #205 in Musical Instruments
  • Brand: Boss
  • Dimensions: 2.36" h x 3.54" w x 5.91" l, .0 pounds

Customer Reviews

Great Pedal, Great Price!5
This is a classic Boss pedal, it's been around for awhile. Boss is known for their great sounding effects and rugged construction of their products, this one is no different. The distortion from this pedal is simple, very smooth, and very versatile. It's not too noisy, allowing single notes played to be heard with clarity. If you'd like to hear it, you can probably find some sound clips of it being used on Boss's website.

Good as a Stepping Stone4
Alright, allow me to forego any kind of thesis statement or introduction and simply get down to the point. What you get with this pedal is simple, classic, basic distortion. It's not exteme, and it's not too weak. It's probably what you would sort of call a baseline to compare other pedals to.

If you need just simply distortion; a little overdrive to your sound, then you found it. However, if you want something more indepth, look for something more specific to what you want (Metal Zone, Blues Drive, Tube Screamer, etc), because this pedal is very generic sounding due to it being a pedal that a large fraction of musicians own. It's like the McDonald's of pedals: cheap, easy, and well known.

Bottom Line: Good to use for simple distortion effects, otherwise look elsewhere.

BOSS TO THE MAX!5
I have researched Boss and all of the kind of pedals it has to offer. Even though this little inexpensive pedal (compared to other BOSS products) does not look like much, IT PACKS A PUNCH. I seriously was blown away by the quality sound that it drives out. I felt like my epiphone firebird transformed into a metal machine! If you are new to effects pedals, this product is definitely worth your time.