Boss Ds 1 High Gain Mod

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Boss ds 1 high gain mod. The stock ds 1 uses a pair of 1n914 silicon diodes. Can get raunchy in a good way if set right. Great mid to high gain pedal. Japanese ds 1 is tonally very similar to the mit with a much lower noise floor.

Still a very buzzy read. These are by far the most common clipping diodes as seen in almost every other boss pedal as well as tube screamers and pro co rats. Stock ds 1 sounds okay. Monte allums boss ds 1 tri roxx plus mod demo duration.

With our mod the ds 1 is surprisingly warm with great bass response and a wide range of usable tones. Keeley ds 1 sounds nothing like an original ds 1. From roaring distortion to gnarly fuzz with lovable splatty tones. Almost no hiss great in that sense.

These ds 1 mods are designed to turn a widely available affordable and reliable pedal that sounds bad in most contexts into a jack of all trades box of dirty boost drive and all out distortion. Nice push for a clean solid state amp though. In this instructable i ll show you how to mod your boss ds 1 in only three steps and alter it s sound character radically. Stage one of this mod involves changing the clipping diodes which are responsible for all of the distortion characteristics of the pedal.

Every guitarist at some point has at least tried boss s ds 1 distortion pedal. I recently had this ds 1 modded by johnny at alchemy audio and couldn t be more happy. Increasing the value increases gain while decreasing it will give you a little less gain overall but will tighten up the ds 1 s low end response ridding it of the flubbiness many people dislike. This over hyped pedal sounds really thin with no punch.

Not great terrible for high gain. Mod boss ds 1 high gain tonygt ibiza andujar shred metal diy pedal. Most people are immediately disappointed. After the mods your pedal will have thick rich distortion and gain to spare.

With as few as four or five component changes you can turn a 20 pedal into useful dirt that can flatter any guitar and amp combination. I run this my my analogman ts9 and paul cochrane tim pedals. Ibanez jemini boost in boss ds1 high gain setting demo. Boss ds 1 grit mod the boss ds 1 distortion pedal is a simple and cheap pedal with a fizzy high pitch distortion and a very scooped mid the perfect starting point for some playing around.

R7 controls the gain of this circuit by changing the voltage bias consisting of a 470k resistor which you can increase or decrease in value to adjust gain before the next stage.