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Maybe, but the ds-2 has two very different sounds.
One is a crunchy distortion. It's a bit sort of ds1 ish, but imo not as good. It's not bad, though, just a bit bland.
The turbo mode is where it's at - tons of mids, loads of distortion, loads of compression, cuts through anything. Nothing else does this sound as far as I've found - expensive or cheap.
That sound is all over a lot of live chilli peppers work.
^^ DS-2 I had sounded exactly the same as the DS-1 - the Turbo mode was the only discernible difference. (I've had both as well as a modded SE DS-1 and a Satchurator (Vox DS-1 with a tweak).
Huh, my ds-2 is definitely different to ds-1. I actually like the sd2, df2, ds1 and Ds2 distortion sounds, all for different reasons, but they're broadly similar (bar the sd2).
Maybe mine is a bit different? I'm comparing a modern ds-1 to a mij ds-2.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Finally picked up a DS-1 after deciding the SC-2 wasn't for me.
I owned a DS-1 years ago but it was when I first started messing with pedals and didn't really know what I was doing so it is interesting to have one again. My immediate thought was that you lot weren't exaggerating about how sensitive the tone control is. Blimey.
You can push it right up to ear splitting and run it into a dirty amp for a hideous, fuzzy meltdown sound but it's not pleasant in the traditional sense...
When I want a rich, meaty aggressive distortion I use a WH Fat Sandwich. More expensive than the DS-1 but far more versatile. Well worth the extra cost.
If I want a clear, bright musical distortion I use an old MXR Dist+.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It'd be worth it just to screw with people who copy pedal settings from rig run down videos on YouTube
Only problem I can think of with that is that the range of tones between 9-12 o'clock isn't actually all that big, from what I can remember. I don't remember getting a whole range of different tones within that small range, more just tones which sounded good. Some way of expanding the tone knob so that there was a bigger range of tones would be a better idea (though I realise that'd likely require some more serious mods to the circuit, or at least component values).
You should have seen the DS-1 I bought!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein