Steve's DS-1 and Ibanez Tuber Screamer

[Epicus Furor]

Sorry this has probably been asked a million times on here, but could someone explain what Steve uses each pedal for? Does he have one on at all times when using distortion to push his amp and other for boost?

[rya]

not totally sure but im pretty sure a boost

[carlos grijalva]

Originally Posted by rya

not totally sure but im pretty sure a boost

So plays normally with distortion and then, when a solo comes up he turns on a pedal?

[Epicus Furor]

What i meant in my original question was, how does he uses them in conjunction with one another. I'm 99% sure he uses the Tube Screamer for solos.

[rya]

same here

[Epicus Furor]

Anyone, help?

[fettouhi]

Steve uses the DS-1 as a boost simply for the Legacy nothing more but I didn't know he was using the tube screamer??? I can only remember SRV using the tube screamer.

Regards

André

[Jeroenn]

They're both used for boosting. He has a regular DS-1 and a Keely modded tubescreamer, the TS-10. If I remember correctly, he likes the sound of the DS-1 better, but the Tubescreamer is less muddy/noisy for some of the really fast parts.

J

[Epicus Furor]

O.k thanks for your help, I've just found this realy informative interview from Steve ...

http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?storycode=9233

“I use two distortion pedals: an Ibanez Tube Screamer and a Boss DS-1. The DS-1 puts out the fattest sound of any distortion pedal I’ve heard—and I use it about 70 percent of the time onstage—but it doesn’t track very well when I play fast, so I switch to the Tube Screamer.'

[newbieguitarmaker]

Originally Posted by Jeroenn

They're both used for boosting. He has a regular DS-1 and a Keely modded tubescreamer, the TS-10. If I remember correctly, he likes the sound of the DS-1 better, but the Tubescreamer is less muddy/noisy for some of the really fast parts.

J

uh he uses a moded ds-1, its called the seeing eye mod. im getting the mod from robert keeley this christmas

[Jeroenn]

Originally Posted by newbieguitarmaker

uh he uses a moded ds-1, its called the seeing eye mod. im getting the mod from robert keeley this christmas

No, he uses a regular DS1. His modded DS1 hasn't been on tour for years.

See: http://vai.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14856



Jeroen

[newbieguitarmaker]

ah, i still like da mod lol

[JM5150]

So, if you're a guy like Steve who has his own signature tube amp and that is supposed to get "the sound", why would you have to incorporate pedals (especially 2 distortion pedals) to get your sound?

I thought the signature tube amp was supposed to get you "that sound"...

I had a discussion with a guy in another band who was commenting on my setup (a ss Waller DFX65 combo) and telling me how I should get a tube amp and that they're way better and that he has a "custom made" Tube Screamer pedal for his amp, blah, blah, blah...

I asked him if his tube amp was so great, why does he need pedals? He didn't have an answer.

[snowfall]

I use a Tuber Screamer right after my DF-2, for that crazy "spud-sound"!
Mr. Potatohead turned me on to this.

[sirbrandon101]

LOL!!!!