All user reviews for the Boss DS-1 Distortion

It's a distortion pedal. I think it's analog, I think ... 1 volume knob and a tone, a distortion, it's good we follow?

UTILIZATION

Bin with 3 buttons is hard to get lost but we still discovered every day. so we set the volume to be too much difference with the original (in general) is selected the amount of distortion and then the tone that attention is very sensitive to the amp settings.

SOUND QUALITY

It's a great pedal neutral. good point, she respect your amp and your guitar. the wrong point, y 'has to be not just happy because it is neutral. But it responds very well, but as I said before it is very sensitive to the settings of the amp even, too. I put such a treble, go 6 on my amp, the sound will be sharp and direct the big downside to this pedal is well on the acute selling fast but good god created the tone button is for use it, but you can find patterns on the internet to solve this problem so cpi

OVERALL OPINION

49E New .... all is said after the worst you can always use it to decorate the room, with its orange color it will add much to the atmosphere

It is a distortion, not point.Technologie analog editing PC (why do anyway?) Audio connectors non rackable.Bref chichi.incassable no (or only with a lot of will)

UTILIZATION

3 knobs: level, distortion, tonalité.facileu!
The manual, which manual? Why a manual?

SOUND QUALITY

Well, let's be clear I bought this pedal for its reputation.
And I feel that there is not one that sounds like.
After a certain level it is more distortion of the fuzz I think.
But I love him, I am not loyal to him but I will keep it.
In fact the sound quality is real is not to say, but I use this pedal sparingly, in which lightness.
Increased in level 8, or 6 disto's draft, I do not like, but we can not say whether the quality of the object (I had a behringer or there is not the same song).
Simply the sound quality is real but all its sonic palette does not suit me (as against a friend I love him metalheads)
So I put my 9

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two months, I do not like go all out with the controllers but it is utile.Elle is strong, I tried other models before and I'll have others. For nothing to say the price should not deprive yourself, but let's be honest it is not an end in either (I like the MXR yellow). I plead guilty about it because I'm not a crazy distortion enormous.
A plug before wha is better.

RAS everything is already said

UTILIZATION

Simpler you die: 3 knobs (gain, tone, level) is quite simple to obtain a correct distortion, not abusive, which can also be obtained pas.On drool sounds dirty, fuzz limit.

SOUND QUALITY

Bon ben is a classic distortion, which flies direct, no frills, easy to use for a bit of rock énervé.Je'm using it as often boost.
The tone knob is used sparingly if you want to keep a good sound, not tinny.
Pedal used with a Start copy, an Ibanez AG75 and whalebone55 (humbucker seymour duncan) and Marshall VS100 amp, 30W torque and orange micro crush.

OVERALL OPINION

I Utis since 2007 and I like its simple and effective, but his lack of personality a little fishing (say it is a trivial distortion), now it is his job perfectly and for the price (25 € of occasion) it's a distortion pedal more to my collection '.
I would do so this choice without problem.

DISTORTION PEDAL simply ..

Those who have opinions on this ngatifs pedals would do well to change their hobby.
This is a musical instrument, trs trs trsrpondant the attack, dynamic incredible.
VINTAGE RAT only comes close, but in a register just DIFFERENT.

UTILIZATION

Easy configuration: the distortion sounds good on the whole race knob, and the acute mdiums are not buried. The tone knob lets you add mdiums / acute as when we play with the neck pickup or SETTING THE Reduces distortion.

SOUND QUALITY

With the OD channel of my marshall is NIRVANA, instantaneous and screaming!
I want to buy a deuxime DS1 to change it and see if we can amliorer example the output level of the pedals (on clean channel is true that a little more volume would have t welcome)

OVERALL OPINION

Of course the distortion is that of a idalie amp 3000 euros.
Too bad.
But we will not commit suicide;
is the DS1, the TAR, and I'll fuck all the rich.

Those who find this distortion trivial or neutral, it is better that you say you plutt same. Able, neutral, go live in a white hospital

Fully analog distortion pedals, popularis by Kurt Kobain.
one input one output, three knobs ...
solid warranty (mine prs 20 years of use derrire it, and the sound has not changed!)

UTILIZATION

Configuration simplicity, we branch, turn until you find the sound that we like!

SOUND QUALITY

Personally, I use the pedals with the maximum rate of gain. I play a Hamer "Slammer series" (super Start type) on a marshall DFX50 (transistor so)
The pedals also offers nice distortion sound more "soft", but for me it is pushing the gain that it becomes crdible.
The sound is (on my amp ...) rather dry, sharp and aggressive. Perfect for playing punk. Tone is a true horror pass 11am.

But do not expect a flexibility of thunder ... (I've never tried it on an all-tube

OVERALL OPINION

I use the pedals for a number of years, and I do not think I'm one day spares. Despite the purchase of a disto lamp, the boss is one of my disto prfr. I think it got all about, then the try before you buy

Boss is ok! Analog Distortion
An input, an output!
3 pots: Tone, Level and Gain!
Generate power from a 9v battery or 9v adapter that apart t'achte <img class="smiley" src="https://fr.audiofanzine.com/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_wink.gif" alt="" />
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What is fun is that the Boss with the electronic switch and not mcanique so it's quiet, there is no "click" of the swicth!

UTILIZATION

It is simple as a chicken <img class="smiley" src="https://fr.audiofanzine.com/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_lol.gif" alt="" />
Choose the gain level, the tone and balance the volume effect / clean! .... that's all.

SOUND QUALITY

It is a distortion trs simpa! Blues / rock n 'roll at the Hard Rock! For his mtal dpanne: P!
The distortion is good trs is a long recognized pedals. has no hum, not a sound was drooling! <img class="smiley" src="https://fr.audiofanzine.com/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" />
You just have to try before you buy to see if we feel <img class="smiley" src="https://fr.audiofanzine.com/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_wink.gif" alt="" /> !

OVERALL OPINION

Ah it's a great PDAL for rock or blues! There is nothing to say against it! food has no battery as it! You just dplugger the son of the input jack.
It is an essential in my opinion.

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Well, hey there! it's a big slap when one listens to a pedal by modified MSM! I had a Boss DS-1 that I no longer used because it was missing that little something that MSM has successfully ... MSM has sublimated this pedal and offered him unique opportunities, you find yourself spending hours to enjoy the different sounds, true madness at its ... and yet God knows I've tried all brands of gear and then I tip my hat to the work because it is a killing this pedal now! Frankly if you have a DS-1 made no hesitation to make the change quickly, you will be amazed! Besides, I'm about to send my brand new Proco Rat for editing in the Rat, and impatient to see the result!
Congratulations to MSM Worshop that deserves real recognition given the quality of the changes! It's hello audience for musicians in search of her, I'm going to tell my musician friends!
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The Boss DS1 for years has been a cheap way to get just a standard rock distortion tone. It's a very basic in its feature-set. There is only three controls, a tone (for adjusting your equalization frequencies, a level (for adjusting your overall output), and a drive (for adjusting the amount of gain or saturation being produced by the pedal. It, like the vast majority of Boss pedals is housed in the classic compact metal casing, painted a classy shade of orange. It has a single input and output jack set, and is powered by either a 9 volt battery or the Boss PSA adapter.

Just a very simple distortion unit overall. Nothing too fancy, which shouldn't be expected at the low price point that these sell for.

UTILIZATION

Setting up this pedal is very simple. There's no odd functions to learn, no tricks to it really. The controls do what they say and it it produces a distortion sound. Pretty basic to dial in and get tones out of, which is great for first time users/people who haven't had much experience with effects pedals before.

This pedal produces a very angry sounding distortion tone that is very grainy and somewhat harsh. It is great for styles like grunge (Kurt Cobain was a noted user of this pedal for a long time) where the tone is meant to be aggressive and raunchy. It's far from a very smooth sounding pedal for sure. Compared to the Super Overdrive SD1, it's much raunchier and angrier sounding with lots of clipping and harmonics. It's not a very versatile pedal, and it's not one I'm a fan of because of it's very brash nature overall.

SOUND QUALITY

I've used this pedal with various humbucker loaded superstrats, both as a standalone distortion unit and a booster for an already overdriven amplifier. As I stated above, I'm not a huge fan of the type of grainy distortion that this pedal produces so I can't really say I enjoyed using it very much. As a standalone unit it was just too grainy and buzzy for my tastes (I prefer a much smoother, rounder overdrive tone), and as a booster it took a nice smooth overdrive tone and made it too brash sounding. I'm sure that approach works very well for grunge, punk, or garage rock, but for the much more streamlined sounding rock I play, it just didn't work for me.

OVERALL OPINION

You can pick these up cheaply used and they make great platforms for modifications to change the tonal structure. I do not like this pedal in its stock form, but when modified they can turn into a much better sounding pedal, with a smoother attack that takes away some of the inherent graininess that I dislike so much. They're cheap enough to pick up used and modify, but if you're buying a pedal to use in its stock form, I would look elsewhere (perhaps grab an SD1 or an Ibanez TS7) unless you want a really grainy, harsh sounding pedal.

Standard stompbox format of 1/4" in and outs, 9V adaptor or battery to power and a bypass footswitch. Not rackable or editable with a computer. Analog circuitry.

Volume, Tone and Gain controls.

UTILIZATION

Easy to set up, just plug your guitar in, your amp to the output and a battery inside and you're ready to go. The controls are intuitive and easy to work out.

SOUND QUALITY

I've used this pedal with a lot of different guitars and amplifiers and all I've got is a quite mediocre sound with every combination that I've tried. I find this pedal to be very nasally and harsh in tone. While reducing the level of the tone can remove this harshness it can become quite muddy.

Another thing about the sound of this pedal I dislike is the buffered bypass, it colors the tone of my rig quite noticeably when it's not engaged which I'm not a huge fan of, although it can be useful for long signal chains.

I find versions of this pedal to be much better sounding. Even simple modifications such as removing one of the clipping diodes can make this pedal much more useable. There's a wealth of the information available on the internet for modifications of this pedal which can change many different characteristics of it.

OVERALL OPINION

The thing I like most about this pedal is the price, it can be picked up used for pretty cheap and It's a passible distortion unit. I also really like how useable this pedal can be after modification.

I dislike the buffered bypass and the harshness of the distortion produced most about this pedal.

Overall I think this is an okay first distortion pedal as it's cheap and easy to get hold of and can sound okay in certain settings.

The Boss DS-1 is one of the most iconic distortion pedals out there. It has been used by nearly ever major artist at one point in time including Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. It features three knobs -- a distortion knob, a level knob and a tone knob.

UTILIZATION

Boss uses their infamous enclosure to house this pedal. It's one of the most sturdy pedal enclosures on the market, and it'll withstand a drop from a skyscraper. That said, it uses a FET bypass. This can be good or bad, depending on how it's implemented. The Boss DS-1 doesn't exactly have the greatest bypass. I notice that it sucks tone compared to when it's out of the circuit. The manual describes what every knob does, but it's not really needed considering there are only three knobs.

SOUND QUALITY

This pedal sounds like the definition of a distortion pedal to me. It sounds very disconnected to the amp when you start to crank it, and it kinda sounds weak when it's trying to be used to boost the amp into overdrive. I find it best to leave it on moderate settings with a mostly clean amp and go from there. It can work at delivering some decent tones, but I find the RAT to sound a little better, personally.

OVERALL OPINION

The pedal is cheap on the used market, and there are tons of them out there. The sound, however, is fairly mediocre. I usually prefer using something like an overdrive to boost my amp. Back in the old days, amps didn't have that much gain. Instead, they had to rely on super high output pickups and distortion boxes like these. Today, amps have so much gain on tap that things like these aren't really needed anymore. I can't really recommend it, but given how iconic it is and how people have gotten some good tones with it, I can't really dismiss it, either.

Analog pedal with 3 knobs minimalist Tone / Level / Overdrive, an inlet and an outlet and that's it!
Works with a battery or power supply with a 9V like most pedals the mark.

UTILIZATION

It is a simple distortion by making head because there are no bad setting itself.
The tone is effective on the equalizer and you can go from blues to metal very fat by varying the volume pot with the appropriate level of distortion.


SOUND QUALITY

This pedal is distinguished by its relatively balanced, it is far Syndrome "niz Bee" common on some models known mine (metal zone and co) is a distortion a little vintage evokes the sound of thrash 80's metal / early 90's.
I appreciate the fact that we are not in the sonic aggression, but rather a sense of power that provides the sound.
Detail is important: the pedal does not generate blast, even at a fairly high level of distortion, you really push the 3 knobs at the bottom to have it.
Personally I use the following config (for the metal with good low on parts of palm mute): Tone in 2 / 3, mid level and distal to race 3 / 4 (beyond the sound becomes a bit messy).

OVERALL OPINION

I own this pedal for a few years, it is robust and efficient.
I had other models (sometimes more expensive) in my equipment but the result was not as good, I think to keep this as long as DS1 can take it to the current price is an awesome deal .

The classic orange pedal, the BOSS DS-1. It's used by tons of players, from bedroom noodlers to arena playing rock stars. It has Tone, Distortion, and Level knobs. It's built very well, like pretty much all BOSS pedals. It's an all analog distortion, and stock it offers distortion ranging from almost light-overdrive to higher-gain rock.

UTILIZATION

I can't say how well the manual explains things, as I only had it in for me to mod it, but it's not exactly hard to use. The "Tone" knob controls the tone (Duh!) which goes from muddy to incredibly shrill way to fast (More on that later though.). The "Distortion" knob controls the gain, and the "Level" knob controls, well, the level. Plug in the cable from your guitar into the input, and then plug the cable coming from the output into the next effect or your amp, tweak knobs to taste, and play. Doesn't get much simpler than this pedal.



SOUND QUALITY

This is where the DS-1 (Stock, mind you) falls VERY short. Un-modded it's very either very shrill, or very muddy, depending on where you have the tone control set. Although the mods for it are very easy to do, this review is for the stock DS-1, so that I'm how I'm rating it.

It just in general lacks the "oopmh" that one expects, and has very little low end. I used this with a BC Rich Warbeast NJ Deluxe loaded with active EMG's, and the amp I was using was a Peavey Ultra all-tube amp pushing a 5150 Straight cab loaded with Celestion V30's and G12T-75's. Even with that rig it still sounded nasty. It was either dark and muddy, or much very bright and shrill. No matter where I tweaked the knobs to I couldn't get a tone that I liked.

OVERALL OPINION

Overall, unless you are comfortable modding guitar pedals, then I have to suggest that you stay away from this pedal. It might work OK if you had a VERY dark guitar, baring that there are many better distortion pedals out there to choose from.

I have to say though, for the price that it is, it's a very good platform for modding. I do want to add that after doing the Marshall Mods to the pedal it sounded infinity better. It turned out to be less shrill and had more gain on tap than it did before the mod, but was still able to clean up very well.

good, as if there was not enough notice I'll give mine, since c my favorite pedal, if I had that it would be this one.
the simple crunch dirty (I put the dry at 10-11h) playing with the theft of his big-GTR-edged ...
hmmm, I can not get enough, she is always engaged ...
I couple with a big muff russia (FYI c what kurt balou converges to I think) and there is great big sound good for hardcore or metal core ...
yeah I ft torque with a TS-9 for warm and dirty ...

I find this pedal really deadly, especially for the price, 30 euros Used
Here are some links that I think its very representative of this pedal ...
(c demo boss, the first plan well aware of the good side of the pedal)

then
ca super group, the guitarist has that ds 1 it engages for passages Powers!

UTILIZATION

yeah peace of cake

SOUND QUALITY

let's go

OVERALL OPINION

Come Get Some

Probably the most beginner or entry level distortion box you can buy. You can find this pedal in just about every music store in the world. There is a couple reasons for that, one being that everyone likes this pedal and its marketed very well. The other being it is as cheap as they come and can get you somewhat of a desired result.....not really

This is a pedal for a learning guitar player who got $50 from his parents for Christmas. If your on a budget then I can see this pedal working out for you.

Simple design and layout as follows..

Level, Tone, and Dist

Level will turn your overall volume up or down. The tone will brighten or darken your tone depending on which side you turn it to. The Dist with give you the grind or saturation that your looking for.

UTILIZATION

The sound is very metallic in nature as most OD pedals can be. It isn't going to be suitable for recording or any real band applications. I guess some people can be creative with it but those people are just going to get something that works for them and not spend much time tweaking a pedal that sounds like forks hitting aluminum siding.

Very easy to use as only three knobs are present. The manual....well I didn't even open because any monkey who can figure out how to turn on an amp can turn this thing into the most usable situation.

I gave it a middle of the road rating since it was easier than pie to figure out though it sounded like trash cans banging around.

SOUND QUALITY

Horrible is an understatement! I would say it would be better suitable for hitting someone in the head with if they touched your amp then actually using in your chain or effects. I used my Les Paul which I though would give it the best chance of sounding decent but no goods. I also tried a Strat and it sounded so bad with single coils that I just unplugged it and never plugged it in again.

I couldn't see myself even touching this pedal again. I heard that they make a mod for it that you can pick up on ebay. Maybe this address the volume loss when engaging this pedal or makes it sound like garbage from utter and complete ruin. I guess you can only go up from utter and complete ruin.

OVERALL OPINION

I like the color of the pedal. That is about all I can say that was good about it. It made me want an ice cream pop but not want to pick up my guitar and jam.

One more good thing I can say which is not exclusive to this pedal is that Boss makes very rugged and road worthy products. If you decided to use this pedal I believe it would last you forever. Boss/ Roland does makes some stomp heavy ready boxes.

I wouldn't recommend this pedal to anyone. Save up and buy a used Boss OD-2!

It is a simple distortion from crunch to heavy rock. It is only in the form of pedal and can not be edited via an editor PC / MAC. It is digital and has only one input / output connectors such.

UTILIZATION

The configuration could not be easier! Three knobs: one volume, one tone and gain. Awesome right?
The manual is as clear as useless! But, after all, is the pedal that interests us, there is no manual with it. However where it can be appreciated, it is on the proposed adjustments. It a little needle on the most interesting sound possibilities. Anyway, to get a good distortion, the pedal is the most effective people I know.


SOUND QUALITY

The effect is really realistic. It reminds me of distortion "made in Marshall! It produces a warm and versatile, with clean more than satisfactory, and has a grain that has not displeased over the years! I think that Steve Vai has a copy of this pedal ...
I mainly use this pedal with an Ibanez RG350DX WH. But also with a Cort X-6 and Hamer Limited Edition SlammerSeries. Regarding amps, I play with a Peavey ValveKing 100, a Marshall JCM900 and a Randall RG200. The sound is always great! either when I push it to the max or minimum.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this pedal for two years now. This was my first distortion. At the time I entered the store to buy a Boss Metal-Zone. But I finally decided to try several. And I fell in love with Boss DS-1!
The quality is really excellent and unbeatable. If I was the steal, I bought on this great pedal.
I highly recommend. =)