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Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal Mods
IndyGuitarist/Brian Wampler Modifications

Description - This pedal in it's stock form is quite sterile, lifeless and either muddy or brittle sounding depending on how you set the tone control. Though it is one of the oldest distortion pedals around today, it can still be turned into a great pedal by tweaking the circuit until it's 110% better. Some companies will make you pick from a few different mods. Though we have soundclips of several here, we pride ourselves on creating custom modifications that make our customers' jaws drop! 

Stock Pedal soundclip.mp3

Examples of a few variations of our DS-1 modifications:
ds1-vintage-605.mp3 - A customer favorite! It makes the tone knob act as a contour knob, controlling bass, mids, and highs, all with one knob! Pedal is much louder after the mod, much fuller, and many customers feel this is the best DS-1 mod they've ever heard!  Turns the pedal into a fat, full bodied distortion, unlike any other you've heard...this is your true 'cranked marshall' tone, both in sound, and response! 

Other Examples:
"Acid Blues".mp3  - Think Jeff Beck tones are great? You'll love this!
"Classic Rock".mp3  - Your basic JCM800/greenback combo emulator
"Tube Emulator"mp3   - Much more responsive and dynamic - 'sags' like a tube rectifier
"Evil Mod".mp3 (named after Metallica's "Am I evil?" song), deep, mean, and growls

Other DS-1 mods/circuitbends:
DS-1 "Fuzz Synth" bend.mp3 - modification that turns the ds-1 into a synth fuzz - more of a circuit bend than a mod but still fun to use

DS-1 with trem bend.mp3 - this pedal modification turns the ds-1 into a trippy tremolo - the intensity varies with how hard and how loud you pick! It isn't meant to replace a tremelo pedal but it is a very original sounding tremelo

Comparison from YouTube video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmARgeZPTN4 )

We offer several different ways to get this modification. 
* You can purchase a brand new pre-modified pedal, 
* You can send in your pedal to our shop and we'll do a custom modification for you

	Purchase Pre-modified Pedal  $99  [Add to Cart]
	Send your pedal to us for a custom modification $50 [Add to Cart]