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isn't a krank when you have a crap and a wank at the same time? like, to make the time on the toilet pass quicker?
Distortus Maximus
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kaomao said:Ok we got it!
But I have to say: Sneap... post a clip!!!!
Maurizio
I support this
we need a clip!!!
Yes Andy, I would love to hear more clips from you. the one you left at the Krank Website was killer. I actually can recreate(Almost exact) your tone with my Rev 1 combo using a Jackson SL3 straight in.
I need to get some recording gear so I can record my stuff. Damn
Dan
I need to get some recording gear so I can record my stuff. Damn
Dan
Had my Distortus Maximus in the mail today. After one day of messing around (only have a Peavey Delta Blues Tube-Combo and a Laney solid-state amp at home, using it with the marshall stack must wait till rehearsal) I must say: a worthy pedal! Playing into the clean ampchannel the general character reminds me a bit of the proco-rat, lots of bite, definitely not a midheavey tone á la tube-screamer. As opposed to the rat it doesn`t get fuzzy and crumbly in the low end when you get into highgain territory. Instead it stays tight and focused. Speaking of gain: I have a Seymour Duncan Custom Custom in my guitar and personally could use a tad more gain but active or highgain pickup users might see this different. I was surprised that is also does nice bluesy and hendrix-ey sounds when you turn down the gain on the pedal and switch to single-coils.
It takes additional boost pedals in front very well, almost amp-like and the mid control works in the high-mid range, which allows for scooped sounds that don't get thin or a slight boost (but then you have to take the highs back a bit) that makes the sound fat and cutting through.
Only bummer: to change the battery you have to unscrew the whole thingy (4 screws) and take the housing apart.
Bottom line: the DM is not going back to the store, it`ll find a place on my pedal board for shure.
It takes additional boost pedals in front very well, almost amp-like and the mid control works in the high-mid range, which allows for scooped sounds that don't get thin or a slight boost (but then you have to take the highs back a bit) that makes the sound fat and cutting through.
Only bummer: to change the battery you have to unscrew the whole thingy (4 screws) and take the housing apart.
Bottom line: the DM is not going back to the store, it`ll find a place on my pedal board for shure.
kaomao
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Good review dogman!!!
I have a Marshall jack hammer, the tone is great, if you play with the contour control you got a lot of different sounds.
But I can say Jack hammer distortion pedal hasn't a shitload of gain as Jim Marshall says (fucker
)
If I hadn't bought a marshall jackhammer I would have bought that Distortus very soon.
Maurizio
I have a Marshall jack hammer, the tone is great, if you play with the contour control you got a lot of different sounds.
But I can say Jack hammer distortion pedal hasn't a shitload of gain as Jim Marshall says (fucker
)If I hadn't bought a marshall jackhammer I would have bought that Distortus very soon.
Maurizio
Matt Smith
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Stupid question.
Never used a pedal into a clean channel like that...should all tonal knobs on the amp be set to zero?
Never used a pedal into a clean channel like that...should all tonal knobs on the amp be set to zero?
No, if you turn them all to zero you'll just make the amp quiet - set them all the dials on the amp and pedal to 12 o'clock, turn the pedal on, and then adjust the amp to get the sound as close as you can to what you want. Then use the knobs on the pedal to dial it in exactly. If your amp is already making the right noises before you touch the pedal, the pedal's controls are going to be a lot more effective.
Personally I use the clean channel a fair bit, so I leave that set up like normal and then set up the pedal based on that sound - it takes more tweaking on the pedal, but I need my clean to sound right.
Steve
Personally I use the clean channel a fair bit, so I leave that set up like normal and then set up the pedal based on that sound - it takes more tweaking on the pedal, but I need my clean to sound right.
Steve
I have tried it before and didn't get too much of a decent sound, but find me some revolution impulses and I'll try again 
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one of the bands on that wondertone site is Metal Safari. their guitar player's name is Hiro-yuki. the Rev clips are his, i believe. anyway, the band kicks ass! 
http://www.myspace.com/metalsafari
as for Maximus, i have a Rev1 so i've never picked this pedal up. but every distortion pedal i've ever used has sounded best through a killer clean channel.
http://www.myspace.com/metalsafari
as for Maximus, i have a Rev1 so i've never picked this pedal up. but every distortion pedal i've ever used has sounded best through a killer clean channel.
Fuentealba
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have you tried it as a boost pedal with a hi gain channel? I mean, using it like a tubescreamer, I heard Mike Amott use it like that.
cheers!
cheers!
John_C
formerly Skeksis268
i'll test it out at the weekend when i can put all my gear back together again. It doesn't sound like too great an idea though as it doesn't really have a soft breakup. Doesn't have the tubescreamer mid warming either as the mid control contains a lot of the top end
John_C
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I have tried it before and didn't get too much of a decent sound, but find me some revolution impulses and I'll try again
Hey dude, heres a great rev1 impulse
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/341581/FinalV2!.wav
Can you try a chain like this?
EMG 81 (if possible) > TS-9 > Distortus Maximus > Final V2 impulse
Thank you man!
Omega_Void
Your Eventual Destroyer
My spies tell me Distortus Maximus is an Electro Harmonix "Screaming Bird" treble boost front-ending a "Smash Drive" distortion circuit. I cannot guarantee the veracity of this statement, as I have not seen inside the Krank pedal myself.
But if true, this pedal would be quite simple to build and incredibly cheap.
Screaming Bird schemo:
http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/richardo/perfboard/index.html
Smash Drive schemo:
http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php/v/Daves-Layouts/Smash_Drive.gif.html
No moral issues with cloning such a pedal of course, since Krank didn't invent these circuits - assuming my info is correct they just want a couple hundred dollars for doing a bit of soldering.
If I believed the rumours, it would be a first if Krank ever actully designed a circuit... but of course I don't believe everything I hear. That would not be my way.
Hey dude, heres a great rev1 impulse
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/341581/FinalV2!.wav
Can you try a chain like this?
EMG 81 (if possible) > TS-9 > Distortus Maximus > Final V2 impulse
Thank you man!
I don't have any EMG's to hand, but here's a shitty riff using my Les Paul
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/371262/kranktest.wav
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since i read this last posts about Diy Distortus Maximus, i told my friend if he can build one for me, and today i got it, i must say this pedal is really good, best distortion pedal i ever played, plugged it and played through my Krank rev Jr clean channel, and sound really similar to the rev jr distortion, with less fizz, and also played through the clean channel of the 5150 and sounds awesome too, tomorrow i´ll try it with some SS amps and see what happens.
I wanted this pedal for live usage, because im tired to carry my sansamp and g-major in this two space rackmount, and i think this gonna be my new live rig with a Boss Eq pedal
I wanted this pedal for live usage, because im tired to carry my sansamp and g-major in this two space rackmount, and i think this gonna be my new live rig with a Boss Eq pedal
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