Recommended First Distortion build

[KevinSTP]

The Cape is much less dead in winter than it used to be,and it is crawling with musicians,nice to hear from a local.For the most part my sound is great but Looking to get a Danny Gatton kind of sound,check out the "Relentless" CD.Not sure but I think a compressor is also needed.The Zoom thingy is a reverb-delay actually kind of nice.A booster is a cool Idea looks like the bigginer project here may be a good place to start.

[bwanasonic]

For the most part my sound is great but Looking to get a Danny Gatton kind of sound...

Good luck! Danny would have sounded good playing a popsicle stick with a rubber band stretched over it!

Kerry M

[KevinSTP]

OK giveme a break,I didn't mean to imply that a pedal will help me to play like him,I meant I like the overdriven sound he got most of the time.Now don't point out that I need a 53 tel and a 59 Fender amp,Because Roy Buchanan is my mean man and I can get his sound at times but only bits of it .But D.G often had an overdriven sound that seems to have compression,but these days I must to maintain family peaceI must restrain my volume so I am aiming for a good clean sound as a base and add outboard effects to achieve flavor.But I am fairly new to building circuts with understanding,I can disassemble and reassemble anything but not understand the basic reason for the components and values involved.IDIOT SAVANT!!!! Jesus I do ramble on.I just downloaded Joe Davisson"s "Simple Overdrive" Looks nice and easy.That plus the info yall will keep me busy. Hope I haven't dragged this topic to far afield.

[RDV]

OK giveme a break,I didn't mean to imply that a pedal will help me to play like him,I meant I like the overdriven sound he got most of the time.

Me, I want the pedal to play like him. God!,was that guy good! The Humbler! Truly!

Regards

RDV

[KevinSTP]

I got a bunch of his CD's and they all are awesome.The Humbler,Relentless,Crusin Duece,and New York Stories keep me smilin.Why do they leave us so early?For raw emotional brain connected directly to the strings playin Danny and Roy do it for me.At the end of Roy double CD Sweet Dreams they gave him 10 or 15 minutes of time and said Roy do what you want and when my friend and I listened to it we were speechless,How in the world could one man,one amp and one Guitar make so many different tones?

[bwanasonic]

Never did see Danny Gatton live, but did get to see Roy a couple of times back in the mid 70's . I remember him using two Twin Reverbs facing each other with a mike in between them. Same club I saw the New York Dolls at  (The Performance Center in the Garage/ Harvard Square). Worked at the music store downstairs from there around the same time.

Kerry M

[KevinSTP]

Never seen either of them myself.Not much of a concert goer.Although I did see Santana years ago on the common in Beantown,and saw Jimmy Page with the Black Crows a couple years ago.What more do I need?There is a Guy who advertises in Vintage Guitar-Bob Davis, in Glouchesterwho has a lot of Danny and Roy Videos for sale and I hear he has real ggod stuff,I mean to get some.
   But for Now I think I am going to try the "Easy Drive" and then a Booster ala Orman