distortion pedal for Jerry Cantrell's tone?

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distortion pedal for Jerry Cantrell's tone?
Topic Started: Aug 26 2008, 03:56 PM (61 Views)
Sbandalf	Aug 26 2008, 03:56 PM Post #1
Newbie Posts: 2 Group: Members Member #8,769 Joined: August 26, 2008	hello everybody! can you tell your opinions about getting jerry cantrell's distortion sound? what distortion pedal should i buy and how should i set the knobs? as an example af the sound that i want, take the songs "man in the box" (except for the wah and talk box) and "we die young", both from alice in chains' first record, "facelift". please, help me!!



monwobobbo	Aug 26 2008, 06:04 PM Post #2
Top Contributor Posts: 379 Group: Members Member #8,625 Joined: June 23, 2008	any decent distortion pedal should work. a BOSS DS-1 would probably be just fine. the wha is definitely part of the tone for Man in the Box so you can't ignore when trying to duplicate the sound. how do i set the knobs is always a popular ? with an often disappointing answer. distorion pedals interact with the tone controlls of your amp and that is a big part of the sound. you will have to experiment with the tone controls as well as the gain and distortion on both the amp and pedal. jerry also sounds like he uses a fuzztone on some songs. what kind of guitar and amp are you using?
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