Boss Ds 1 Bass Mod
It can be done in just about five minutes using nothing but a strand of wire and a soldering iron.
Boss ds 1 bass mod. Here s a sweep of the stock tone stack using duncan amp s tsc. Most people are immediately disappointed. Perhaps one of the most popular pedals to modify is the boss ds 1. This is the first modification i had ever done to a guitar pedal.
From roaring distortion to gnarly fuzz with lovable splatty tones. In this instructable i ll show you how to mod your boss ds 1 in only three steps and alter it s sound character radically. These ds 1 mods are designed to turn a widely available affordable and reliable pedal that sounds bad in most contexts into a jack of all trades box of dirty boost drive and all out distortion. Boss ds 1 distortion pedal mods the orange boss ds 1 distortion pedal has been around since 1978 that s 30 years.
The ds 1 is certainly useable stock at lower settings and more bass side tone settings but i wanted to be able to use this pedal as more a raging distortion so the mods were certainly needed. This over hyped pedal sounds really thin with no punch. But if you re the adventurous type and think it might be time for a little change in your distorted sound here are a few suggestions. After the mods your pedal will have thick rich distortion and gain to spare.
If you ve been in a music store anytime since 1978 you ve no doubt seen the ubiquitous orange boss ds 1 distortion pedal. Every guitarist at some point has at least tried boss s ds 1 distortion pedal. Robert keeley graciously shared his seeing eye and ultra mods with the public. With as few as four or five component changes you can turn a 20 pedal into useful dirt that can flatter any guitar and amp combination.
Sales people at guitar center will say something like its a great beg. Modify your boss ds 1. What i am talking about is a boss ds 1 modified for bass by penny pedals. It proves that certain sounds just don t go out of style.
Universally recognized as a good inexpensive distortion pedal you ve probably even owned one or two in the past. Boss ds 1 octave fuzz mod. This kit will provide you with all of the components high quality panasonic and multicomp caps and metal film resistors you need to mod your ds 1 to keeley s specs. Boss ds 1 grit mod.
Essentially this ds 1 mod will bridge a circuit within the pedal creating some huge sounding octave fuzz tones. With our mod the ds 1 is surprisingly warm with great bass response and a wide range of usable tones. The boss ds 1 distortion pedal is a simple and cheap pedal with a fizzy high pitch distortion and a very scooped mid the perfect starting point for some playing around.