I had a Proco Rat Deucetone for a while and I didn’t have any noticeable phasing issues but I make really noisy music so it might have just been unnoticeable in the cacophony.
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Deucetone = very cool and flexible.
Mono, bi-mono, mono-to-stereo, stereo… and possibility to have effects between the two Rats.
As long as you like the Rat sound, you can go Deucetone.
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I’m ordering a reamp pedal at some point - was thinking about a more basic mono version (Palmer).
In hindsight, would a mono version of your Radial reamp have been enough for you? (With only the Heat being stereo, which doesn’t need it?). Or would you still advise stereo reamp box? (Even potential stereo pedals I use as send, so using a single input on the pedal)
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I bought a KORG HD-S for $99. This is only my second pedal and I am not even sure it’s a good pedal or good for synthesizers. I am planning to use it especially with my Kobol Expander. $99 is worth it imo.
Fairfield Circuitry 20% More. This one has a lovéy Sound.
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My favorite distortion device is the Boss KM-60 Mixer (well - it’s not a pedal 
).
Six distortion channels in a single box, ranging from subtile crunch and grit (I love to use on drums) - to rather high gain (I have used only on my RE-303 so far).
Drum machine sparring partner so far: Perkons, Analog Rytm and Acidlab Drumatix. Could also imagine to use it for distorted leads on the Analog4.
Formerly, I used the MXR + on the 303, but the KM-60 sounds more creamy to my ears (important: treble dialed in, bass dialed out).
Tasty device - but eats up a lot of space on your desktop 
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I’ve already read about that KM60. I bought one at one point but ended not using it as I needed a mixer for convenience more than for sound sculpting. I kept my good ol’ Mackie VLZ3.
This one is a new one, seems as cool as weird 
Thanks for the headup!
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Has no one mentioned the Maxon OD-9 (a cheapish tube screamer clone)?
It sounds really good on a synth, especially a monosynth.
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I think Maxon originally made the TS-9 for Ibanez.
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There’s a pretty significant difference between the 80’s maxon od-9 and the reissue. Not to say that there’s anything wrong with either.
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How do I know which one I have? I got it for free when I bought a Traynor tube amp. Best $0 I’ve ever spent.
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modern:
Original:
There may be some variation in transitional models but if it has a bunch of french and japanese it’s probably original, if it has the bar code it’s probably modern.
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Interesting to know that Maxon was actually the OEM building the TS for Ibanez, so I don’t think I’d call it a clone. It’s also much more expensive than a Tube Screamer, not sure why. Great pedal.
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Actually, I think it’s the other way around, ibanez (japan) built the original maxon od-9 for a mostly european market. It’s not really of much consequence which way around though, the original is more of a fuzz and the modern is more of an overdrive, that’s all.
Huh. This is all news to me since I got it on a whim. Looking up used prices now and kinda pleasantly surprised.
Based on the serial number I’d say mine is from 2002. I bought it in 2010 and it looks like it had a rough 8 years between.
Honestly, I pretty much never use it with the guitar. But it really shines when added to a J bass or bass synth. Grindy but not ugly. Good punk and postpunk tones.
It does suck out a fair amount of the bass tones, so better to run in parallel with the clean signal than on its own.
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I could be mistaken but everything I’ve read states that Maxon was the OEM manufacturer for Ibanez branded effects. They built their own Maxon branded effects too of course. I believe Maxon built all the Ibanez effects from the 70’s until the early 2000’s.
The JHS show has gone into it too a few times and states the same and they are pretty well researched. As you said, not that it matters but just fun to discuss. I have purchased quite a few rack effects from Japan that were sold as Ibanez branded in the US but Maxon in Japan, like the DM series delays.
Here’s an article that goes into the details:
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Not sure if this is off topic but, I’ve been meaning to ask the forum about this pedal.
So, the OD-9 gets a particularly cool break-up when you’re using a battery and it’s juuuust about to die. It distorts and strangles out in a very pleasingly upsetting way. But it only happens for about 5-10 minutes before the battery dies completely.
Short of collecting a bunch of almost-dead 9Vs (which I’m already doing), is there some more predictable/reproducible way to induce this behavior? That doesn’t involve soldering?
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