looking for advice on the best diy distortion

[whomeno]

ok guys,
I would like a lot of input on which is the best diy distortion.
Looking for distortion for stuff like ( saxon--nickleback- black sabboth--judis prest- iron madin)
I'm useing a 2017 gibson lespual tribute and a boss katans 50.
pedals i have are bought vintage tube monster.
diy pedals
ts-808
the rat
lovepedal jubilee
nyc big muff

going to due the MXR Custom Badass '78 Distortion next

looking for the heavy metal in your face pedal

So give me some feedback please

[Marcos - Munky]

There's no "best" distortion, they sound different and have different application. Also, there's the personal taste.

The bands you listed have different guitar sounds from each other, so you need at least 2 or 3 distortion pedals. I suggest you to search for stuff like Suhr Riot and Okko Dominator. Also, there was a Black Sabbath-like pedal released some time ago, don't remember the name right now (Sabbra Cadabra?).

[Kipper4]

Popcorn o'clock.

This comes up so often it's unreal. I'm sure I've said "What is theBEST etc..." a few times too.

As matey boy says there will s no BEST.

It all depends on many this.
Gear
Taste
Room
etc.....


If you'd like to try something rather simple and good sounding, why not take a look also at the box of rock.....
etc....


Do a forum search on it.
This place is a goldmine.
etc....



Did I say etc already.


Rich.

[Kipper4]

Popcorn. etc....

http://youtu.be/O7tc-O0lrnc

Edit.
For reference

Link to schematic from Fred.

http://revolutiondeux.blogspot.com/2012/01/zvex-box-of-rock.html

[mth5044]

What was that pedal that all the switches and could be tuned to a bunch of different circuits? Was it an Anderton schematic?

[Danich_ivanov]

Differential distortion is pretty cool. Although it might, or will require some tweaking.

[whomeno]

let me re ask that question again
what would be a go to pedal for each of the bands listed
I know there is no 1 great pedal that would do it all. or all pedal companies would go belly up.
I will look in to the box of rock

[Danich_ivanov]

You could also try stacking Big muff with any kind of od/dist.

[dschwartz]

Doesn't the boss katana amp have really great drive tones?

[BetterOffShred]

Deafbutpicky has a modified Sonic Titan layout called Kronos that's super dope and does a ton of different sounds.   

[Marcos - Munky]

What was that pedal that all the switches and could be tuned to a bunch of different circuits? Was it an Anderton schematic?

John Hollis' Omni Drive?
http://www.hollis.co.uk/john/circuits.html

[Mark Hammer]

Oh that's easy.  It's THAT one.  No, no, no, not that one over there, the OTHER one.  Yeah, just to the left.  No, not the brown one or the green one, but the taupe one.  Uh-huh.  That one.

But seriously, distortion is not only a matter of tonal taste, but also the rig it is intended to be inserted into.  So narrowing a choice down for those conditions is risky for the suggester.

Now, if your question was "What's a good distortion for a beginner to make?", that has some good candidates, in addition to much collective wisdom here.

So ask again.

[mth5044]

What was that pedal that all the switches and could be tuned to a bunch of different circuits? Was it an Anderton schematic?

John Hollis' Omni Drive?
http://www.hollis.co.uk/john/circuits.html

Right you are! I'd do that one