The Watering Hole

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http://www.catalinbread.com/DLS.html

I just picked up one of these in a trade and I really dig this as a OD/Clean Boost pedals.  My fav 2 sounds are as follows:  

-Channel 1 on Duende with gain dimed, kick DLS on with gain turned up.  Pushes that channel into aggressive Plexi territory real quick.  
-Channel 2 on Duende with gain around noon, kick on DLS as clean booster .  With this setting I can come close to the sound Alex Lifeson of Rush got on the song, "Limelight."  Maybe a hair more gain than Alex, but it's close enough for me.  This sound was my fav.  Lots of complexity in the sound when playing chords further up the neck.

The Rock/RAWK switch gives the pedal a little more bawls, whether used as a boost or OD.

It also doesn't have the mid-hump of the TScreamer type.  

Now I didn't quite like it as much when I turned the gain up on the Channel 2.  Little too loose with that setting.  
I haven't tried one, but tons of good press at TGP.  VERY popular pedal there.  
Dearthian: — May 17, 2010 With this setting I can come close to the sound Alex Lifeson of Rush got on the song, "Limelight."  


Always loved that tone.  Didn't he get it by dual-amping a clean tone behind the crunchier tone?