what is a good distortion pedal to get the general sounds of the following bands?
March 22010
disturbed
metallica
three days grace
korn
You’re never gonna get the exact sounds of those bands with just one pedal. Head and Munky of Korn have been known to use as many as 7 pedals in combination. Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield have an arsonal of effects at their disposal as do all of the other guitarists you’re trying to emulate. Not to sound repetative, but I’ve had awesome luck using my Zoom G2.1u multi-effects pedal. It not only has the ability to string together overdrive, phazers and flangers at the same time, but it also has an expression pedal for a wah, volume or gain control. To start with, a good distortion/overdrive pedal will give you a foot in the door. After that I would reccomend a phaser, flanger or a wah pedal. Play around and have fun.
DIGITECH RP50
Photo Genic Les Paul Guitar×2(pu Dimarzio PAF and Super Distortion)