Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Pearl DS-06 Distortion Effects Pedal

The Pearl Distortion Effects Pedal DS-06 is a very rare distortion pedal. Pearl are more famous for their drums but in this pedal they combined a strong distortion sound with a 6 mode Parametric EQ to make an intriguing and useful little number.

Pearl Distortion DS-06 Effects Pedal

We had one of these for sale a while back, and it took a lot longer to sell than we expected. Was the price too high? Or is it because most people don’t know about these pedals? They have a really warm 80’s style distortion sound which is great for alternative rock. It is quite quiet, so it is best early in your chain, but the eq makes this pedal really stand out.

From the Pearl brochure about the DS-06 Distortion Pedal:

    The Distortion creates heavy distorted sound. Pearl DS-06 has our original “Spectrum Control” which can create the heavy-metallic sounds and provides better sound projection by adding higher sound spectrum (over-tones) to fundamental distortion tones.

Controls:

 

Spectrum Mode: used to select the spectrum to be added. This control is also effective for modifying tone color.
Spectrum Level: adjusts the level of spectrum to be added on.
Out Level: adjusts the output level of the effected signal when effect is on.
Distortion: adjusts the amount of distortion.
Here is another DS-06 up for auction at Yahoo auctions: Pearl Distortion Effects Pedal DS-06 auction.

Pearl Distortion DS-06 Effects Pedal

With 2 days to go, the buy it now price is 8925 yen – about $90. Although with the American dollar doing its best cover of the AC/DC classic Hell or High Water, and the Japanese Yen correspondingly playing Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven (if you get what I mean, the dollar is going down, the yen up), these pedals are going to get more expensive for our friends across the Pacific.
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One Comment on “Pearl DS-06 Distortion Effects Pedal”

  1. Mar 17, 2008 - 8:17 am
    Tham

    This was one of the worst distortion effects I had bought.

    I had one in 1986, and gave up on it after a few gigs.

    The distortion is thin and lifeless. No matter what way
    I turned the Spectrum knob, it made hardly any difference.

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