Can someone tell me what brand makes affordable and decent distortion pedals or where to get them? Thanks.

Boss makes nice distortion pedals. Don't go with DOD or Zoom for god's sake, Korg and Digitech are fine for multi effects, if that's what youre going for. I can make a few recommendations for pedals though.

1-Boss DS-1
2-ProCo Rat
3-Ibanez Tubescreamer

Those are pedals you won't regret using later on, and they are versatile enough to change as your tone and taste changes.

Atomic

I Like a good BOSS Blues Driver for overdrive- great for leads and such.
But try stuff out, see what you like. As Atomic said though, DON'T get a DOD or a Zoom.

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Thanks. Hopefully you guys have saved me some money. I appreciate it.

They are the "Best-Bang-For-the-Buck" IMO. I own that, the Blues Driver and the Tube Screamer. So if moneys and issue try that one out.

Ibanez Smash Box.

runs 230 CDN with tax in.

id only reccomend it for stuff like korn, limp, Finger eleven.

stuff that has dirty sounding guitar tones.

you can beat this pedal at that tho

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You should save some money and get ibanez tube king, which is the best distortion / overdrive pedal...
at least that's what i was told, by the only nice guitar salesman i've ever known

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