distortion pedals

hi all i want your opinions on the boss ds-1 distortion pedal vs the rat pedal. or any onther advice on what distortion pedal to use, im more of a classic rock, not much into heavy metal i heard the rat pedal the other day and was impressed with it, but not the price kind of high for my budget, ,but anyway im looking for something decent with a decent price, thanks and ROCK ON!!!!

Well, first of all. If you are into classic rock, I would consider overdrive pedals. I have the boss ds-1 and the boss sd-1 (overdrive). I play almost 100% classic rock and find the overdrive to be the most useful, but still use the ds-1. And it is very cheap too. If you still want distortion, then I would definitely pay the bills to get the rat. I got both the ds-1 and sd-1 because of my slightly different musical taste, and the low prices but I now wish that I would have maybe just gotten a ts-9 or something along those lines because overdrive can handle any classic rock sounds. If you want more gain from overdrive, then turn on your amps gain aswell. You really have to overlook price and go for quality of the sound. To sum that up.....Look into overdrive, and don't worry about price, because you really just need quality no matter the price.(to a certain point) If you still want distortion, i would suggest the rat.

OD-20 is the answer to all your (and everyone else's) overdrive and distortion problems! seriously!

if not, then I'd go with weslaba on this and go with overdrive. though I'd take an sd-1 over a tubescreamer for classic rock. the sd-2 doesn't sound half bad either (this is going by the models on my OD-20, which may or may not be perfect replicas.. though they sound pretty damn good)

the boss ds-1 is a great pedal, and i like the price of it because im poor ;)

The Ibanez TS-9 is apparently a great one. My personal fave is the Boss MT2 Metal Zone pedal, but, as the name suggests, it's more suited to heavy metal than classic rock.