Yknow, the DS-1 always finds it's way back to my board.
Excuse the mess, but I'm constantly moving things around, and it's kind of pointless for cable management. As much hate as the ds-1 gets, I've found it's very rare to find another drive that nails the sound I'm sometimes looking for. It's just the right amount of mud/tight/clean to stick right in the middle of my drives. I thought I'd be able to replace it with the YDR. I love that pedal, and i have plenty of uses for it, but it doesn't do what the ds-1 can do when stacking drives. It's the perfect pedal for 90's alternative like STP or QOTSA but also can tighten up enough to do early 00's progish rock like Coheed and Cambria. I definitely think a ds1 is a good pedal to have for a rainy day/backup. Currently, playing STP and the chain is a percolator>EP preamp>ds1> a little bit of chorus from the blue hippo, mild delay from the dm2w to fatten it some more, and a subtle spring tank from the pathways . I'd like to know what some of you guys think about the ds1 and what way you use it.