Some sloppy Rickenbacker/Gainster Blues.

Much fun.

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/BlueRic.mp3

Mmm . . . Fuzz.

I'm a big fan of a good Fuzz Face. Fortunately, every fancy pants boutique effect manufacturer and his dog sells a version, so you don't have to make your own.

Here's a few that are quite nice:

The Canadian Made MJM London Fuzz & London Fuzz II.

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/BluFuzz.mp3

These are neat fuzzes that have the unique virtue of including an adapter jack. Like the original fuzz faces, they vary considerably unit to unit. I have owned 5 of them, and each sounds very noticably different. The above clip is the best of the bunch - a particularly hot London Fuzz built into a custom painted blue Arbiter Fuzz Face shell.

The Alfonso Hermida Modded Fuzz Face

The same Alf Hermida of Zendrive fame once upon a time had a habit of modding fuzz faces. I had the pleasure of owning a blue one of his that produced a fine classic growl:

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/BlueFF.mp3

The FoxRox Fuzz Foot

Super Rockin' is an understatement. This has got to be the finest fuzz face style fuzz currently in production. It's available as one of the three pedals of the FoxRox Captain Coconut 2, and is soon to be available as a standalone. Even though I already have a CC2, I'll be sure to pickup another one of these. The clips below use the Hot Silicon Fuzz Card

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/FoxRox.mp3
http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/FoxRox4.mp3
http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/FoxRox5.mp3

The Crest Audio Fuzz Face

This is by far my favorite fuzz, of all that I have heard. The Crest Audio Fuzz Face was designed and manufactured by Dave Fox of Foxrox Electronics fame when he worked for Crest Audio during the 80s. At some point, you should check out the full story from the horse's mouth. At any rate, this is magical. It has a unique smoothness and cleans up brilliantly.

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/FaceFuzz2.mp3
http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/FaceFuzz3.mp3
http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/FaceFuzz4.mp3
http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/FaceFuzz5.mp3
http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/FaceFuzz6.mp3

Euthymia Crucible Fuzz

This is a current production unit that claims to be a clone of the fabled Crest Audio Fuzz Face made by Dave Fox. I have 2 of them, and I'd say the Crest Audio tone is 95% there. What's nice about these is the price, a mere $125 from the good folx at Tonefactor.
Unfortunately the one clip I made of this pedal has a badly out of tune note, and its too embarrasing to post.
. . .
Ok, you talked me into it, but don't say I didn't warn you. http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/CompFuzz.mp3

The Clark Gainster was made for Rickenbackers.

Just picked up another Rickenbacker - a 660. A fine instrument with enough fingerboard space for normal sized hands.

Its perfect compliment is the large box, handwired Clark Gainster.

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/RicGainst.mp3

The Doc!

Line 6 has this pedal called Dr. Distorto. I find the distortion sound that it produces largely unremarkable. However, this pedal has a neat feedback feature that works without the distortion if you wish. Has a very fusion-style synth thing that makes for great fun clean or with other distortion boxes.

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/TheDoc.mp3

Cheapo Behringer Pedals

These are great. $20-30 bucks brand new, and available pretty much everywhere. They sound just fine to my ears:

here's the Acoustic Simulator:

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/Ac.mp3

The Blues Overdrive (lots of gain on tap here!)

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/BerBlues.mp3

The Vintage Distortion (Sounds as good as a lot of $100+ boutique BMP clones, and its surprisingly quiet):

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/Vinnach.mp3

Fulltone FDII 10th Anniversary MOSFET.

A cool pedal. The MOSFET mode adds some bass and treble, and perhaps a bit more gain. Not a dramatic change from the original, but to me it has an improved tone.

This clip features the Mosfet mode exclusively

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/FDII10.mp3

Alf Hermida Zendrive

An extremely popular pedal these days. Well worth the wait and the $150. One of the few drive pedals out there that actually is unique.

Here it is with the ol' Tim pedal - another fine choice if you like pedals that sound like your amp, cranked.

http://www.inrerocknroll.com/tunes/ZenTim.mp3