drunton
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I should be practicing but I have been spending a lot of time refining my rig and trying different settings. I have been a rackmount guy for a long time but recently switched to a Boss GT8. I didn't think things were bad until I dusted off the pedals and started playing with them - wow, what a difference... All the 3-dimensionality of tube amps, that I love, has returned. So, now I am adding to my pedals to get back to what I need for the song selections and playing around with effect order, etc.
Pedals: 70's Crybaby, Boss SD-1, Boss CS-3, Korg PMX 4-channel pedal box (analog delay, chorus, flanger, EQ), Boss GigaDelay, Boss RV5
These experiments have been with an American Deluxe Strat with Noiseless pickups.
Here's the predicament when I plug these effects in this order into the front of the amp, all sounds fine, yeah, a little tone suck, but not bad, easy to EQ it away. When I plug-in GTR->Wah->SD-1 into the front and the rest in the series effects loop the tone loss is significant. Volume is lower and a lot of the crispness, string definition is gone.
I have both an RM50 and an RM4 to try this on, and both seem to act the same. I am just in a bedroom, so I am using 6ft or less cables, stage would have to be longer. Modules tried are Blackface, Top Boost, Plexi. All set for fairly clean to a bit edgy with or without the SD-1 on, and an SL+ with medium distortion
To get my lead boost I planned on the Korg EQ in the effects loop, but not at this tone loss price. It will just have to be pedal distortions/overdrives and clean sounds from the modules where the EQ will still boost things.
BTW: I am not a big fan of adding exciters (BBE, Aphex) or any other "tube sweeteners" - these are just band-aids.
Anyone else tried this? suggestions? Will I even notice this when the drummer starts playing - (am I being anal about it)?
Pedals: 70's Crybaby, Boss SD-1, Boss CS-3, Korg PMX 4-channel pedal box (analog delay, chorus, flanger, EQ), Boss GigaDelay, Boss RV5
These experiments have been with an American Deluxe Strat with Noiseless pickups.
Here's the predicament when I plug these effects in this order into the front of the amp, all sounds fine, yeah, a little tone suck, but not bad, easy to EQ it away. When I plug-in GTR->Wah->SD-1 into the front and the rest in the series effects loop the tone loss is significant. Volume is lower and a lot of the crispness, string definition is gone.
I have both an RM50 and an RM4 to try this on, and both seem to act the same. I am just in a bedroom, so I am using 6ft or less cables, stage would have to be longer. Modules tried are Blackface, Top Boost, Plexi. All set for fairly clean to a bit edgy with or without the SD-1 on, and an SL+ with medium distortion
To get my lead boost I planned on the Korg EQ in the effects loop, but not at this tone loss price. It will just have to be pedal distortions/overdrives and clean sounds from the modules where the EQ will still boost things.
BTW: I am not a big fan of adding exciters (BBE, Aphex) or any other "tube sweeteners" - these are just band-aids.
Anyone else tried this? suggestions? Will I even notice this when the drummer starts playing - (am I being anal about it)?