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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Parker22nd" data-source="post: 160091" data-attributes="member: 4069"><p>I have a BE/BB but I've never played the Judge so all I can do is add my 2 cents about the BE/BB.  The BB side of that amp has a beautiful clean tone but I agree the BE side could use a little more gain - it's great for a classic rock/hair metal tone or an Alice in Chains tone if you turn the gain all the way up.  But it takes pedals like a champ and the pedals I have on my board (other than my Mesa Toneburst, which is always-on as a clean boost) are cheap pedals to add occasional character:  Donner Dark Mouse (Rat Clone), Donner Sytlish Fuzz (Big Muff Clone) and DOD Boneshaker (for a bearded stoner tone).  All of those pedals bring the gain up while adding their character to that tone so if you haven't already ran an overdrive or distortion pedal into the front end of the BE side of the preamp, try it.  My other module (Engl Savage) gives me all the gain I need for rhythm but I like to use the BE/BB (with the BE gain at 3 o clock, bass at noon, mid at 1:30 and treble at 3 o clock) with the Dark Mouse/Rat distortion barely up (like 8:30) and the filter at noon for leads (I have some delay and a noise gate going on in the effects loop of my TC electronics G Major).</p></blockquote><p></p>