Posted: 4/8/2013 6:28:43 AM EDT
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I play primarily P90 equipped guitars into an older Peavey Classic 30. We play heavy, bluesy rock and the only effects I use are a vintage Crybaby, an EQ in the FX loop and a Big Muff for a couple covers.
I'm looking for a bit of a boost for leads without coloring or shaping my tone. Most of the OD and boost pedals I've seen have that mid hump which sounds harsh to me. I've been checking out some YouTube vids and the MXR Micro Amp looks promising. Anything else I should check out? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I had a lot of trouble finding a good clean boost. Eventually I gave up since the sound was either colored too much or the boost wasn't enough. I settled on a Zakk Wylde OD with low gain and high volume settings (I don't use it this way anymore, but I enjoyed the color it gave my sound unlike most boosts do). However, I have a completely different philosophy about my sound. Instead of getting pedals that increase my volume, I just play at a louder volume and use my guitar volume (getting the right pots can make or break this) and my volume pedal to match volume. I have a chunk of wood on my heel down position that sets my volume at about 90% of total volume. My reasoning for this is that I like the sound my amp makes and I like it even more when it is louder. So, I crank my amp to the level I want my leads to be and then bring back the volume for my rhythms. The signal degradation isn't enough to make my rhythm sound weaker, just quieter. YMMV based on your amp. ETA: Boosta Grande is pretty solid, IMHO. |
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I had a lot of trouble finding a good clean boost. Eventually I gave up since the sound was either colored too much or the boost wasn't enough. I settled on a Zakk Wylde OD with low gain and high volume settings (I don't use it this way anymore, but I enjoyed the color it gave my sound unlike most boosts do). However, I have a completely different philosophy about my sound. Instead of getting pedals that increase my volume, I just play at a louder volume and use my guitar volume (getting the right pots can make or break this) and my volume pedal to match volume. I have a chunk of wood on my heel down position that sets my volume at about 90% of total volume. My reasoning for this is that I like the sound my amp makes and I like it even more when it is louder. So, I crank my amp to the level I want my leads to be and then bring back the volume for my rhythms. The signal degradation isn't enough to make my rhythm sound weaker, just quieter. YMMV based on your amp.
ETA: Boosta Grande is pretty solid, IMHO. I do the same thing with a volume pedal. However, I use a Morely volume that has a knob to set that amount of volume reduction you want. So I can Dial in a maximum of 10% or any other amount of reduction for a full stroke of the pedal. For a clean boost I'm liking the "boost" setting on my Boss OD-20 pedal. It's fairly transparent unless you start dailing in huge amounts of boost. For that extra 5-10% to boost a solo I'm finding it quite effective. The downside is it's a digital pedal which is hard for this dedicated tube head to accept. (But it is a good sounding pedal overall even if it's digital.  )
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How about a plain old MXR EQ pedal? Just bring the volume slider up 3dB and leave the EQ flat. That's an idea. I have been thinking of replacing the 7 band EQ in my FX loop with an MXR 10 band so I could just my old DOD as a boost. I was having a problem with attenuation in the loop on my TSL.....threw a 10 band MXR in there and bring the volume up to compensate. It also has gain, so I can add a little 'dirt' and get a nice solo boost if I want that as well. Of course, I also run a FullDrive II in front of the amp....can do a clean boost there as well, but I wanted that purely for OD. |