Tahoebrian5
Fractal Fanatic
If this thread is about drive pedal heaven, then this video is drive pedal hell
If you want to try using a Marshall amp as a pedal platform amp, try lowering the treble around 0 on the amp. Works wonders. Some Marshall amp and cab combinations just have way too much treble on the tap for clean sounds unless you’re using the amp to provide the drive and just boost it with a boost pedal. Just had to suggest one of my artists to do this with his JCM800 and 4x10 1965 w/ G10-L35’s and he’s been sounding glorious ever since.
Drop a metal fork into a running meat grinder - that would faster/cheaper way to find out.PS:
Tempting... just to see what it sounds like!
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Jam Ray with Deluxe as well100%. The smoothness and meatiness of my two live preset drives stacked is
BB Pre (A)/ACB (B) + Jam Ray ----> AC-20 (A)/ODS-100 HRM (B)
That’s true. I also keep the presence down on cleaner tones. Switching off the bright cap of course works, but then you lose some of the gain charasteristics of the amp if you want to drive the amp without pedals.I kept the treble around 3-4, but the presence stayed at 0.
The eq controls on a jcm800 don't cover a lot in their sweeps (for those tinkering with settings).
What makes you think a pedal is more compressed than an amp in overdrive, out of curiosity?
A completely forgettable distortion into a solid state Crate 1x12 was also my introduction to guitar. If you are looking for a way to completely turn a kid off to playing electric guitar, this is the answer!I bought one drive pedal when I first got into guitar. It was a black MXR Distortion+. Hated the thing. Sounded like a can of bees. Of course I was playing it through a solid-state Crate so...
I learned this from Satriani, years ago. He said when he wants less dynamic range, he uses pedals - like when tracking to pre-recorded loops, or if he is doing a radio spot where being fully dynamic causes as many problems as it solves at the board.What makes you think a pedal is more compressed than an amp in overdrive, out of curiosity?
My very first pedal was also an MXR Distortion+ (mustard version). I paid $20 for it at my neighbor's garage sale in probably 1980. The only way I liked it was to run it into my amp (also a Crate... CR112!!) set to overdrive. That drive-on-drive thing was so weird and inspiring. I'd play thick power chord rhythms along with my Double Platinum LP. I was hooked, though in retrospect I cannot imagine what it sounded like in terms of tone!!!
To this day, one thing I listen for in a sim is the sound of the drive as my fingers squeak on the wound strings the first thing I noticed about this update was the dynamic liveliness of the sounds. They just sound and feel better "all over".
Only thing that sucks right now is that since the storm last week, our power has gone off and on dozens of times, so I am really reluctant to leave any gear powered on. I actually have my Axe-Fx on a UPS.
PS:
Tempting... just to see what it sounds like!
https://reverb.com/item/34653739-mx...9.xZOOalNALd4mlRanzaNPbysz1jRoy_EFQ9EKFZsetvE
https://reverb.com/item/34976809-cr...9.QyBndiZlW4Wf9467ddaNLwo5oHJvs2pKrG5Ow2XzZlo
Switching off the bright cap of course works, but then you lose some of the gain charasteristics of the amp if you want to drive the amp without pedals.
Me too - started off with the Crate G10 and the DOD FX56 I think. Then I graduated to a Crate G60 (with the fuzz on it!) and a Boss ME5. HahaA completely forgettable distortion into a solid state Crate 1x12 was also my introduction to guitar. If you are looking for a way to completely turn a kid off to playing electric guitar, this is the answer!
I didn't have a Distortion+ until later.My very first pedal was also an MXR Distortion+ (mustard version).
I didn't have a Distortion+ until later.
My first attempt at the overdriven sounds I heard on records was to hook up a load resistor to the speaker out of my Danelectro head, and plug in into my Bassman. Made me very happy at the time
I'm really digging parallel drive paths with two different types of drives, fuzz and FET for example.Anyone else loving this update as much as I am? I've always been a "pedal platform" player.
The way I use drive blocks is to run two of them in series. One low gain, one low/med gain. Use both for "more". Try it!
Any chance of getting that Crate modeled? Some people like the box of bees with all the requests for the HM-2. LoLAs I stated before I never used pedals in all my years of playing live. I bought one drive pedal when I first got into guitar. It was a black MXR Distortion+. Hated the thing. Sounded like a can of bees. Of course I was playing it through a solid-state Crate so...
That said I've been experimenting with the drives into various cleanish amps and really digging some of them. Into a Deluxe Reverb or Twin Reverb is doing it for me.
Having worshipped at the double-TS9 altar of Trey Anastasio for 30 years, I've long enjoyed stacking drive pedals to achieve layers and levels of gain on top of a nice, clean tone. From my early Standard and Ultra days I've thought Fractal models have done stacking well-enough, but with the drive overhaul firmware in Ares 3.02 and the work that's gone on in the III drive block it's no longer close enough. It's there. Stacking is glorious, as good as it ever was in my analog board days, possibly even better because I don't have to deal with finicky input and output impedences on esoteric fuzz boxes to get them to play nice together.Anyone else loving this update as much as I am? I've always been a "pedal platform" player.
The way I use drive blocks is to run two of them in series. One low gain, one low/med gain. Use both for "more". Try it!
I like to feed parallel drives with the crossover block. Fun to have fuzz on the low notes and distortion on the high notes.I'm really digging parallel drive paths with two different types of drives, fuzz and FET for example.