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Hey all
I have always been an overdrive from amp type of guy and the most extreme I tend to go is a boost in front to tighten things up and drive the front end. I have taken this practice into the Axe with great results.
I am feeling a little sterile in finding tones that I like that are not the tones I have always used (JCM/Mesa etc) and I want to explore a new way of doing things to expand my tones. At this juncture I use 2 amps in the Axe, zero effects outside of a small amount of delay/reverb and I feel the unit deserves a better owner lol.
When I have tried pedals into clean amps it has always sounded uninspiring and I KNOW this is down to my lack of experience. A good example of this is I love the sound of a good Fuzz pedal, owned a few but always sent them back as I just can not dial them in.
I woke up yesterday and found @yek fantastic post on distortion pedals and this was just too good a timing to pass up on.
I am a rock/hard rock kind of player, I love the JCM800 as it’s a classic sound that just rings right for me and pairing that with a Mesa for the oomph just sounds fantastic. I do like that stoner fuzz sound too for those single note riffs but have never been able to achieve it.
So I have a few questions for you Overdrive/Pedal users:
What amp would make a good clean platform for taking pedals? I hear the AC20/30 are great pedal platform amps but is that true of any amp?
What pedals would be a good starting point to get you into this range of sound?
How do you go about dialling in the amp? Is the best way to dial in a nice clean sound or is it better to get an edge of break up so you have more variation?
When you look at compression, it is usually better to use a few compressors subtly than 1 compressor heavily. Does this principle apply to distortion pedals?
I know there will possibly be some replies that say “stay with amp distortion if it works” and I do absolutely get that, and to be fair I may just end up back there anyway. I just feel I am missing out on a lot of tones and I am interested in making something mine.
Cheers all in advance
Mike
I have always been an overdrive from amp type of guy and the most extreme I tend to go is a boost in front to tighten things up and drive the front end. I have taken this practice into the Axe with great results.
I am feeling a little sterile in finding tones that I like that are not the tones I have always used (JCM/Mesa etc) and I want to explore a new way of doing things to expand my tones. At this juncture I use 2 amps in the Axe, zero effects outside of a small amount of delay/reverb and I feel the unit deserves a better owner lol.
When I have tried pedals into clean amps it has always sounded uninspiring and I KNOW this is down to my lack of experience. A good example of this is I love the sound of a good Fuzz pedal, owned a few but always sent them back as I just can not dial them in.
I woke up yesterday and found @yek fantastic post on distortion pedals and this was just too good a timing to pass up on.
I am a rock/hard rock kind of player, I love the JCM800 as it’s a classic sound that just rings right for me and pairing that with a Mesa for the oomph just sounds fantastic. I do like that stoner fuzz sound too for those single note riffs but have never been able to achieve it.
So I have a few questions for you Overdrive/Pedal users:
What amp would make a good clean platform for taking pedals? I hear the AC20/30 are great pedal platform amps but is that true of any amp?
What pedals would be a good starting point to get you into this range of sound?
How do you go about dialling in the amp? Is the best way to dial in a nice clean sound or is it better to get an edge of break up so you have more variation?
When you look at compression, it is usually better to use a few compressors subtly than 1 compressor heavily. Does this principle apply to distortion pedals?
I know there will possibly be some replies that say “stay with amp distortion if it works” and I do absolutely get that, and to be fair I may just end up back there anyway. I just feel I am missing out on a lot of tones and I am interested in making something mine.
Cheers all in advance
Mike