Boost crunch tone
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Crunch tone as in rhytmn tone right?
if u did a boost...then wat u gonna do for solo..?use the same tone?
i think best to get the basic tone right..
What Moo recommend would do the trick..but..i would not go for that..
boost too much then u hv to deal with feedback problem.
wat pedal are u using? Eq ..or an Emg perhaps..
just a suggestion...
if u did a boost...then wat u gonna do for solo..?use the same tone?
i think best to get the basic tone right..
What Moo recommend would do the trick..but..i would not go for that..
boost too much then u hv to deal with feedback problem.
wat pedal are u using? Eq ..or an Emg perhaps..
just a suggestion...
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the pedals you mentioned are drive-based units, if you already like you current distortion tone, just want it to be louder/ thicker (like i do), you'd do well to check out the MXR Micro Amp which i'm using...
I don't man...though I'm very tempted to get the sd-1. I gathered from Boss' website that the sd-1 is the most natural sounding of its overdrive pedals, and I'm hoping it can offset the harshness of the GT-2 to give me a well-rounded tone. I'm not sure if it will work out though.
Hmmm.... you must understand the GT2 sounds harsher because of its modern voicing. Have you tried using the Classic mic? And lower your high on the GT2 just a bit... on the brit setting esp. Gets pretty smooth for crunch.
You CAN try to smoothen the tone out with an SD-1 with the SD-1's tone rolled down...
Do note, when you use a booster pedal, its always, more vol/level and less gain so you wouldn't have too much noise. And the gain on your GT2 might have to be lower too. Note I said, wouldn't have too much.
You can have no noise but that might not be enough gain for you.
You CAN try to smoothen the tone out with an SD-1 with the SD-1's tone rolled down...
Do note, when you use a booster pedal, its always, more vol/level and less gain so you wouldn't have too much noise. And the gain on your GT2 might have to be lower too. Note I said, wouldn't have too much.
You can have no noise but that might not be enough gain for you.I've tried the sd-1 but I prefer the OD-3 as a booster. It adds much more sustain than the sd-1 and imo it sounds much warmer and thicker. The marketing gimmicks of the boss website should be read with a pinch of salt! cause I preferred the OD-3 as it boosts my tone much better. I've yet to test the ts-9 re-issue but from what I've gathered from some who have tried it, they say its over-rated.
My suggestion is to purchase the market rate prices 2nd hand deals of the OD-3 ($80) and the Ts-9 ($100? perhaps more due to over-rated demand), test them out and resell the one you don't like at the price you bought it.
My suggestion is to purchase the market rate prices 2nd hand deals of the OD-3 ($80) and the Ts-9 ($100? perhaps more due to over-rated demand), test them out and resell the one you don't like at the price you bought it.
ShredCow said:The DS-1 will not give you nice crunch tone.
Acutally .... the modded ds-1 can give you a crunch tone ... if you got the Ta71xxxap chip ....
But ,,, if crunch and boost is wat you're looking for ...
i'd advice getting a 2nd hand Metalzone and modd the mids with a Seeing-Eye, by Randolf ~!
IT's my FAVOURITE PEDAL ~! from warm overdrive ~
TO really chrunchy distortion thrugh really really overdriven tubes (even on a solidstate amp) kinda sound like .... stack... ~!
very hard to describe ... but you've got the eq controls on the MT2 also .. so you can really get ur sound ~!
