Question re: Unity Gain at 3

[serialninja]

my MXR Distortion+ only hits unity gain at the 3 o'clock point on the output knob...is there a way to mod this or something?

i find that when i use it at home with my little practice amp my distorted volume relative to the clean sound is fine when maxed out, but in a band setting even at full gain and volume output it sounds like there's a volume drop. could this have anything to do with using it in a pedalboard vs standalone?

i'm running all my pedals on a Godlyke power supply, so no batteries involved here.

thanks for any light you can shed on this!

cheers,
dharma

 

[gsonique]

No worries there buddy as long as you get unity and a bit more.
The MXR Distortion+ is a simple single stage opamp clipper without a second stage for boost.
Just put a clean booster after for muchness

 

[serialninja]

thanks man....i don't have a clean boost pedal so...there's nothing i can do with the pedal itself to give it more volume so it doesn't sound like there's a volume drop in a band setting?

 

[gsonique]

You can insert a simple boost in the pedal itself ...like a mod.
If this is your only dirt pedal ...
1) play your amp loud and kick in the mxr to taste ...
2) use a simple EQ pedal after to bring level up....
3) get rid of it ....pen knife the speaker :twisted:

 

[edder]

thanks man....i don't have a clean boost pedal so...there's nothing i can do with the pedal itself to give it more volume so it doesn't sound like there's a volume drop in a band setting?

can... you can change the clipping diodes to LED but that will change the sound itself, but definitely will be louder.

 

[serialninja]

ah ok...so i can't get any volume difference short of doing a mod?

i couldn't just saaaaay...put it right at the start of my effects chain? would that make any difference?

 

[edder]

i doubt so but dunno till you've tried!

where is it now in your chain?

 

[serialninja]

at the moment it's Wireless >>> Korg DT10 Tuner >>> Vox Wah >>> MXR Distortion+ >>> Seekz custom Dharma's Love Boxxx Splitter/Overdrive >>> Kimjaw Soniq Overdrive/Distortion >>> Line6 Echopark >>> DOD Digital Delay/Sampler >>> Amp

 

[edder]

placement wouldn't make a difference here.