Where should boosters be in the chain?
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relinquish69
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its entirely up to you where to place it as there is no "by right" way of doing it. its your preference but I would prefer placing a booster at the end to compensate the vol loss after placing so many pedals in front of it.
Whitestrat
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I always put it AFTER the main distortion units. Even if you have more than one in the chain (like me), the booster one is the last gain pedal to leave the gain chain, and BEFORE entering the modulation chain. But just remember that if you do this, then your resultant tone is one that's affected by that booster pedal.
Just to add on - Explore the various boosters. Op amps & transistors, clean & dirty, EQ-able & not-EQ-able, etc
You'll be surprised how they change your tone.
There are boosters (usually single mosfet trannys or a SHO) that can turn a smooth humbucker driven dirty tone into a biting, bluesy grind - and they do that via pre-gain placement!
Its really very interesting.
You'll be surprised how they change your tone.
There are boosters (usually single mosfet trannys or a SHO) that can turn a smooth humbucker driven dirty tone into a biting, bluesy grind - and they do that via pre-gain placement!
Its really very interesting.
Whitestrat
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Eh... what happens if you use a fuzz as a booster? Do you get fuzztortion???:mrgreen:
KennethC
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Actually, yes. With the fuzz's gain set on low, you can get a smooth (almost violin-like, depending on which fuzz/distn combo you use) singing lead tone that still retains some hair/grit. Very nice, fuzz n distn tog.
Whitestrat
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Woah! Truth in a pun bun!
Nice one Mr Whitestrat!
You like???:mrgreen:
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