Overdrive Before Amp Distortion?! |
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Overdrive Before Amp Distortion?! |
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Nov 5 2014, 12:40 PM |
Hi guys, Im just experimenting with EQ'ing, and quite a few people are saying an overdrive (Tubescreamer) at the end of the chain can tighten up distorted tones and 'pre-EQ'. Can someone let me know what this is all about? Why would i want to put extra distortion before my amp distortion? Surely that would cake my tone in mud, and ruin everything? EDIT - cutting the drive on the pedal and cranking the output - Is that gonna fry anything inside the amp? Will i end up with my tubes being toasted and blown? Thanks, -B When I owned a Mesa Triple Rectifier I ran Guitar > Boost (Ibanez TS9) > NoiseGate > Amp. Then the settings on my boost was drive off, tone noon, volume full on. It tightened it up a lot. It actually sounded the way you heard it in records and such this way. A boost can be dirty or even sparkly clean. It could add more tonal options. Like say your cleans you toss it in, might make it brighter. You can add some distortion to it and give it a nice fuzzy blues rock sound. Add in some gain and dial the fuzz out get a nice classic rock sound. Go full blown gain on the amp take the drive down get a nice chug, add a bit of drive mud up the tone for a lead while having some super high gain. If you ran the amp at 100% it could as you would be distorting the speakers which is bad. But then again you shouldn't really ever push an amp to 11. That goes with any electronics, it will heat everything up on the boards and cause issues after long periods of use. This post has been edited by SpaseMoonkey: Nov 5 2014, 12:40 PM -------------------- Guitars:
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Nov 6 2014, 08:20 PM |
Although from another point of view(not totally but closely related), we actually shared info about this at this topic; https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...c=53302&hl=
A new practice studio opened where I live, I didn't visit yet but today 2-3 guitar players were discussing how the Mesa Mark V was so (too) full sounding and how they tried to balanced it with their pedals. What was interesting was (these guys go to gigs regularly and have some students, one has pretty much everything petrucci has in his rig ) while I was listening noticed they tried more dist. pedal settings than eq's (on amp or pedal) to balance their tones. This is actually more of a guitarist thing than studio, and usually though recommendations are the best starting points, experiment+experience is the best teacher. This post has been edited by Mertay: Nov 6 2014, 08:20 PM |
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Nov 8 2014, 04:52 PM |
The HD500x is the floor unit right? Isn't the Pod Pro X the "rack" unit? Either way I'm glad to hear you have found your tone!! It's a big and sometimes daunting quest But it's a journey worth taking. Cheers bro. Still perfecting it, but im on the right track now. This is the POD i used: http://l6c-acdn.line6.net/data/6/0a0643391.../jpeg/file.jpeg |
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Nov 10 2014, 10:10 AM |
That's one of the best units they make so your in good shape You can always run a booster in front of it and it will let you reduce the gain setting on the distortion for the rack unit and keep more clarity on your signal. But you can always use the boost pedal inside the fx unit as well keep going your making great progress!
Cheers bro. Still perfecting it, but im on the right track now.
This is the POD i used: http://l6c-acdn.line6.net/data/6/0a0643391.../jpeg/file.jpeg |
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