Boosting Up My Solos |
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Oct 16 2009, 01:24 AM
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Making a solo louder" wont always make it stand more out in a livesetting.
As Artemus said, boosting frequencies will probably sound way better. An EQ pedal might do the trick instead of boosters. But again, there's probably a million opinions on this. But personally i prefer the frequency-boost instead of volume-boost. -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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Oct 16 2009, 08:45 AM
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QUOTE (jonathan @ Oct 16 2009, 01:54 AM)  Hi everyone! I'm trying to decide between two types of pedals right now, a booster pedal such as the RC booster from xotic effects or an overdrive pedal like the boss OD-3. I bassically just want to increase the volume of my guitar when playing a solo so it can be louder than the rythm guitar, what do u suggest? cheers  It's not granted an OD pedal will work the way you expect it to if you're looking to boost solos. Like Trond I will suggest you get an EQ pedal with a dB boost, like the Boss seven band eq pedal has. Add mid frequencies and boost the signal some when you play solo, that will make it stick out and raise the volume without distorting the signal. Try the EQ pedal both infront of the amp and in the loop to see, or hear, what you think is better. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Oct 16 2009, 09:26 AM
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I guess it's depending on what kind of music You play, but I have alway's done it by turning down the volume on the guitar itself for backing and then turn it up for a solo. When having two sounds, eg. a "clean" sound and a distorted, You can get three sounds by turning down the guitars volume on the distorted sound, making it "crunchy"....
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Oct 16 2009, 03:27 PM
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For the use you mentioned I think this pedal will do the job very well!
Its the MXR Micro Amp pedal. Many use it live. http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=pr.../pip&id=253 
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