I have an 8-string guitar. Naturally, after I bought this beast, I wanted to learn songs that incorporate it well. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to do so because said songs are rather complicated, but I have been able to write some cool riffs here and there based in the Drop E tuning.
The problem I'm having is getting a low gain sound, while still retaining the tight feel of higher gain. Don't get me wrong, the silky-smooth, milky distortion is AMAZING, but I want to have the "djent" tone in my arsenal, and I haven't quite gotten it yet.
I have a decent amount of gear. It's listed as follows:
My signal chain:
Schecter Omen-8 (DiMarzio DiActivator Pickups) -> ENGL E530 Tube Preamp -> Peavey Classic 50/50 Power Amp -> Carvin 1x12 Micro Cab
Other Gear:
Line 6 POD Pro (The original one)
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Boss Compressor
MXR 10-band EQ
I was thinking about using the tube screamer in front of my preamp to make it sound tighter, and the MXR in the FX loop to get an extra mid-boost. I can't really try this at the moment, because my pedals are at a different house, but would this work the way I hope? I KNOW that the Line 6 can get a very djenty tone on it's own, but I don't like the idea of using solid-state in my rig mostly because the only tone I CAN get out of that thing is djent. Don't get me wrong, it's a badass preamp, but you get what you pay for, and I only paid $200 for it. Floorboard included. It's also got a lot of that solid state sound in it and it's just all-in-all not a great modeler compared to an HD. Anyone looking to buy it?
$180 board included.
In all honesty, I'm stumped, though. I've heard BK Pickups would get me an amazing djent tone, but I'm not all too convinced that new pickups would give me THAT much of a difference. Sure, the sound might be slightly more compressed, but I'm stuck on the DiActivators because of their milky tone. Like I said, the tone I do get is amazing, I just wanna play some math metal. XD
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