Todd's Secret Sauce To Achieve The Best Tone
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| + | == Introduction == | ||
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| + | I recently spent WADS of money buying a rack full of gear: | ||
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| + | Digitech GSP1101 with foot controller<br> | ||
| + | ROCKTRON Chameleon 2000<br> | ||
| + | 5 different overdrive boxes to try<br> | ||
| + | Rocktron velocity power amp<br> | ||
| + | Genz Benz 2x12 cab<br> | ||
| + | etc. | ||
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| + | And NONE OF IT can come even close to the tone I can get from overloud. IT's just shocking. I thought for sure I could build a live rig with my desired tone it with this gear. Nope. Now I"m thinking of running one of my ipad guitar sims on an effect loop with the gsp 1101. | ||
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| + | This has been a serious wake up call as to how much I"ve come to adore the tone I can get out of software vs the tone I can get with gear I know really well and used to think sounded killer. OBVIOUSLY, none of this gear is a KEMPER or AXE FX. But I've used these pieces before and been very happy with results. But...I"ve been seriously spoiled by overloud/amplitude/guitar rig after finding the secret sauce (adding a 20db boost active direct box, reducing 100hz at the mixer to kill flubby bass, etc.) I'm finding I really miss the software tone when I go to "real" gear that I used to adore. | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 31 July 2013
Introduction
I recently spent WADS of money buying a rack full of gear:
Digitech GSP1101 with foot controller
ROCKTRON Chameleon 2000
5 different overdrive boxes to try
Rocktron velocity power amp
Genz Benz 2x12 cab
etc.
And NONE OF IT can come even close to the tone I can get from overloud. IT's just shocking. I thought for sure I could build a live rig with my desired tone it with this gear. Nope. Now I"m thinking of running one of my ipad guitar sims on an effect loop with the gsp 1101.
This has been a serious wake up call as to how much I"ve come to adore the tone I can get out of software vs the tone I can get with gear I know really well and used to think sounded killer. OBVIOUSLY, none of this gear is a KEMPER or AXE FX. But I've used these pieces before and been very happy with results. But...I"ve been seriously spoiled by overloud/amplitude/guitar rig after finding the secret sauce (adding a 20db boost active direct box, reducing 100hz at the mixer to kill flubby bass, etc.) I'm finding I really miss the software tone when I go to "real" gear that I used to adore.
