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Post by Ripper on Jan 23, 2006 13:38:50 GMT -5
Why do guitarists add overdrive or distortion pedals to their amps?...I see alot of musicians using beautiful Marshall amps, which in my opinion are the Holy Grail of rock style amplification. Is the gain not enough as it is?
Is it tweaking? You know, a little Marshall distortion and a little Boss ( or whatever pedal ) distortion combined to achieve a new level of breakup? Lets face it, no one wants thier sound too muddy. All I use is the gain thats on my Marshall...nothing else. I can turn it up full or back it off. Am I missing something?
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Post by UnklMickey on Jan 23, 2006 15:22:11 GMT -5
because it's easy.
my favorite configuration is to have something like a vintage fender super or twin or a roland jc for the cleans and a deluxe or smaller for the means.
an a/b switch gets you instant access to either.
if you're in a big enough room, a small amp can be run hard enough to get some tasty power-amp distortion.
even a champ can be way too much for a small room, though.
so lots of folks go to pre-amp distortion with a clean boost overdriving their pre-amps. if you don't have channel switching, it's not always easy to get the levels right so that the means are just a bit louder than the cleans.
so, to make it easy to get the levels right, some folks just get their distortion through pedals. what it lacks in finesse, it makes up for in simplicity.
i suppose some folks today might even prefer the edgy grinding solid-state distortion.
takes all sorts.
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Post by Mini-Strat_Maine on Jan 23, 2006 15:36:46 GMT -5
Why do guitarists add overdrive or distortion pedals to their amps?...I see alot of musicians using beautiful Marshall amps, which in my opinion are the Holy Grail of rock style amplification. Is the gain not enough as it is? Is it tweaking? I think it's another "personal preference thing." Some players might want a totally clean sound, some might want just a touch of distortion, and some want it to sound kinda like street repairs. You can get into big philosophical discussions about how much is enough, as well as what kind of pedals, and how many. (F'r instance, SRV with two Tube Screamers.) Do I use my TS9 as-is, or send it out for mods? And by Analog Man, or Keeley, or . . .  Okay, but "You're not getting my Bud Light." ;D |
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Post by vonFrenchie on Jun 25, 2006 11:39:31 GMT -5
I play through a completely clean signal on the amp. I haven't found an amp to suit my needs. But before my amp I have a homemade fuzz box (never past 75%) and a homemade gain booster. Not alot of distortion but just enough.
Also my friend has 3 pedals. He has an old Boss-DS1... a slightly newer DS-1 and a nearly brand new Boss MT-2 (the Metal Zone one). He always has all three on.
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Post by night0wl on Jun 25, 2006 15:20:42 GMT -5
Playing covers for a living, I like to have a couple of different types of overdrive/distortion and my fingertips (or toetips!) to suit certain songs. For a slight overdrive I use my Tubescreamer TS808, then I have a MI Audio Tube Zone or the dirty channel of my Mesa for extra gain when I need it. I also use a home made boost pedal for soloing. This week I have a Mesa V Twin pedal arriving so I can't wait to see how that sounds!  Cheers Shane |
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Post by vonFrenchie on Jun 27, 2006 14:58:32 GMT -5
I love the homemade pedals. I could never find a pedal to suit my sound. So I built one and changed the cap values. Now its perfect.
One thing is. Some musicians (myself included) cant find an amp that has the right tone when using onboard distortion. Thats why we find an amp with good tone while its clean then distort it by outside means. I wouldnt use a pedal AND an amp both with distortion.
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Post by dunkelfalke on Jul 14, 2006 1:42:56 GMT -5
vonfrenchie: so you are thinking the same way as david gilmour, right?
so you have to buy a hiwatt, too ;-)
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