alanfc
January 15th, 2007, 12:26 AM
Because I never got rid of my Boss BD-2 (Blues Driver) !! :DR
I've got a few more solos in our newer tunes lately and I used to just get by with attitude and =I-don't-know-what=. But at last practice I realized that during solos the drummer gets all excited and gets way loud. I don't mind this. But now I need to bring back a solo boost pedal. I 'd always used one before in every band I'd been in except this one.
So of course I put it behind my OD pedal (the Maxon OD-9, up front) and OF COURSE, there's no Volume boost, just more rahhhhhh shhhhhhhh and compression. I know why this is.
So I go back to my old way, no pedals upfront, amp overdrive only (Love those old E.German RFT's) and try my Bad monkey, my Maxon, and ye old BD-2 in the FX LOOP for a solo boost like I always used to do. It sounds a bit compressed& slightly mushy but the audience don't know eh?
So the Maxon, OK volume boost, tons of compression... the B MOnkey, mucho compression, weak volume boost. THe BD-2 !! Shazam. Turn the gain off, level at only +2, and the tone at about +3...of the three this was the most palatable. It was the old way I used to do it dang I was so smart then ! The thing still has the old white-out pen marks for the right level. Man this BD-2 has some wicked volume level on tap.
:R
I'm a pakrat with pickups too but thats another happy rant for another day.
(oh yeahh baby back with my SD Custom Custom)
:D
I've got a few more solos in our newer tunes lately and I used to just get by with attitude and =I-don't-know-what=. But at last practice I realized that during solos the drummer gets all excited and gets way loud. I don't mind this. But now I need to bring back a solo boost pedal. I 'd always used one before in every band I'd been in except this one.
So of course I put it behind my OD pedal (the Maxon OD-9, up front) and OF COURSE, there's no Volume boost, just more rahhhhhh shhhhhhhh and compression. I know why this is.
So I go back to my old way, no pedals upfront, amp overdrive only (Love those old E.German RFT's) and try my Bad monkey, my Maxon, and ye old BD-2 in the FX LOOP for a solo boost like I always used to do. It sounds a bit compressed& slightly mushy but the audience don't know eh?
So the Maxon, OK volume boost, tons of compression... the B MOnkey, mucho compression, weak volume boost. THe BD-2 !! Shazam. Turn the gain off, level at only +2, and the tone at about +3...of the three this was the most palatable. It was the old way I used to do it dang I was so smart then ! The thing still has the old white-out pen marks for the right level. Man this BD-2 has some wicked volume level on tap.
:R
I'm a pakrat with pickups too but thats another happy rant for another day.
(oh yeahh baby back with my SD Custom Custom)
:D