Tim, use your Bad Monkey as a clean boost on your amp so that you will have the frequency response you get at higher volumes...as you play at lower ones. Hitting the preamp of any amp with a boost of some sort really helps it move the sound like it's supposed to when the amp runs louder. You don't have to set any gain on the pedal if you don't want to but if you do you can always roll back your guitar volume to clean things up. All the while keeping your amp volumes at moderate levels....
SS - I play my guitars with the volume knob rolled back almost all the time. Just enough to make things sparkly and when I want bigger sound I roll it up all the way. I used to play guitars full up on 10 on the volume knobs but there are so many nice frequencies and overtones when you roll the pot back just a little. Especially when combining pickups.
Last edited by tone2thebone; October 12th, 2006 at 08:38 AM.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz