Just wondering if any of you guys own a Bogner Shiva and if so what OD pedals you have tried with the amp...
The drive channel on the Shiva is awesome and I'm not trying to replace that, it's just nice to have a few more options available for different styles of music and different guitars...
At the moment I use a BB preamp just for a little breakup on the clean channel and to send the drive channel into insanity...
I have tried BB Preamp - sounds pretty good on both channels, TREX Mudhoney - sounded great on both channels too and a Wampler pinnacle - sounded great on the clean channel but I wasn't convinced on the drive channel...
Any thoughts appreciated!
Cheers!
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I have settled (for this hour at least) with a Keeley TS9 and an EP booster and that seems to get me around a few guitars and sounds (CS Relic Strat, R7, MM L3 and a DGT) using combinations of either both..
I'm finding the secret is to knock back the gain on the drive channel to about 11 o'clock as anything more seems to muddy up the drive somewhat.
Does yours almost compress/sag with loads of extra drive hitting the front end?
Drive Channel settings are (I've set it so its as close to the clean channel as possible tonewise - which is both at 12oclock)
Bass - 2o'clock, Middle - 9.30, Treble just a tad over 12, volumes are a tad over 12 too (with boost volume slightly more)
also, @wolf5150 will tell you what my sound is like out front :-)
Presence is about 12 too
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
That and the Keeley Ts9 is giving me a myriad of tones on both channels...impressed I must say
Also, congrats on the Shiva... Before I owned mine I was swapping amps every 6 months getting bored... I have owned the shiva (and nothing else) for 5 years now and still love it!