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Do u use your amp clean or on the verge of breakup? You want it on the verge of breakup, and then u can boost it with either the spark or the riot.
Alternatively, u can put the spark before the riot, set the riot to a crunch tone, and boost it with the spark to bring it into heavy distortion.
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Personally I would use an overdrive rather than a booster if I wanted more dirt not more volume, as well - and make sure both pedals are set to give more dirt rather than more volume.
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From my experience, there is a tiny window where you get more volume AND drive when using a clean boost in front of an amp - it's more usually one or the other unless the amp is set just right.
In that case, it might be worth replacing the Spark with something that has a boost and drive in the same pedal - something like the T-Rex Moller. Alternatively, just get another boost or OD to run in front of the Riot.
There's a useful YouTube video from Voodoo Labs which might be of interest as it illustrates multiple sounds from a couple of pedals
So are u saying you have the riots volume on its lowest setting and the volume jump is still too much vs clean? What guitar pickups are u using? How hard do you hit the strings? If they are low output or you play lightly, the compression of the distortion will take the level up more than if you were thwacking away with humbuckers. I would suggest using a compressor pedal first in line always on for your cleans so that would bring that level in line with your gain and sound more smooth to boot. Set the compressor up with low threshold and level to be parity volume with hard strummed chords then the gain for your other pedals should be similar but your clean single lines will be boosted.
Also modes that are lower than 60W - if I remember rightly the lowest is 30W. OK that's still loud, but it should also be more compressed being valve rectified.
So it sounds like the boost after the distortion is too much, and the boost before the distortion is not enough?
If so you need a better boost with a more controllable volume range, if you can't dial the one you have in to be 'just right'. Or a proper overdrive pedal. I have to admit I really don't get this using a boost pedal as an overdrive, or an overdrive as a boost thing that everyone seems to want... they are for different purposes.
Personally I would go overdrive (eg Tube Screamer, Boss SD-1) into distortion (eg Rat, Boss DS-1) and then a clean boost (eg MXR Micro Amp, Boss LS-2) if you don't get enough volume lift for solos.
By that's just me!
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Gaaahh! I am confused as to whether Trav' wants a CLEAN boost (of the distorted signal) A distorted boost (of a clean signal) OR a distorted boost (of a distorted signal)!
I shall just chuck in the idea of an EQ pedal set to (clean!) boost by 6-10dB or so at 2-3kHz. WTF that boosts I am not sure!
Dave.
what I want is for my clean, drive and distortion all to be the same (ish) volume
In that case all you need are an overdrive pedal and a distortion pedal which can be set to give the right levels.
I'm not familiar with the Suhr Riot but if it's more of a distortion, get an overdrive like a TS or SD-1, and run that in front of it. Set both as dirt pedals, not boosts. The combination of the two should still give you a solo boost.
If it doesn't work, buy a SD-1 and a DS-1... that will .
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