The dirt on my board is wired as follows.
TS909 (clone) -> Blackstar Dist -> SHO (clone) -> SHO (clone)
I use the TS for low drive tones, the BS for medium high gain then the 2 boosts are set at different levels, one to give enough boost for solos on either gain setting and the other to give just a little lift for when the drummer goes mental in some songs.
I've been getting very bored with the ts sound and have been thinking about changing it. Tthis morning I've found that the BS on low gain is exactly the sound I've been wanting to get - then I hit the ts and with a bit of tweaking it gave me the higher gain sound I was looking for too - so win.
But, when I hit the ts I don't really get any volume lift and not sure if the higher gain will cut through as I used to have it quite a bit louder than the low gain one, I'm not sure if this is because the ts is a clone and i've always thought it doesn't have as much volume on tap as I would have expected or just that I'm not going to get any more volume this way.
One solution is to use one of the boosts for my higher gain sound in conjunction with the ts, as it comes after the BS then I'm getting the volume lift without any extra dirt. I don't know much about loopers so is there such a thing that will switch in 2 pedals, one after and one before the BS or is that just overkill? it's going to be quite a pain if I want to hit both pedals each time that I go to higher gain.
Comments
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al
The GigRigs are pricey, but you may be able to find something similar but cheaper, maybe from Mooer or JoYo?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
That said, icbm has the right of it. You night find that, even though switching the ts on doesn't give the volume boost, it will boost the mid range enough to cut through. If it doesn't, and you need a little extra volume, a sho or other clean boost after the ht will do this, taking the smaller signal and making it bigger. That's my simple logic.
On my set up, I like to use a maxed out ts going into a Marshall guvnor, then use the volume on the guvnor to balance the output... If that makes sense.