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been out of the playing live loop for a while, last time out was 100w heads and cabs
I'm curious.....
take a good clean cooking amp, (Fender/Boogie) not crunchy but loud clean,and throw in a couple good ODs like the Zen or MIAB type OD pedal along with some quality digital 'verb and analog delay UP FRONT......how does the solo/crunch/lead settings sound in this kind of set up as opposed to getting your crunch and solo sounds from the amp alone?
I suppose I should ask about using an OVERDRIVEN amp and use the pedal(s) just for leg up/boost to amp ......how does this compare with the above approach?
I guess I am trying to find out if a good clean amp along with some quality pedals can give you the sort of sounds that one used to get with the 70's big amp era
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thanks Bro,tell me a we bit more about the SL drive....that looks interesting!
would it do some nice Zep crunch into a clean amp?
@Beexter have you tried cranking the CM-2? Does a nice Marshally higher gain.......
@hootsmon have you tried a Zvex Distortron for a lower gain crunch. I use one for Floydy and Hendrixy type stuff, with a Toadworks Mr.Ed for leads.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Crunchy Zep? Yeah I think it could cover that. It has a number of dip switches inside so you can fine tune the tonal response and output with settings for a Super Lead or Super Bass. It's a bit of a faff setting it up initially for the sounds you want but once it's done you don't need to take the back off unless of course you want to run it off batteries. I really like it.
@mike_l - yeah, the CM2 can cover a lot of ground with the Classic/ Modern switch and the 2 tone controls.
There's no binary answer to this- depends on pedals a lot.....
I'm not a Boogie fan as I think they're very coloured. If you are going down the Twin Reverb/DRRI route, the KOT and the Euphoria are great at what you want, and also, on the UK Gear thing on Facebook there's an Effectrode Blackbird that will do this in spades for you.
So, yeah- easy to do, but pedal and amp choice are key.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
^ how would one of them MoFos EV 200w sound? (mk1V driver)