Need help with Keeley DS1 settings for Marshall

[mwalluk]

Granted I haven't spent a day tinkering with the Keeley DS1 pedal, however I basically get similar tone from my amp. I have a show tonight where I would like to incorporate the DS1. What are some good settings I should try on both the Keeley and my DSL? I'm thinking about only using the Keeley to thicken up my amps distortion and a slight volume boost. Whats some other ways I cna use it?

[lex666]

Re: Need help with Keeley DS1 settings for Marshall

Stick with your amp's distortion.

IME, dirt pedals on a gain channel never worked for me. I just get mud.

[mwalluk]

Re: Need help with Keeley DS1 settings for Marshall

Stick with your amp's distortion.

IME, dirt pedals on a gain channel never worked for me. I just get mud.

I hear ya. I tried using od pedals too, which saturates my amps distortion even more. It sounds too thin on the clean channel as well.

[Mattr4president]

Re: Need help with Keeley DS1 settings for Marshall

Keep the gain low but the level's high. I always find that helps me.... Makes the amps distortion feel more "bubbly" or "active" without adding too much fizz.

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: Need help with Keeley DS1 settings for Marshall

keep the gain on your amp normal, just use the DS1 as a boost. Set the volume all the way up, the gain either all the way off or just a hair above, and the tone knob to your liking.

[Jeff_H]

Re: Need help with Keeley DS1 settings for Marshall

keep the gain on your amp normal, just use the DS1 as a boost. Set the volume all the way up, the gain either all the way off or just a hair above, and the tone knob to your liking.

+1. This is how I always used my OD pedals with my JCM 800. You can fiddle with the tone knob to give your leads a slightly different tone, so it comes out better though the mix. Give it a little more treble than your normal OD tone, or scoop the mids a bit more.

Those Keely mod pedals are supposed to have really good tone.

[Aceman]

Re: Need help with Keeley DS1 settings for Marshall

Turn it into a TSL:

Clean sound
Crunch sound on the dirt channel
DS1 + Clean for uber-lead tone

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: Need help with Keeley DS1 settings for Marshall

+1. This is how I always used my OD pedals with my JCM 800. You can fiddle with the tone knob to give your leads a slightly different tone, so it comes out better though the mix. Give it a little more treble than your normal OD tone, or scoop the mids a bit more.

Those Keely mod pedals are supposed to have really good tone.

Hey Jeff_H what OD pedals do you use with ur 800 thats you like? im still looking for a good OD to pair with my 800 and a gain boost.