Pedal for solos

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I have been running my Jet City combo (which I love) with just my Timmy copy all summer.
We did 2 songs Wednesday night that I played the solos in (Lift up Your Face by Third Day and To the Ends of the Earth by Hillsong)
I wanted to add something for my solos, so I grabbed my digidelay, put it on mode 5 (which adds mod to the delay) gave it a little delay (about 200ms) about 1/4 on the repeats, about half on volume. I really liked the tone (especially for the solo on the Hillsong one)
I have been thinking of adding a solo boost and delay/mod of some sort for solos, but with only acoustic I didnt really need the boost.
What do you guys use for solos?

[FretFire]

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I usually add some compression and delay, and roll my guitar's volume knob up.

[pinto79]

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When I''m using an amp with an FX Loop, I run a clean boost to either step the volume up for solos, or if I'm running really loud, I use it to step the volume down for rhythm work. Tone stays the same, but volume changes.

With my 1959RR (No loop) I hit the front end with a mid-boosted EQ to give me a bit of a lift but mostly to change the tone enough to cut through.

[jeremy]

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timmy. he stays off for just about everything except solos. i set the treble, bass, and volume at about 3 o'clock (tones are reductive remember) and gain at maybe 10 o'clock. im not trying to add much gain just a fat loud mid punch

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timmy. he stays off for just about everything except solos. i set the treble, bass, and volume at about 3 o'clock (tones are reductive remember) and gain at maybe 10 o'clock. im not trying to add much gain just a fat loud mid punch

I did this, put the amp where it was getting some drive, then used the timmy to boost it. I am now using the amp with a little less gain, where the cleans are just getting a little hair on them, and the timmy drives it over the top. So I might need something to boost that sound.

[thespricket]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdX6ly6ftUM

Aside from actual gain boosts, I really like this effect when soloing or heavy riffs. Jeff Beck uses it all the time now. In this video he clicks it on at 2:13 for the rest of the song. I think he uses some kind of Ring Modulator now, but I know he did use a Boss Flanger for some time, I think to achieve the same effect. It's just a really cool fast and subtle warble that adds some cool depth. I use one of those crappy cheap Danelectro FAB flangers with the speed way up. You can do this with pretty much any modulation effect like a chorus or a phaser. Not as much with a phaser, because it's good to be able to control the intensity of the modulation, you don't want it too strong.

[astrozombie]

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I usually just step on my trusty boss blues driver.

[d1dsj]

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I use a Keeley T.M.B into the front to push the front (it also adds something... sparkle? I don't know but it's awesome) and a CAE Line driver or mxr micro amp into the loop for volume boost.

[jeremy]

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I did this, put the amp where it was getting some drive, then used the timmy to boost it. I am now using the amp with a little less gain, where the cleans are just getting a little hair on them, and the timmy drives it over the top. So I might need something to boost that sound.

i set the amp so it has a fat kinda dirty rhythm sound when the guitar is full up and roll it down to clean it up

[thespricket]

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i set the amp so it has a fat kinda dirty rhythm sound when the guitar is full up and roll it down to clean it up

I do the same. I usually don't use the knob to clean up because I have it set just clean enough where I can clean up if I switch to the middle and neck single coils on the strat or just play nice and soft. The I use a Boss SD-1 as my usual dirty sound and often use my cool cat fuzz as a boost. Sometimes I'll do the opposite because I keep the cool cat pretty clean, so if I want a slightly dirtier (like the Stones or something) clean sound I'll use it and boost with the overdrive. I may look into another OD and use it instead of the fuzz.

[ratherdashing]

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Not a pedal: I use the solo boost on my Stiletto. It boosts the volume at the power amp.