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Ok so I have my mesa boogie studio preamp into 2:90 power amp which I love. I also have it connected to a TC electronics 2240 analogue parametric EQ (2 channel version of the 1140) and a G major FX rack. I can hear some tone suck out of the G major due to the AD/DA conversion but I just cant think of any way to get that untampered original tone of just the preamp into amp and still use effects at the same time. I understand that effects by nature will affect your tone and shape/change it slightly, and I've heard about the concept of a line mixer, and this would help unsuck my tone IF I only used parallel suitable FX like delay and reverb. Unfortunately, I like to use compression and chorus, as well as the occasional flanger/phaser which would all SUCK in a parallel mixer.
I was thinking that by the time I have set up a mixer to allow reverb/delay from the G major, followed by separate true bypass chorus, compressor, noise gate, flanger and phaser pedals along with the extra assciated patch/cables needed, I would have ended up sucking tone out.
I read about other people using mixers to preserve tone... Great for reverb and delay but what about other effects like compression, noise gate and chorus that NEED to recieve the dry signal and process it??! ...
I just dont realistically understand how the tone suck thing is avoidable... If I keep the G major connected serially it sucks some tone and life, whereas If I were to get a mixer and just use the delays and reverb in parallel, I would still surely get tone suck because I would have to introduce another 4/5 pedals and more Cables/leads, Which would inadvertantly lead to tone suck as well.... By correcting the G major tone suck I have lengthened and complicated my signal chain, spent hundreds of ££££'s and have tone sucking properties of several pedals/more cables.
Im starting to lose some faith. Maybe I should just stick with the G major... I guess its not that bad. I would end up spending another £1000 just to improve maybe 5%, if any at all !! Not sure its worth it. Any tips or ideas ?? Not sure what I should do ... Seems like I will never be fully satisfied If I go to all this effort to get my raw Mesa boogie tone.
I was thinking that by the time I have set up a mixer to allow reverb/delay from the G major, followed by separate true bypass chorus, compressor, noise gate, flanger and phaser pedals along with the extra assciated patch/cables needed, I would have ended up sucking tone out.
I read about other people using mixers to preserve tone... Great for reverb and delay but what about other effects like compression, noise gate and chorus that NEED to recieve the dry signal and process it??! ...
I just dont realistically understand how the tone suck thing is avoidable... If I keep the G major connected serially it sucks some tone and life, whereas If I were to get a mixer and just use the delays and reverb in parallel, I would still surely get tone suck because I would have to introduce another 4/5 pedals and more Cables/leads, Which would inadvertantly lead to tone suck as well.... By correcting the G major tone suck I have lengthened and complicated my signal chain, spent hundreds of ££££'s and have tone sucking properties of several pedals/more cables.
Im starting to lose some faith. Maybe I should just stick with the G major... I guess its not that bad. I would end up spending another £1000 just to improve maybe 5%, if any at all !! Not sure its worth it. Any tips or ideas ?? Not sure what I should do ... Seems like I will never be fully satisfied If I go to all this effort to get my raw Mesa boogie tone.
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