You've got a Zvex SHO or a 2-in-1? Found a REALLY cool trick with mine.

[Diego]

The way I'd use this pedal normally, would be to slam the front end of my other dirt boxes harder, like a clean boost or something for extra sustain.
But I wasn't really loving it because the final perceived volume was about the same. More sustain, and just that.

So... out of curiosity, I just tried my 2-in-1 (two SHOs together) in front of all my dirt pedals, in fact being the last thing before the amp.

Oh man!! It works so nicely after my dirt pedals!!
I can dial a warm, not so penetrant crunch tone, step on my SHO and I get way more volume, presence and also sustain since it hits the preamp a bit hotter too.
So the crunch goes from warm and balanced, to searing and tight in a controllable manner, while being WAY more dynamic than just stacking it in front.

The SHO has a huge volume boost and also boosts the high-end in a very musical way, so it's basically a perfect boost switch to drop at the end of your chain, and I don't know why I didn't try it this way before.
Like having an extra channel in my single channel amp all of a sudden, and without the common issues of stacking dirt pedals. It doesn't compress as much so it all remains very, very dynamic.

I did have to lower my preamp gain and amp treble a bit to make the most out of this.
Please give it a shot if you have a SHO and haven't tried it this way already!

[Empty Pockets]

Re: You've got a Zvex SHO or a 2-in-1? Found a REALLY cool trick with mine.

Yup. That's why the Box of Rock is the Distortron circuit into the SHO circuit.

[trevorus]

Re: You've got a Zvex SHO or a 2-in-1? Found a REALLY cool trick with mine.

Yup. That's why the Box of Rock is the Distortron circuit into the SHO circuit.

I thought it was the SHO into the Distortron...

[Empty Pockets]

Re: You've got a Zvex SHO or a 2-in-1? Found a REALLY cool trick with mine.

It's guitar in - distortron - SHO - guitar out.

[Diego]

Re: You've got a Zvex SHO or a 2-in-1? Found a REALLY cool trick with mine.

Yup. That's why the Box of Rock is the Distortron circuit into the SHO circuit.

Makes all the sense in the world, man. What a ****ing beast it is.

[TimmyPage]

Re: You've got a Zvex SHO or a 2-in-1? Found a REALLY cool trick with mine.

I've always loved my clean boosts after overdrive. It really helps tighten up the sound and fill it out without over-saturating or making it more distorted. That's why I keep the Walrus Audio Voyager (with the gain around 8-9) at the end of my gain pedals, it just gives that nice smoothness and clarity, it really makes it stand out in a mix for lead parts!