Compressor for punk rock tone?

[GClick]

I have a mesa boogie DC2, which has enough gain, but it's not chuggy enough.
I tried a Maxon OD808, but it's not doing the job, it just gets muddy and noisy. (gain at 0, volume at 50%).

So I'm wondering, would a compressor do the job? Since what I need is a more compressed tone and not more gain!

Thank you!

[Mincer]

Re: Compressor for punk rock tone?

Some people use an overdrive for this (with the drive set low). Others use a compressor. But punk rock isn't really about a compressed tone (the Mesa's gain should be pretty compressed, anyway). But I have to ask, what kind of punk you talking about? I don't really think of 'chuggy' when I think of punk.

[VinceT]

Re: Compressor for punk rock tone?

Punk is a broad church indeed - give us some reference tones - who are you thinking of sound like mostly?


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[GClick]

Re: Compressor for punk rock tone?

A good example would be Rise Against. I feel like my amp has enough gain, but when I palm mute, it's tiny and not punchy at all.

[VinceT]

Re: Compressor for punk rock tone?

That amp should have enough gain - how are you setting the Mids? If you’re scooping them, then that may be cutting the transient attack of your muted chords. Listening to Rise Against, I might suggest a Fulltone OCD or ProCo Rat in front of the amp as a light distortion (I consider the OCD a must have for the majority of rock guitarists) - set the EQ to push the mids a little (on the OCD, use HP mode).


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[Mincer]

Re: Compressor for punk rock tone?

Yes, certainly make sure there are mids. No scooping at all.

[CaptainWhizz]

Re: Compressor for punk rock tone?

What's the full signal path? Guitar to speakers?

[allbutromeo]

Re: Compressor for punk rock tone?

If you haven't read the manual, definitely do so. The mid control on this series is a little weird, and the manual dies a better job of explaining it, and how the other controls interact, than I can. Also a clean boost set to max will probably get you there.