I have had my vox for a few weeks now I really like the clean tone. It seems to pair great with my les paul junior. But so far I can not find a gain pedal that works with it. I have taken my amp and guitar to the shop with me twice to try pedals. Both times I would find stuff that sounded good but when i get everything home I can not get them dialed in. I can maybe find one sweet spot that sounds good but if I touch a knob it throws it off completely.
I am generally a set and forget person besides adjusting the gain knob here and there depending on my mood. But no matter what pedal i have tried if I touch the gain or level it starts to sound like ****. The sound either gets too harsh and bee in a can sounding or turns to flubby mud. Today i picked up a new rat a big muff and an ocd pedal. They all sounded great at the store and i could dial in alot of good tones with each pedal.
Stacking them in different orders had good results as well. I get everything back home and hooked up and none of it sounds good. If inturn the tone past 10-11 o'clock on any of them it gets harsh and just plain awful. If i turn the gain past 1-2 o'clock on any of them its so fuzzy there is no note definition at all. I can see the rat and big muff getting all fuzzed out but the ocd is getting just as fuzzy.
So far inhave tried
Bogner red and blue
big muff
ocd
rat
super bad ass
jetter gold standard
mxr prime distortion
metal muff
hardwire valve distortion
full drive 2
along with several xotic and wampler pedals. I am not expecting to make the vox sound like a marshall but just want a good smoother heavy distortion. I am starting to wonder if something may be wrong with my amp or something. In the 20 years I have been playing I have owned amps from peavey to splawn and and few bogners. But I have never had this problem before. I know its not my ears my wife even commented on how none of it sounds good compared to in the store.
I am generally a set and forget person besides adjusting the gain knob here and there depending on my mood. But no matter what pedal i have tried if I touch the gain or level it starts to sound like ****. The sound either gets too harsh and bee in a can sounding or turns to flubby mud. Today i picked up a new rat a big muff and an ocd pedal. They all sounded great at the store and i could dial in alot of good tones with each pedal.
Stacking them in different orders had good results as well. I get everything back home and hooked up and none of it sounds good. If inturn the tone past 10-11 o'clock on any of them it gets harsh and just plain awful. If i turn the gain past 1-2 o'clock on any of them its so fuzzy there is no note definition at all. I can see the rat and big muff getting all fuzzed out but the ocd is getting just as fuzzy.
So far inhave tried
Bogner red and blue
big muff
ocd
rat
super bad ass
jetter gold standard
mxr prime distortion
metal muff
hardwire valve distortion
full drive 2
along with several xotic and wampler pedals. I am not expecting to make the vox sound like a marshall but just want a good smoother heavy distortion. I am starting to wonder if something may be wrong with my amp or something. In the 20 years I have been playing I have owned amps from peavey to splawn and and few bogners. But I have never had this problem before. I know its not my ears my wife even commented on how none of it sounds good compared to in the store.
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