TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
After 3 months' rehearsal with this band, I have finalized my gig board. It went through several iterations but in the end, as nice as the other board sounded, it was just too much gain and was causing feedback issues ... if I have a large wattage amplifier with a tonne of clean headroom it would be able to take it, but as it stands, even at rehearsal using a Bruno Pony 50, it was pushing too much gain into the amplifier.
Sooo ... I had to have a rethink about the whole thing. In the end, I went back to using the MXR distortion +. It just sounds amazing when you are using it with a cranked amp. The BB Preamp is providing a bit of EQ shaping and is actually set very clean ... barely on the edge of breakup. But when you use it to push the front of the distortion + ... man, it comes alive quite gloriously!
The Philopsoher's Tone grabs the audio and evens out the level differences between clean and crunchy. The last pedal is the 1776 Multiplex. All 3 modes sound excellent, but for this project I am really liking the Binson setting; normally I don't dig it that much but it really sounds fab with the Strat and other pedals!
First gig is April 8; will see how it really fares then.
Sooo ... I had to have a rethink about the whole thing. In the end, I went back to using the MXR distortion +. It just sounds amazing when you are using it with a cranked amp. The BB Preamp is providing a bit of EQ shaping and is actually set very clean ... barely on the edge of breakup. But when you use it to push the front of the distortion + ... man, it comes alive quite gloriously!
The Philopsoher's Tone grabs the audio and evens out the level differences between clean and crunchy. The last pedal is the 1776 Multiplex. All 3 modes sound excellent, but for this project I am really liking the Binson setting; normally I don't dig it that much but it really sounds fab with the Strat and other pedals!
First gig is April 8; will see how it really fares then.
