How do YOU get a boost for solos?
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Bludave
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Re: How do YOU get a boost for solos?
I use a varitey of techniques. The most obvious being the volume controll on the guitar. In some situations I use a Deluxe Reverb, and with this Amp I have a pedal board set up with a TS9. I have the TS9 set to give me a slight boost in volume and slight increase in sustain.
In other situations I have a more complex setup. I use a Super Reverb A/B'd with a Marshall 900. In the Super I use a TS9 to give me a little more gain (because the Amp has a lot more headroom than the Deluxe) and I slight increase in vlume.
In the Marshall I have a Bluesbreaker pedal which I can use to push the amp a little more in the drive channel or in the clean channel.
In some instances I use the Super for the cleaner work and I switch to the Marshall which I have set for more volume, so in a sense I am using the Fender and the Marshall like you would use different channels, but I can also use the OD pedals in the amps to do something similar. It just depends on what the music we are plying calls for.
I use a varitey of techniques. The most obvious being the volume controll on the guitar. In some situations I use a Deluxe Reverb, and with this Amp I have a pedal board set up with a TS9. I have the TS9 set to give me a slight boost in volume and slight increase in sustain.
In other situations I have a more complex setup. I use a Super Reverb A/B'd with a Marshall 900. In the Super I use a TS9 to give me a little more gain (because the Amp has a lot more headroom than the Deluxe) and I slight increase in vlume.
In the Marshall I have a Bluesbreaker pedal which I can use to push the amp a little more in the drive channel or in the clean channel.
In some instances I use the Super for the cleaner work and I switch to the Marshall which I have set for more volume, so in a sense I am using the Fender and the Marshall like you would use different channels, but I can also use the OD pedals in the amps to do something similar. It just depends on what the music we are plying calls for.
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Lewguitar
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Re: How do YOU get a boost for solos?
I'm not a fan of pedals, although I own a bunch of them. But the band I recently joined does material that requires the use of effects pedals so I'm using them. Been auditioning all of my pedals: TS-9 (Stratdeluxer modified), TS-808, Fulltone '69, Boss DS-1 and Duncan Pickup Booster.
What I'm finding is that I prefer the boosted tone of either of the Tubescreamers (John modded my TS-9 to sound like a TS-808) when I'm playing at extremely low vocal rehearsal volumes, (Deluxe Reverb amp on volume 2 or 3) but that when I can crank my amp up a bit with a bassplayer and drummer I'm liking the Duncan Pickup Booster and Boss DS-1 best.
And for Hendrix style distortion the Fulltone 69 is pretty much unbeatable.
Lew
I'm not a fan of pedals, although I own a bunch of them. But the band I recently joined does material that requires the use of effects pedals so I'm using them. Been auditioning all of my pedals: TS-9 (Stratdeluxer modified), TS-808, Fulltone '69, Boss DS-1 and Duncan Pickup Booster.
What I'm finding is that I prefer the boosted tone of either of the Tubescreamers (John modded my TS-9 to sound like a TS-808) when I'm playing at extremely low vocal rehearsal volumes, (Deluxe Reverb amp on volume 2 or 3) but that when I can crank my amp up a bit with a bassplayer and drummer I'm liking the Duncan Pickup Booster and Boss DS-1 best.
And for Hendrix style distortion the Fulltone 69 is pretty much unbeatable.
Lew
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Skarekrough
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Re: How do YOU get a boost for solos?
Huh...I must be weird.
On my Les Pauls I set the neck pickup pretty low and will use the neck volume knob to cut a little extra if neccesary. The end result is that the bridge pickup is a little louder and the general nature of it being where it is, tends to lend itself for solos. The deeper bass of the neck is nicer for rhythms for me. All I do is flick the switch and I'm there.
On my Strats I typically set the Volume knob between 7 or 8 and dial in my rhythm tone. The neck and middle pickups are a little lower than the bridge. Combined with the general hotness all I usually need to do is go to the bridge and kick up the volume a bit and I'm there.
It never made sense to me when in a 1 guitar band you need to boost your volume with pedals; typically you're not competing with anyone else in the tonal spectrum. Even with the fact that you're going from hitting a few strings at once to one the pick attack should even that out.
Huh...I must be weird.
On my Les Pauls I set the neck pickup pretty low and will use the neck volume knob to cut a little extra if neccesary. The end result is that the bridge pickup is a little louder and the general nature of it being where it is, tends to lend itself for solos. The deeper bass of the neck is nicer for rhythms for me. All I do is flick the switch and I'm there.
On my Strats I typically set the Volume knob between 7 or 8 and dial in my rhythm tone. The neck and middle pickups are a little lower than the bridge. Combined with the general hotness all I usually need to do is go to the bridge and kick up the volume a bit and I'm there.
It never made sense to me when in a 1 guitar band you need to boost your volume with pedals; typically you're not competing with anyone else in the tonal spectrum. Even with the fact that you're going from hitting a few strings at once to one the pick attack should even that out.
Re: How do YOU get a boost for solos?
Ah, one of my favorite topics-
I sweep the right pedal on my x15 midi controler-
-With some patches it just turns up the master-
-With some it turns up the pre and turns down the master to kick up the crunch but not get too loud
-On other patches, it does whatever that patch needs to cut through including, eq band shift, flange depth-
-And on a number of patches it crossfades from semi clean marshal to overdriven soldano, or from a clean fender to an overdriven marshal.
Big advantages of a 10 year old GP100 when playing live
Ah, one of my favorite topics-
I sweep the right pedal on my x15 midi controler-
-With some patches it just turns up the master-
-With some it turns up the pre and turns down the master to kick up the crunch but not get too loud
-On other patches, it does whatever that patch needs to cut through including, eq band shift, flange depth-
-And on a number of patches it crossfades from semi clean marshal to overdriven soldano, or from a clean fender to an overdriven marshal.
Big advantages of a 10 year old GP100 when playing live
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Forbes
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Re: How do YOU get a boost for solos?
Hit stuff harder.
Hit stuff harder.
That90'sGuy
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Re: How do YOU get a boost for solos?
With my Fargen Epic 30 DC or my Crate V32 Palomino, I set the overdrive channel to medium crunch and use a clean boost to overdrive it slightly more and give it a big boost in volume. I like to dial in some mids with the EQ of the pedal so it really cuts through the mix. I haven't had a problem cutting through yet ; )
With my Fargen Epic 30 DC or my Crate V32 Palomino, I set the overdrive channel to medium crunch and use a clean boost to overdrive it slightly more and give it a big boost in volume. I like to dial in some mids with the EQ of the pedal so it really cuts through the mix. I haven't had a problem cutting through yet ; )
ErikH
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Re: How do YOU get a boost for solos?
This is something lots of people forget about. Some think the overdrives out there (TS0, 808, SD-1 for example) will give them the wanted boost because many bigtime artists use them in front of their amps. What they don't know is those players normally use them to goose the amp for more gain. The soundman is giving them boost at the soundboard. It's all practiced and planned beforehand.SlyFoxx said:
krankguitarist
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Re: How do YOU get a boost for solos?
Hit my "master" footswitch on my krank, watch the faces in the audience melt :headbang:
Hit my "master" footswitch on my krank, watch the faces in the audience melt :headbang:
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: How do YOU get a boost for solos?
Klon Centaur OD, Bogner boost, or my volume, depending on what I'm doing.
I've got the T. Rex Mudhoney as the infinite sustain pedal. It's truly amazing.
Just like an Ebow, it turns my signal into liquid violin sustain that doesn't end.
It'll sustain for 20 seconds, then feedback into the same note I'm holding. It's one of the coolest pedals I've ever owned.
Klon Centaur OD, Bogner boost, or my volume, depending on what I'm doing.
I've got the T. Rex Mudhoney as the infinite sustain pedal. It's truly amazing.
Just like an Ebow, it turns my signal into liquid violin sustain that doesn't end.
It'll sustain for 20 seconds, then feedback into the same note I'm holding. It's one of the coolest pedals I've ever owned.
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