My New JCM900 head is here!!!!
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devastone
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Why? When you've already determined it works best as "the" preamp. Preamp into preamp rarely works that well. I'm sure you can dial in an okay sound, but not it's intended purpose.
devastone
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Again, wrong tool for that job, there are 123,476* different OD/distortion pedals out there for that job
(* a reasonable SWAG)
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
I don't think it is.
In the manual it says that when using the power-amp only (plugging into the return) the loop must be active (not in loop-bypass), and the only front controls that are active are the output and channel 1's presence, but the amp must be set to channel 1 for it's presence to be active.
That tells me it's by the power-amp in the circuit and not part of the preamp.
Channel 2 presence is truly part of the preamp so it will never be active when using the amp for power only.
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
I just looked at the knob layout
To be honest the Stiletto manual doesn't explain the deal as well as the Rectifier manuals do, and the channels/modes that apply presence by the power-amp differ a bit from specific model-to-model over the years.
I first noticed this and then researched because I had tried running the Metal Zone (go ahead and slap me Ace) into the return of my Tremoverb. I had noticed it was sounding completely different from one time to the next even though it was hooked up the same. Well what I was missing was that in-between those occasions I had been using the amp by-itself in different ways so it was set on a different channel and mode than before and I originally wasn't even aware that I had a presence knob in-play and it was set at a completely different spot than before.
Using that "master-presence" allows preamp pedals into the return to have a whole new level of performance and versatility.
The same principal applies in the RevG Rectifier circuits when you clone red-to-vintage and then run the amp in the red channel. It gives you a presence at the end of the preamp as normal in their high-gain modes, but it also gives you an additional presence near the power-amp section. They also have different values to go along with the different placements, so doors open-up for the vintage high-gain that takes you somewhere between recto vintage and recto modern. Of course the Stiletto and 3-channel Rectifiers never did this "trick".
Demanic
PenultimateTone Member
I think that you will like it.
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
Honestly, not sure why I'd do this. Why not just run the pedal into the clean channel? I don't have any amps with sucky clean channels. Can't believe I'd like that clean any better than the others. But like I said... All kinds of interesting possibilities. Won't say no to anything.
I hope the impedance is correct
