Pedals to make your clean sound better?
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James Rock
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Re: Pedals to make your clean sound better?
Pedals and gear like FET Preamps and input stages are used by some artists on their clean tone, the edge is a great example so yeh I think alot of different boost pedals that impart flavour can give a cool clean sound. Compressors as well and EQs but you need a decent clean amp to begin with as the effects are subtle.
Pedals and gear like FET Preamps and input stages are used by some artists on their clean tone, the edge is a great example so yeh I think alot of different boost pedals that impart flavour can give a cool clean sound. Compressors as well and EQs but you need a decent clean amp to begin with as the effects are subtle.
Rockstar216
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Re: Pedals to make your clean sound better?
How does that acoustic pedal sound?
I guess acoustic counts as clean. Here is what I use:
How does that acoustic pedal sound?
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tonello
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I think the amp should give you all the clean you need. If your not getting a great sound on your amp, then it's time to dump it. The only thing that I could say to get for some good cleans is a chorus pedal. It adds depth and dimension to your cleans, but it's best if used sparingly, not on every clean passage. It also sounds really cool under some distortion.
I think the amp should give you all the clean you need. If your not getting a great sound on your amp, then it's time to dump it. The only thing that I could say to get for some good cleans is a chorus pedal. It adds depth and dimension to your cleans, but it's best if used sparingly, not on every clean passage. It also sounds really cool under some distortion.
Re: Pedals to make your clean sound better?
This.
There's other things going on too... make sure your strings are producing the sound you want. Make sure your guitar is in tune and intonated properly. Make sure your technique is good and you're not pressing notes sharp. Even in a clean rig with no pedals at all there's so much going on between your hands and the speaker to influence the sound.
This.
There's other things going on too... make sure your strings are producing the sound you want. Make sure your guitar is in tune and intonated properly. Make sure your technique is good and you're not pressing notes sharp. Even in a clean rig with no pedals at all there's so much going on between your hands and the speaker to influence the sound.
Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Re: Pedals to make your clean sound better?
Once you have a great clean tone already, I find that a subtle modulated delay (I use a Diamond Memory Lane Jr, but a Carbon Copy is amazing on a budget) spruces up a clean wonderfully.
Once you have a great clean tone already, I find that a subtle modulated delay (I use a Diamond Memory Lane Jr, but a Carbon Copy is amazing on a budget) spruces up a clean wonderfully.
SirJackdeFuzz
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SirJackdeFuzz
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GregJr
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Great pedal. I have used it b4 a MXR Micro amp. Clean shimmering sound.
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Great pedal. I have used it b4 a MXR Micro amp. Clean shimmering sound.
Diego
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Zvex SHO with a low boost setting.
Adds sparkle and glassiness to the cleans, also adds some very low-freq lows, not really the 'fat' ones but more like the 'deep' ones.
Bright, low output humbuckers will sound very reminiscent of a single coil.
And it retains extra glassiness when you drop the volume on your guitar.
Zvex SHO with a low boost setting.
Adds sparkle and glassiness to the cleans, also adds some very low-freq lows, not really the 'fat' ones but more like the 'deep' ones.
Bright, low output humbuckers will sound very reminiscent of a single coil.
And it retains extra glassiness when you drop the volume on your guitar.
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Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Pedals to make your clean sound better?
the more stuff in your chain, the more stuff you need to make your clean sound good.
For me, the best clean sound is gained by choosing your guitar and amp carefully.
the more stuff in your chain, the more stuff you need to make your clean sound good.
For me, the best clean sound is gained by choosing your guitar and amp carefully.
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Little Pigbacon
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As I started to find my tone in the last couple of years (finally), I was surprised to find that what I like for a clean tone isn't always the squeaky-clean shimmery stuff. It's nice, but it's not really what I want most of the time. I found that what I usually prefer is just enough dirt that I can make a power cord bark AC/DC style, but when I soften my attack, it just sounds clean, but hazy and warm. I tend to do this with the crunch channel of an amp, gain dialed way down, or a subtle overdrive like the Fulltone OCD. Messing with the guitar's volume control helps get it the rest of the way there.
As I started to find my tone in the last couple of years (finally), I was surprised to find that what I like for a clean tone isn't always the squeaky-clean shimmery stuff. It's nice, but it's not really what I want most of the time. I found that what I usually prefer is just enough dirt that I can make a power cord bark AC/DC style, but when I soften my attack, it just sounds clean, but hazy and warm. I tend to do this with the crunch channel of an amp, gain dialed way down, or a subtle overdrive like the Fulltone OCD. Messing with the guitar's volume control helps get it the rest of the way there.
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Re: Pedals to make your clean sound better?
right. if your rig doesnt give you a nice clean sound the best you are gonna do is polish a turd. look at what you have and see what the weakest link is
right. if your rig doesnt give you a nice clean sound the best you are gonna do is polish a turd. look at what you have and see what the weakest link is
Frankly
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Re: Pedals to make your clean sound better?
Thanks for the personal heads up. Frank Lee agrees. That is what He does as well.
That said, Frank Lee could recommend the following:
-a bit more volume
-a slight mod to the amp (if possible). Frank Lee's Pro Reverb hath been modded on the 'Normal' channel to produce both reverb and a slightly more middy tone. It is nice.
-a Bad Bob Booster, which could add a bit more of everything. It's a great pedal.
-a Timmy, which can really sound nice with some low gainage.
-Janglebox. An expensive compressor that rules.
-just a slight hint of chorus.
-as Jesus once said, when in doubt turn up the reverb.
IFLHO, some of the problem might be that you are comparing what you hear to something you want to hear.
Thank you and best of luck.
Thank you.
Thanks for the personal heads up. Frank Lee agrees. That is what He does as well.
That said, Frank Lee could recommend the following:
-a bit more volume
-a slight mod to the amp (if possible). Frank Lee's Pro Reverb hath been modded on the 'Normal' channel to produce both reverb and a slightly more middy tone. It is nice.
-a Bad Bob Booster, which could add a bit more of everything. It's a great pedal.
-a Timmy, which can really sound nice with some low gainage.
-Janglebox. An expensive compressor that rules.
-just a slight hint of chorus.
-as Jesus once said, when in doubt turn up the reverb.
IFLHO, some of the problem might be that you are comparing what you hear to something you want to hear.
Thank you and best of luck.
Thank you.
