Safe to use EQ pedal, in the effects loop?

[Erlend_G]

I play a Blackstar HT-20mkII combo, 20 watts, EL84...

I find that it's not really loud, even cranked. It doesn't have that "high mid" peak of a Fender amp, but it got alot of low end, and 200hz "woof"...

Is it OK if I use an EQ pedal in the effects loop, to take down some of the lows/200hz, and add some more high mids?

or can this somehow damage my amplifier.

I'm not talking about any major DB boost. .

Thanks,
-E

 

[Sirion]

Definitely safe! EQs are just as common in the loop as in front.

 

[richard parker]

I've used a GE7 in the loop of a few amps, mainly as a solo boost. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Hsb]

I run my MXR eq though the loop as well.

 

[Erlend_G]

Cool.

I hope this can give me... some few more db's of the amp ... aswell as voicing it a bit differently .

Going to get a Joyo 10-band EQ, (very satistifed with Joyo products) .

-Erl

 

[Mincer]

Boosting the signal might just distort and compress the power amp more, not really hurting anything but not giving the result you want (or, it might be super cool).

 

[Erlend_G]

Boosting the signal might just distort and compress the power amp more, not really hurting anything but not giving the result you want (or, it might be super cool).

Yeah, thought of that too...

Giving the poweramp the stock "woofed" 200hz strong signal- Or an EQ'ed "high mids" signal, will of course sound different!!

but I'm hoping for the best.

Sometimes I wish I had bought a 50'watter instead!! My 20 watts aren't loud at all, I'm sitting here playing, with the amp on a stand, with the speaker 10 inches from my ear. Cranked. And I don't get a hint of tinnitus or anything :/...

A drummer would DROWN this amp.

 

[vinta9e]

Is it OK if I use an EQ pedal in the effects loop, to take down some of the lows/200hz, and add some more high mids?

It is "okay" and the right way to do it if your goal is to rebalance the sound spectrum. Please note that EQ's are more effective at subtracting frequency content rather than adding what was not there to begin with. Volume is primarily dependent on the speaker cab (number of speakers, sensitivity, sound spectrum) rather than power amp wattage (assuming your amp is in full working order).

 

[superpete]

it's the best place to run it if you're using the amp's distortion!

 

[FuseG4]

As was said, and it bears repeating, EQ pedals sounds best when set to cut frequency, boosting very much can lead to a filter sound, like a stuck wah pedal
So say you want 800hz boost (the tube screamer mids!), most eq pedals with sliders sounds better if you leave 800 hz and pull the other sliders down in a "frown shape" around it, and then adjust the level control up to add back volume, rather than say leave all sliders flat and just put 800hz up near the top of the slider position. Have fun

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[Demanic]

As was said, and it bears repeating, EQ pedals sounds best when set to cut frequency, boosting very much can lead to a filter sound, like a stuck wah pedal
So say you want 800hz boost (the tube screamer mids!), most eq pedals with sliders sounds better if you leave 800 hz and pull the other sliders down in a "frown shape" around it, and then adjust the level control up to add back volume, rather than say leave all sliders flat and just put 800hz up near the top of the slider position. Have fun

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Or a snaggle toothed smile.

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[Demanic]

This is how I set mine.

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[Erlend_G]

It is "okay" and the right way to do it if your goal is to rebalance the sound spectrum. Please note that EQ's are more effective at subtracting frequency content rather than adding what was not there to begin with. Volume is primarily dependent on the speaker cab (number of speakers, sensitivity, sound spectrum) rather than power amp wattage (assuming your amp is in full working order).

Yeah!

But an amplifier (and percieved loudness) is louder at .. 1000hz, than at 100hz .

Therefore I thought, I could make it "louder" by taking away low frequencies, and boosting the high mids, that "cut trough" and really gets heard. .

-Erl

 

[ehdwuld]

Right beside the Master volume knob
where it says HT20
On the right is a red power on light
On the left is a black button
When it is pushed in the amp is a 2W amp
Un push that button

20 watt is way louder than you describe
and the woof will go away once it is a full 20 watts

 

[Demanic]

Damned button!

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[ehdwuld]

They hid it good
same color as the panel
Really small

 

[Demanic]

They hid it good
same color as the panel
Really small

I hate features like that. Like a speaker protect on a 700 watt bass amp that defeats when you push it in.

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[AlexR]

Sometimes I wish I had bought a 50'watter instead!! My 20 watts aren't loud at all, I'm sitting here playing, with the amp on a stand, with the speaker 10 inches from my ear. Cranked. And I don't get a hint of tinnitus or anything :/...

A drummer would DROWN this amp.

Tinnitus is a chronic affliction.....which develops over time because people stupidly stand in front of loud noises for long periods of time.
By the time the tinnitus has hit, its way too late to have learned your lesson.......if such a thing is possible of course.

 

[Demanic]

Tinnitus is a chronic affliction.....which develops over time because people stupidly stand in front of loud noises for long periods of time.
By the time the tinnitus has hit, its way too late to have learned your lesson.......if such a thing is possible of course.

I embrace mine. Kind of like training in a hypergravity chamber.

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[Erlend_G]

I do know about the 2/20w attuentator button .

On full 20 watts, I still do NOT percieve the amp as very loud. My uncles Blues Jr. (said to be 15w) sounds louder to my ears; it must be the voicing.

about tinnitus- I had it while studying jazz music back in 2010. Nothing to be fond of.