wickenspoet
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When stacking your dirt pedals, what order do you prefer? Low gain first into high gain, or do you prefer high gain pedals into lower gain ones?
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Stacking overdrive and distortion pedals.
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Lazarus1140
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Re: Stacking overdrive and distortion pedals.
I have done both with good results. Right now I use a KOT which can be set four ways and with it I prefer distortion into OD.
I have done both with good results. Right now I use a KOT which can be set four ways and with it I prefer distortion into OD.
SteveAlysis
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Re: Stacking overdrive and distortion pedals.
Low into high for me. Right now im runnin Sho, OCD, Plimsoul, and its working great... i know where to set every pedal for certain sounds or pickups.
Low into high for me. Right now im runnin Sho, OCD, Plimsoul, and its working great... i know where to set every pedal for certain sounds or pickups.
Myaccount876
Amira-Maker
Re: Stacking overdrive and distortion pedals.
Low to high. Just seems to make more sense that way.
Low to high. Just seems to make more sense that way.
Aceman
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Re: Stacking overdrive and distortion pedals.
There is no "correct" order. Pedals will interact in different ways based on the design/construction.
a) Low to high is the approach TYPICALLY if you want to take a high gain / low dirt signal, and goose the INPUT of the next pedal.
b) High gain into low is the approach TYPICALLY if you want to take a specific large amount of dirt and goose the AMP from the next pedal.
Dirt / Gain
a) L/H > H/L > Amp
b) H/L > L/H > Amp
But LOTS of othr combos work as well, depnding on the pedals at play. For example:
Max dirt into max dirt for pure sonic chaos. Or....
Pedal A is a thick distortion with lower mids.
Pedal B is a moderat overdriv with amazing overtones.
You run pedal A at medium dirt and low level into pedal B at low gain and moderate level and run it into a high headroom setting on the Amp's clean channel - and all of the grind comes from the pedals without kicking the amp at all. Or...
Two very high gain pedals, (both set to low dirt) one into the other to pimp slap the preamp tubs of a non modded non master Marshall into nxt week.
We can go on all day....
If boosting a cool dirt, low dirt last
If boosting a dirt pedal, low gain first
And AS ALWAYS - do whatever sounds best for YOU!!
There is no "correct" order. Pedals will interact in different ways based on the design/construction.
a) Low to high is the approach TYPICALLY if you want to take a high gain / low dirt signal, and goose the INPUT of the next pedal.
b) High gain into low is the approach TYPICALLY if you want to take a specific large amount of dirt and goose the AMP from the next pedal.
Dirt / Gain
a) L/H > H/L > Amp
b) H/L > L/H > Amp
But LOTS of othr combos work as well, depnding on the pedals at play. For example:
Max dirt into max dirt for pure sonic chaos. Or....
Pedal A is a thick distortion with lower mids.
Pedal B is a moderat overdriv with amazing overtones.
You run pedal A at medium dirt and low level into pedal B at low gain and moderate level and run it into a high headroom setting on the Amp's clean channel - and all of the grind comes from the pedals without kicking the amp at all. Or...
Two very high gain pedals, (both set to low dirt) one into the other to pimp slap the preamp tubs of a non modded non master Marshall into nxt week.
We can go on all day....
If boosting a cool dirt, low dirt last
If boosting a dirt pedal, low gain first
And AS ALWAYS - do whatever sounds best for YOU!!
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Ash Telecaster
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Re: Stacking overdrive and distortion pedals.
I actually stack 3 at times...
FD-2 > OCD > BD-2
The FD-2 and the BD-2 are really set as clean boosts though the FD-2 tends to add some mid range.
This arrangement wasn't so much planned as just evolved naturally. I was using the FD-2 to add just a little hair for shuffle grooves, The OCD as a distortion pedal, and the Blues Driver as a solo boost. It was just a matter of time before I turned them all on at once.
I actually stack 3 at times...
FD-2 > OCD > BD-2
The FD-2 and the BD-2 are really set as clean boosts though the FD-2 tends to add some mid range.
This arrangement wasn't so much planned as just evolved naturally. I was using the FD-2 to add just a little hair for shuffle grooves, The OCD as a distortion pedal, and the Blues Driver as a solo boost. It was just a matter of time before I turned them all on at once.
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crguti
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Re: Stacking overdrive and distortion pedals.
I use the TC Electronic Nova Drive and I pretty much do whatever I want. :naughty:
so taking that into account, I like overdrive and distortion in parallel for some crunch sounds, and distortion followed by overdrive for cut fuzzy tones.
I use the TC Electronic Nova Drive and I pretty much do whatever I want. :naughty:
so taking that into account, I like overdrive and distortion in parallel for some crunch sounds, and distortion followed by overdrive for cut fuzzy tones.
Hoss
Joyfulnoiseologist
Definitely depends on the pedals. I usually do high into low. But,i think it really depends on how you want you're tone eq'd. I run my Voyager into my Mayflower right now, and it just sounds/works better. You HAVE to experiment to know for sure what will be the best for what you have, and its worth it to do so!
alteredbeast
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Re: Stacking overdrive and distortion pedals.
Maxon OD9 Pro+ --> Maxon OD9 --> ISP Decimator --> Mesa Mark IV, using the distortion from the amp. Works great for me. Pro+ is always on.
Maxon OD9 Pro+ --> Maxon OD9 --> ISP Decimator --> Mesa Mark IV, using the distortion from the amp. Works great for me. Pro+ is always on.
Re: Stacking overdrive and distortion pedals.
ive been running a red dot sunface into jetter red shift into timmy for the past few gigs.
i dont think ive used the sunface into the jetter but either of those into timmy is great. the sunface or jetter provides the thickness and majority of the gain while timmy keeps the touch sensativeness and liveliness and gives a little volume boost.
ive been running a red dot sunface into jetter red shift into timmy for the past few gigs.
i dont think ive used the sunface into the jetter but either of those into timmy is great. the sunface or jetter provides the thickness and majority of the gain while timmy keeps the touch sensativeness and liveliness and gives a little volume boost.
