Trying to get MORE out of my amp

[Empty Pockets]

Had my first band practice in forever yesterday, and I found while messing around with my amp and stuff at practice volumes that my DS-1 doesn't really change anything tonally when the volume's up past 7. I get more feedback but that's it, the amp's natural distortion doesn't get any thicker. What exactly is going on here? How can I get more gain?

 

[colz10]

Re: Trying to get MORE out of my amp

i think you need an overdrive pedal instead of the distortion pedal. maybe a ts-9. My friend quencho092 has one and it works pretty well. He doesn't really like to use a lot of gain though.

 

[Stratcat]

Re: Trying to get MORE out of my amp

Had my first band practice in forever yesterday, and I found while messing around with my amp and stuff at practice volumes that my DS-1 doesn't really change anything tonally when the volume's up past 7. I get more feedback but that's it, the amp's natural distortion doesn't get any thicker. What exactly is going on here? How can I get more gain?

The DS-1 is not a very good pedal, I recommened the Marshall Jackhammer high gain pedal.

 

[Shnook]

Re: Trying to get MORE out of my amp

Are you looking for a high gain overdrive or something more in the middle? There are many good overdrive/boost pedals to recommend, but you need to be more specific about the tone your looking for.

My first recommendation would be for Xotic's AC Boost.

 

[drew_half_empty]

Re: Trying to get MORE out of my amp

why not just get higher gain tubes?

 

[y2stevo]

Re: Trying to get MORE out of my amp

Make sure your turning the gain on your amp down quiet low..

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

Re: Trying to get MORE out of my amp

why not just get higher gain tubes?

Sorry, but 'high-gain tubes' won't make his amp suddenly sound great with the DS-1.

I'd suggest using an OD pedal, as well. Try out the Digitech Bad Monkey if you're on a budget. It's all analog, and doesn't have that nasty midrange hump like a TS.

 

[drew_half_empty]

Re: Trying to get MORE out of my amp

i was saying as an alternative to using the ds-1 for extra gain

assuming you're leaving the ds on all the time?

 

[Guitarist]

Re: Trying to get MORE out of my amp

A BOSS SD-1 is quite the gain monster when it comes to OD pedals. Very aggressive and hairy.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: Trying to get MORE out of my amp

Hi-gain tubes sounds like a good idea, new pedals would be a second step. Maybe someone can recommend me some tubes for a really aggressive garage sound?

 

[Quencho092]

Re: Trying to get MORE out of my amp

how does your bassman sound? Just curious since a buddy of mine is going to get his hands on one pretty soon-the 68 silverface...

Fenders have a pretty sharp drop in the upper midrange EQ of their tone stack, so in order to get a more saturated tone, you should think about filling this gap with a good ol' TS9 or TS808 or similar pedal. There's a reason why they work so well in fenders, and that's because they fit eachothers' EQ's like a glove-what may sound like a mid hump in a marshall with a TS9 creates an amazingly sweet distorted tone when it's a fender with a TS9.