dub wrote:Another thing I have been doing lately is playing with my guitar controls more. I roll the tone back nearly halfway on the bridge, and dial everything in from there, that way I have more treble to play with if I need it. Similarly I usually have the volume backed off ever so slightly , so I can kick it up a notch, so having pedals that are smoothly responsive to your volume and "amplike" is a must.
been playing in this field a bit more lately myself and really liking the options.
also been considering picking up a switcher setup but haven't quite gotten the nerve yet.
dub wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:10 pm
I do really love how responsive the OCD is, I'm running it at 18v, for the low gain stacking I'm doing right now the extra headroom seems to make a difference.
Switched mine to 18v mode and didn't notice a difference until I started messing around with different gain stages at more moderate volumes. It's more variable to my ears.
dub wrote:Another thing I have been doing lately is playing with my guitar controls more. I roll the tone back nearly halfway on the bridge, and dial everything in from there, that way I have more treble to play with if I need it. Similarly I usually have the volume backed off ever so slightly , so I can kick it up a notch, so having pedals that are smoothly responsive to your volume and "amplike" is a must.
been playing in this field a bit more lately myself and really liking the options.
also been considering picking up a switcher setup but haven't quite gotten the nerve yet.
Think I’ve done this my whole life. It’s such an easy way to vary your tone and gain/volume.
I tend to live on around 7 on the volume as my base tone/gain with my amp/gain pedals set to the loudest/most saturated sound. Then I can go up to my lead tone with just a nudge of the volume pot. The lower tone control on my old strat is wired to control the bridge as well as the middle. Il usually leave that around 6 and work from there.
Recently started using the middle pickup on its own, as usually I use bridge and middle together.
Fender Classic Player 60’s Stratocaster>East Coast T1 Tele>
Epiphone Les Paul SL>Ovation 12 String acoustic>Peavey Strat DIY Relic
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dub wrote:Another thing I have been doing lately is playing with my guitar controls more. I roll the tone back nearly halfway on the bridge, and dial everything in from there, that way I have more treble to play with if I need it. Similarly I usually have the volume backed off ever so slightly , so I can kick it up a notch, so having pedals that are smoothly responsive to your volume and "amplike" is a must.
been playing in this field a bit more lately myself and really liking the options.
also been considering picking up a switcher setup but haven't quite gotten the nerve yet.
Think I’ve done this my whole life. It’s such an easy way to vary your tone and gain/volume.
I tend to live on around 7 on the volume as my base tone/gain with my amp/gain pedals set to the loudest/most saturated sound. Then I can go up to my lead tone with just a nudge of the volume pot. The lower tone control on my old strat is wired to control the bridge as well as the middle. Il usually leave that around 6 and work from there.
Recently started using the middle pickup on its own, as usually I use bridge and middle together.
I got what was probably one-sided advice from a more experienced band mate very early in my playing days. He said you always want to start with your guitar's volume up all the way to get all the tone it is capable of and then only back off for specific other sounds. I probably should have just experimented more.
i've seen folks do that before. more often i've seen players constantly turning their guitar volume up despite it clearly being up all the way, like an OCD/nervous tick.
dots wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:00 pm
more often i've seen players constantly turning their guitar volume up despite it clearly being up all the way, like an OCD/nervous tick.
Oh damn yeah I absolutely do this. Obsessively re-tuning after every song as well, although I'm trying to get out of that habit.
I love that in old footages Hendrix sounds sloppy and out of tune when he noodles but the second the beat and the groove drop he sounds like god being reincarnated
dots wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:00 pm
more often i've seen players constantly turning their guitar volume up despite it clearly being up all the way, like an OCD/nervous tick.
Oh damn yeah I absolutely do this. Obsessively re-tuning after every song as well, although I'm trying to get out of that habit.
every goddamn
time
Feel like I should hook it up to 9v and Pavlov myself off it
dots wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:00 pm
more often i've seen players constantly turning their guitar volume up despite it clearly being up all the way, like an OCD/nervous tick.
Oh damn yeah I absolutely do this. Obsessively re-tuning after every song as well, although I'm trying to get out of that habit.
every goddamn
time
Feel like I should hook it up to 9v and Pavlov myself off it
i've had this habit of over-tuning as well. getting better at and trusting my intonation skills i think helped, but there's still a nag to do it anyway in the back of my head.
For a good while now I’ve been playing a single channel amp with the band (either Origin or Bassman) and my main board sounds great with them, but I’ve been missing my Rockerverb at times. So I put together this “mini” board which has a patch bay so I can put effects through the FX loop if I want. Tuner, Compadre and ODR in the front, the rest in the loop.
Thom wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:44 pm
For a good while now I’ve been playing a single channel amp with the band (either Origin or Bassman) and my main board sounds great with them, but I’ve been missing my Rockerverb at times. So I put together this “mini” board which has a patch bay so I can put effects through the FX loop if I want. Tuner, Compadre and ODR in the front, the rest in the loop.
Bacchus wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:50 pm
How does the Kaoss pad get used? Was always interested in them but didn't have the imagination to see a use case for one.
Or have Fashion Tips gone in a different direction and are now a Muse tribute?
To be fair it's not heavily used at the moment. I am effectively using it as a noise machine for the end of songs. Using the many looper patches to mangle notes. But it is being used during a new song in a similar way, but as part of the song. I have it in my FX loop as there is a dB boost in the vox FX loop. as the Kaoss Pad drops volume a bit.
