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The global eq and ease of access/routing the outputs was a really nice feature I thought. But there’s shouldn’t be hum!

Anagram is super easy to get into and can be edited really quickly over the HX but I’ve no experience of the QC. Anagram is really handy and ‘on the go’ friendly.

Consider it graded exposure 😆 You’re welcome 🙏

Just because… 😆 Need to tidy up the wiring but just wanted to be sure it all sounded good. My standard set up remains much the same. I tap the sound from the Simone DI as below: TU3>4OTF>BSComp>Simone DI>CabM+ all goes to FOH/desk The full board goes to the amp via Simone 1/4” out: TU3>4OTF>BSComp>Simone1/4”>MB Comp>P&P>Funk> Thumpinator >amp 4OTF just as an always on low gain thing taking advantage of the filters. The MB is just acting as a valve stage and not doing any compression worth writing home about (I mean it can but not on this gig iteration). Getting a bit more juice from the 4OTF. P&P doubles as either drive or fuzz depending on the tune and set low gain gets a nice bump from the 4OTF too. Nice to have different drives available to layer. Funkulator just does its thing and adds a nice scoop to the drive sound for added sculpting.

The classic question of what do you ‘need’ and are there specific tones you’re after? Are the drives too raunchy or just missing a vibe? I had the ToneHammer for a number of years and used it in AGS mode as a slightly warmer low gain drive sound and it was great in this role. It then meant some other low gain drives came alive in this gain staging role. My pedal board is basically a preamp/eq, some compression and a couple of drive pedals. I have the option to add or swap in or out a few things but ultimately for the current pub gig it’s all I really need for this gig. There’s not much room for experimenting and even using some fuzz and octave combined but it’s not quite right for the tunes we play. For this reason I’m just using the basics but they work! I flip from thinking I need more stuff then get it and it doesn’t hit the mark then go back to the basics again, think I should be making more interesting sound only for them to not work and back to the basics again…

Yup a compressor will do wonders for your drive tone depending on where you set it and the suggestion above is solid. Adding a comp as an ‘effect’ for other pedals is a great trick.

The original pork loin was a purple pedal and because they’re discontinued you might well find a larger enclosure P&P for the same price which is good as it’s a more versatile unit.

Pork and Pickle by Way Hige which is basically a pork loin plus a fizz circuit. Really satisfying low gain drive with a nice character especially live with the band. Genzler 4 on the floor is another nice lower to mid gain with the added filters which really help sit the drive where you want it in your sound. You can open up the top end or tame it right down to just the right amount of bite and similarily with the low end keep it ‘tight and tidy’ by filtering where the lows get the drive. I’m using both on my board currently and they gain stage really well together too making a very versatile range of gain individually or in combination.