28mistertee Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Afternoon all Am currently in the market for a new pedal to put in front of my valve amp. I was originally thinking a nice distortion ie a rat or something however now I’m just thinking of putting some sort of boost on instead to drive the valves more. I normally have my pre wound past noon to give me a little bite on my clean signal which I love the sound of. However I’m looking at something a bit more growly during chorus’s and twin lead breaks without losing my colour of my amp. I guess something similar to how a 2/3 channel amp works. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) A clean boost would give you an accompanying volume boost which might be a bit unmanageable playing live, so I'd go for a drive pedal personally, one that's fairly transparent that could be dialled back to a clean boost. A TC Spark Booster would fit the bill, I've been meaning to try one as it's getting a rep as a fine bass overdrive in its own right, but the toggle switch lets you just use it as a boost pedal also. The Earthquaker Westwood is a new 'transparent overdrive' pedal out that also looks good, but really there are tons of low-gain bass-friendly overdrives out there, prepare to be overwhelmed with recommendations (both good and bad)! Another recommendation that's slightly unusual is to use a dirty compressor like the Fairfield Accountant. Edited January 25, 2018 by dannybuoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28mistertee Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 2 hours ago, dannybuoy said: A clean boost would give you an accompanying volume boost which might be a bit unmanageable playing live, so I'd go for a drive pedal personally, one that's fairly transparent that could be dialled back to a clean boost. A TC Spark Booster would fit the bill, I've been meaning to try one as it's getting a rep as a fine bass overdrive in its own right, but the toggle switch lets you just use it as a boost pedal also. The Earthquaker Westwood is a new 'transparent overdrive' pedal out that also looks good, but really there are tons of low-gain bass-friendly overdrives out there, prepare to be overwhelmed with recommendations (both good and bad)! Another recommendation that's slightly unusual is to use a dirty compressor like the Fairfield Accountant. Thanks I’ll have a listen to these, I definitely don’t want a volume boost more something to drive the valves a bit and the ability to wind the volume back to keep the cleans and overdrive consistent level wise. Im a bit of a novice on compressors, I do have one at the start of my chain to even the attack of the notes and obviously I’ll get natural compression from my valves, would a third compressor be maybe too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Maybe it would, but I see the Accountant as more of an overdrive pedal with a bit of compression thrown in for good measure! If you want a boost for solos etc then in some cases a bit of extra compression is very welcome to help you stand out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazWills Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 there's a tone factor cream pie deluxe in the classifieds for a mere £55, that should do the job. I used to run a W&C phat phuk B in front of my (fairly clean) valve amp for this... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28mistertee Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 I’ll give the demos a listen and read up on these thank you 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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