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FX loop send/return for blend purposes?


Ajoten
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My amp has a balance control on the fx loop enabling you to mix your wet and dry signals. While I understand what this is supposed to do, if I wanted to keep the dry signal at its original volume in order not to sacrifice bass when I engage a distortion pedal (on the assumption that's not a no-no for this loop malarkey), would a 12 o'clock setting do this? Or is that going to be 50 wet/50 dry volume? Or am I misunderstanding something?

(I guess an associated question is whether pedals with a blend knob on full have all the wet and all the dry?)

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It depends on the design of the blend control, which could vary between different amps and pedals.

Blend controls on pedals are not usually 100% wet + 100% dry with the blend knob half way. But that doesn't matter of the pedal has a volume control.

Blend controls on basses for pickup selection are usually set up so that centre position is 100% of each.

Amps, I'm not so sure as I've never had one with a blendable loop, but I bet not all manufacturers design them to work exactly the same. It'd be easy to tell by adjusting the blend knob with nothing in the loop (or a muted tuner pedal if it needs something plugged in) - does that affect the volume?

Anyway, I'd put a distortion pedal in front of the amp and forget the loop!

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