Rusty Box- How do you use yours?

[Iheartreverb]

I’ve got a Rusty Box on the way as I couldn’t pass it up. I’m interested in whether people use these as an always on preamp or a drive pedal? 
in the case of the former, are you going into an effects return or similar? Essentially making that the sound of your amp.

If you’re using as a drive pedal, how do you find it? 
 

cheers 

[Inga]

personally I think it's better used as a drive or just some extra colour you can turn on doing key moments tho definitely not an always on for me, works great honestly but prefer just running a sansamp and keeping it simple

[Cosmo Valdemar]

On 15/10/2025 at 19:14, Inga said:

personally I think it's better used as a drive or just some extra colour you can turn on doing key moments tho definitely not an always on for me, works great honestly but prefer just running a sansamp and keeping it simple

What's your set up - Rusty Box into a Sansamp or straight into an amp? Which Sansamp do you use?