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The kind you do with knobs on an amp, not the other kind.
Anyway. So awhile back i was talking about trying to figure out a way to get my amp tone back because I had been using multieffects.
My GT-10 sucked so much tone out of my setup it sucked balls. I coudl get great digital distorion from my pedals but I couldn't use my true tube distortion because it sounded flat and farty.
So after trying a few things (true bypassing my crybaby was a good start) I came up with a plan that actually worked, without any extra funds.
First thing I did.
My Rivera Knucklehead has a blendable effects loop. Which basically means I have a knob at the back that controls the wet/dry ratio, something that not a lot of amps have unless they're crazy expensive.
Plus it has a send/return. Now I wasn't planning on using my FX loop at all.. I'd rather have my effects in front of the amp, and when I eventually get a Subwoofer made for the amp (it was designed to use one) the sub will only take 100% dry signal (which sucks for using effects like slow gear)
So what I did was I took a small effects patch cable and basically jumpered the FX loop. I plugged my guitar straight into the front of the amp and dialed in a tone I like. I kept pushing the fx loop on/off switch on my footswitch and A/B tested the sounds until they matched perfectly. It took some work. I had the blend knob to 10 (100% wet) and the send/return knobs were roughtly straddling 5. So then I took the "jumper" patch cable out and plugged my GT-10 into the FX loop, to find a patch that would not alter the tone of the amp when I played through it. I had to turn all the effects off and make sure the master EQ was set neutrally, and then basically just set the master volume knob to the spot that made no change when I switched ont he FX loop. once that was done I saved those settings and put the GT10 back in front of the amp on my pedal board. I tried it and it sounds perfect. No money spent.
Took a couple hours though.
The thing is now if i want to adjsut my volume I have do either do it with the expression pedal IF its set as a volume pedal. Or by turning the volume down on the amps themselves, because I need the master on the multi effects to stay where it is to keep up the line level volume.
Now all i need is a THD hotplate for my tube amp.
Anyway. So awhile back i was talking about trying to figure out a way to get my amp tone back because I had been using multieffects.
My GT-10 sucked so much tone out of my setup it sucked balls. I coudl get great digital distorion from my pedals but I couldn't use my true tube distortion because it sounded flat and farty.
So after trying a few things (true bypassing my crybaby was a good start) I came up with a plan that actually worked, without any extra funds.
First thing I did.
My Rivera Knucklehead has a blendable effects loop. Which basically means I have a knob at the back that controls the wet/dry ratio, something that not a lot of amps have unless they're crazy expensive.
Plus it has a send/return. Now I wasn't planning on using my FX loop at all.. I'd rather have my effects in front of the amp, and when I eventually get a Subwoofer made for the amp (it was designed to use one) the sub will only take 100% dry signal (which sucks for using effects like slow gear)
So what I did was I took a small effects patch cable and basically jumpered the FX loop. I plugged my guitar straight into the front of the amp and dialed in a tone I like. I kept pushing the fx loop on/off switch on my footswitch and A/B tested the sounds until they matched perfectly. It took some work. I had the blend knob to 10 (100% wet) and the send/return knobs were roughtly straddling 5. So then I took the "jumper" patch cable out and plugged my GT-10 into the FX loop, to find a patch that would not alter the tone of the amp when I played through it. I had to turn all the effects off and make sure the master EQ was set neutrally, and then basically just set the master volume knob to the spot that made no change when I switched ont he FX loop. once that was done I saved those settings and put the GT10 back in front of the amp on my pedal board. I tried it and it sounds perfect. No money spent.
Took a couple hours though.
The thing is now if i want to adjsut my volume I have do either do it with the expression pedal IF its set as a volume pedal. Or by turning the volume down on the amps themselves, because I need the master on the multi effects to stay where it is to keep up the line level volume.
Now all i need is a THD hotplate for my tube amp.