I mean the distorted signal off either high gain pedal tends to get very muddy with a full chord. It sounds blasted out with the strings competing for space. The clean and mid overdrive sounds great. But high gain is muddy with more than power chords.losthighway wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 10:08 amQuestions, clipping the headphones? The input on a laptop? By separation do you mean the volume difference between clean tone and dirty?Gramsci wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 2:47 am I need some advice on my home (studio) rig.
I’ve got a Mesa Mark I plugged into a Mesa CabClone. My effects are running through the Mark I loop. I’m either playing to a good pair of Sennheisers or into my laptop via an iRig.
The clean signal is fantastic with my SG and Travis. But the distortion pedals I’m using is a struggle. I’ve got a Hotcake, which as low gain overdrive sounds great but my RAT and XXL both are clipping when I play chords. Chuggy riffing is fine but if I play a full barred chord the separation is terrible. Is this the pedals? If so can someone recommend a good high gain distortion pedal. Or is this just what happens with my set up?
For context when I say a full chord I mean a high gain
dropped D bar with a polychord off the high strings a la Helmet and that general vibe.
The question is really “would a better high gain distortion pedal fix this?” If so can people recommend a good “metal” distortion pedal with good note separation.
