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Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 10:16 am
by Gramsci
losthighway wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 10:08 am
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.
Questions, clipping the headphones? The input on a laptop? By separation do you mean the volume difference between clean tone and dirty?
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.
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.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 11:43 am
by MoreSpaceEcho
Gramsci wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 10:16 am
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.
I like
this thing for metal. That said, i only play metal once in a great while. Most of the time I'm playing strummy indie/shoegaze kind of stuff and I've really found that i much prefer single coils/low gain humbuckers/cleaner amps, etc. Any time I try it with a high gain sound, almost immediately I'm like nah, so boring. i like being able to drive the amp with my right hand and with too much gain it's just too mushy and undynamic.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 2:16 pm
by Gramsci
Cheers. That pedal looks really interesting. I’ll put it in the potential purchase pool. I need to check out some reviews.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 3:42 pm
by numberthirty
Gotta ask...
The pickups in this guitar where there is an issue?
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 1:01 pm
by Gramsci
numberthirty wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 3:42 pm
Gotta ask...
The pickups in this guitar where there is an issue?
Dimarzio Air Zone.
https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/medium-power/air-zone
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:31 pm
by turnbullac
Bass with a crack/split in it. Gibson Grabber. Repair first or sell as-is?
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:53 pm
by four_oclocker_2.2
Repair. I'm seeing that folks are less willing to buy "projects" these days. Spend a little time getting it repaired and you're more than likely to actually sell it than just have it sit around.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2024 1:09 pm
by Lu Zwei
Holy shit, leave the table as it is. I bet the sex on that table is super ba(ll)ssy!
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2024 2:40 pm
by Kniferide
turnbullac wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:31 pm
Bass with a crack/split in it. Gibson Grabber. Repair first or sell as-is?
I would just stabilize that crack so it doesn't get bigger and then just let it be the bad ass crack bass.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2024 2:41 pm
by llllllllllllllllllll
turnbullac wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:31 pm
Bass with a crack/split in it
This sounds like a Would You: poll from the old days
