Cactus Mike Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Hello. I've tried to post this topic at Harmony Central, to no avail... Here's my problem: Lately at gigs, soundmen have been telling me that my lead tones are way quieter than my normal playing tones. I use a Marshal Guv'nor plus as my distortion/lead. I got the same problem with my Ibanez turbo tubescreamer. I have had the volume knobs on both pedals cranked. I have new patch cables as well as new instrument cables. My setup is as follows: Les Paul Custom>Boss Tuner>Guv'nor plus>Line 6 DD4 delay>Boss Phase shifter>Boss Reverb/Delay>Amp (Marshall JCM 800, 50 watt). any help or advice will be greatly appreciated. I need my solo parts to be louder!!! Mr. Plow, That's my name. That name again, is Cactus Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I suppose it's possible that the output of your pedal(s) is diminished somehow... Maybe you might consider adding a compressor or a clean boost after them in your signal chain. May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Mike Posted September 29, 2003 Author Share Posted September 29, 2003 A compressor or boost after the gain pedal? Any suggestions on a good one? Mr. Plow, That's my name. That name again, is Cactus Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loubeck Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Are you playing the amp clean or is it already dirty when you engage the Guv'nor? If it's already dirty, you may be over over-driving your amp. The Guv'nor is capable of some pretty heavy overdrive. If your amp is already overdriven when you hit the Guv'nor, you might just be creating mush. To troubleshoot this, I would simplify your effects chain. Start with just the Guv'nor and the Tube Screamer and add one pedal at a time. Hope this helps, Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel E. Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 It may not be a real volume loss. May be that your lead tone gets swallowed by the other frequencies on stage. Happened to me a long time ago. I had a pretty good rhythm sound that had a lot of midrange and held up well against bass, keys and drums. However my lead tone had more gain (and less attack) and more highs and lows and less mids. Sounded great by itself but I had to really crank it up to hear it with the other instruments. So try boosting the mids and upper mids. Also try running the time-based effects (phaser, delays) through the amp's effects loop if it has one. "You never can vouch for your own consciousness." - Norman Mailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Mike Posted September 29, 2003 Author Share Posted September 29, 2003 Thanks for all the replys so far. Re: clean settings. -Im using a JCM 800 through a 2X12 cab. I wouldn't exactly call my tone clean. It's clean for an 800 I guess. More of a dirty clean. So overdriving the speakers may be it. I have the highs cranked and the mids about 6 o'clock. The low and deep settings (guv'nor) are on like 2. I don't plug my tubescreamer in anymore. I don't know if I'm just deaf or what, but I've never heard any volume drop off until 2 seperate soundmen brought it up. Mr. Plow, That's my name. That name again, is Cactus Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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