I've trying to get more creative in how I develop the tones I use. I've been listening to a ton of late 80s Anthrax recently, and I wanted a Marshall-esque sound to kick around. Experimenting with something that wasn't a modeler and was smaller than a tube amp sounded ideal. My challenge to myself was to look for great sounding pedals that each did multiple functions, so I could fit the effectiveness of a larger pedal board on a smaller board. Here's where I landed:
HD Precision Drive: Top notch, flexible overdrive that also includes a noise gate.
Friedman BE-OD: I used the internal gain pots to make the second channel sound like an edge-of-breakup plexi type of sound, which I like for clean sounds in a live setting, so now I have a heavy and clean sound.
Thermion Outlaw: Excellent analog delay with a lead boost.
Lastly I needed an IR loader, and chose the Cab M over the Engl cab loader due to price and flexibility. You just get more for less with the Cab M.
For power, I'm using a One Spot CS6 that fits right under the board, and the board is a Rockboard Duo 2.1. All-in-all this is a powerful, mostly-analog rig that fits in a backpack.
HD Precision Drive: Top notch, flexible overdrive that also includes a noise gate.
Friedman BE-OD: I used the internal gain pots to make the second channel sound like an edge-of-breakup plexi type of sound, which I like for clean sounds in a live setting, so now I have a heavy and clean sound.
Thermion Outlaw: Excellent analog delay with a lead boost.
Lastly I needed an IR loader, and chose the Cab M over the Engl cab loader due to price and flexibility. You just get more for less with the Cab M.
For power, I'm using a One Spot CS6 that fits right under the board, and the board is a Rockboard Duo 2.1. All-in-all this is a powerful, mostly-analog rig that fits in a backpack.
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