James Freeman
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My "Basic 80s Pre Amp" setup is almost complete.
It is designed to do two very basic things.
1. Shape and boost a medium gain amp into a high gain tight metal palm mute monster.
2. Even more boost for leads with the occasional wah.
Wah -> TU3 -> GE7 - Timmy -> 10 Band EQ.
The Boss pedals are buffered and add a tiny bit of noise even when bypassed but it is very mild.
My GE7 is modded with Monte Allums mod, it is super quiet even at extremes.
I find that the Pure Sky is a fantastic amp boost with the right settings, especially when fine tuned with the EQ before it, this spot is not permanent though, I may put a more 'standard' SD-1 here to be more period correct or something that will provide all the gain into a clean amp.
The last pedal is another EQ, the MXR 10 Band is super quiet and operates at 18v for huge headroom without clipping even if you push all the 9v pedals before it to maximum output, this EQ alone can boost and shape the amp into high gain even without an overdrive pedal or shape the sound of a high gain pedal into a clean amp.
Another very important thing I've learned, the power supply has to be of high quality, the Caline/Joyo one is not, I replaced the stock switching 18v power adapter to a linear/regulated 12v, everything is quiet now.
Inside the cheap PSU block every output has a separate regulator, filter, and protection, so it is well designed, but the supplied main 18v adapter is shite and needs to be replaced.
Yet another important thing I've learned is the Pedal Playground website everyone is using to build virtual pedal boards does not tell you how "hard" it is to route all the interconnects between the pedals and the power lines if you don't have an under-space for routing.
Consider placing everything more spaciously if the board is a plank of wood with everything on top.
Hey look, it's just a plain old plank of wood.
"Pedalboard"
It is designed to do two very basic things.
1. Shape and boost a medium gain amp into a high gain tight metal palm mute monster.
2. Even more boost for leads with the occasional wah.
Wah -> TU3 -> GE7 - Timmy -> 10 Band EQ.
The Boss pedals are buffered and add a tiny bit of noise even when bypassed but it is very mild.
My GE7 is modded with Monte Allums mod, it is super quiet even at extremes.
I find that the Pure Sky is a fantastic amp boost with the right settings, especially when fine tuned with the EQ before it, this spot is not permanent though, I may put a more 'standard' SD-1 here to be more period correct or something that will provide all the gain into a clean amp.
The last pedal is another EQ, the MXR 10 Band is super quiet and operates at 18v for huge headroom without clipping even if you push all the 9v pedals before it to maximum output, this EQ alone can boost and shape the amp into high gain even without an overdrive pedal or shape the sound of a high gain pedal into a clean amp.
Another very important thing I've learned, the power supply has to be of high quality, the Caline/Joyo one is not, I replaced the stock switching 18v power adapter to a linear/regulated 12v, everything is quiet now.
Inside the cheap PSU block every output has a separate regulator, filter, and protection, so it is well designed, but the supplied main 18v adapter is shite and needs to be replaced.
Yet another important thing I've learned is the Pedal Playground website everyone is using to build virtual pedal boards does not tell you how "hard" it is to route all the interconnects between the pedals and the power lines if you don't have an under-space for routing.
Consider placing everything more spaciously if the board is a plank of wood with everything on top.
Hey look, it's just a plain old plank of wood.
"Pedalboard"
Come to think of it, it's still early days here.
