Stacking drives

[FuzzyAce]

This or GTFO.

I raise, and call.

 

[Iron1]

I raise, and call.

That’s a fail cause it isn’t backed by the world’s hardest working noise gate.

 

[FuzzyAce]

That’s a fail cause it isn’t backed by the world’s hardest working noise gate.

 

[Jarick]

I haven’t but I just got a Tumnus, Duke of Tone, and Nobels ODR Mini. At least two of those should stack nicely.

 

[Jarick]

I kinda want a mini Timmy and a mini Fuzz Face to complete the teeny tiny drive collection.

 

[Achilles]

Picked up a Benson Germanium Fuzz for the Vinny Reverb, and then the TM Princeton, which it doesn't work well with at all.

Surprisingly it KILLS in front of my amp and preamps, and stacks great with both sides of the DW Duality.

I honestly never though fuzz worked in front of really high gain stuff.
Pleasantly surprised and/or just been dumb as nails all these years.

 

[Baba]

I've always been an amp tone, boost with a TS/Bad Monkey kind of guy, but, these days, all my tones come from a combo of the Kinky Boost (Xotic® EP Booster) into the OCD V4 in my Stomp XL, into the clean channel of my H&K Grandmeister Deluxe 40 (it's just what I have right now, no interest in using anything else at the moment, as I can use it with whatever cab I want that day, and also use it as a silent/direct amp for some IEM-only gigs that I have coming up).

OCD set relatively low, like, gain on 3.5 for the crunch snapshot, then the boosted tone snapshot is the OCD's gain up at like 8, and the Kinky boosting it. I'm pretty sure I left the stock settings on it, as nothing else sounds as good. My guitar volume works surprisingly well, even with BOTH boxes on.

I've had quite a few musicians/soundmen compliment my tone lately.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Picked up a Benson Germanium Fuzz for the Vinny Reverb, and then the TM Princeton, which it doesn't work well with at all.

Surprisingly it KILLS in front of my amp and preamps, and stacks great with both sides of the DW Duality.

I honestly never though fuzz worked in front of really high gain stuff.
Pleasantly surprised and/or just been dumb as nails all these years.

Fuzzes and BF style Fenders don't usually go well together, especially a Fuzz Face style. Really goes for any amp played clean with a bright cap (or emulation). This is the reason I like the tube screamer circuit at the end because it tames the bright cap shrillness so a fuzz hitting the TS will work better (still not perfect but more useable). But of course, the more the bright cap is out of the equation the better -- and additional preamp gain reduces the bright cap effect and that is when fuzzes play nicer.

 

[Jarick]

I've always been an amp tone, boost with a TS/Bad Monkey kind of guy, but, these days, all my tones come from a combo of the Kinky Boost (Xotic® EP Booster) into the OCD V4 in my Stomp XL, into the clean channel of my H&K Grandmeister Deluxe 40 (it's just what I have right now, no interest in using anything else at the moment, as I can use it with whatever cab I want that day, and also use it as a silent/direct amp for some IEM-only gigs that I have coming up).

OCD set relatively low, like, gain on 3.5 for the crunch snapshot, then the boosted tone snapshot is the OCD's gain up at like 8, and the Kinky boosting it. I'm pretty sure I left the stock settings on it, as nothing else sounds as good. My guitar volume works surprisingly well, even with BOTH boxes on.

I've had quite a few musicians/soundmen compliment my tone lately.

Are you just using the Stomp for effects? No amp modeling?

 

[Baba]

Are you just using the Stomp for effects? No amp modeling?

Correct.

I can expand on why, but I'm not sure if you're looking for that, or even care? Lol.

 

[metropolis_4]

I always liked a TS sandwiched between a Blues Breaker and a Rat.

Morning Glory -> Plumes -> Rat v2 was a favorite combo of mine

But I only like stacking drives with real pedals. It’s something digital doesn’t do well yet IMO

 

[FuzzyAce]

I always liked a TS sandwiched between a Blues Breaker and a Rat.

Sounds like a pickle in a hot sammich.

 

[synthpenguin]

BD-2 > Plumes > RAT has become my favorite combo into amps set on the cleaner side. Very versatile.

 

[Eagle]

I want my drive tone to be 100% amp when using a tube amp.

 

[maguchi]

I haven't really tried stacking drives before yet. Often I'm using the dirt from the amp, so I either use only a single drive or even no drives and just use the gain from the amp. Maybe one a these days I'll have the time to experiment, but for now, I'm getting the sounds I want.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Pulled my old SHO build out of a box tonight and had a lot of fun stacking it in front of other drive pedals. My favourite was SHO into Klone into JVM crunch set to just breaking up on its own. With a strat or tele it's a particularly good sound.

 

[dronerstone]

Pulled my old SHO build out of a box tonight and had a lot of fun stacking it in front of other drive pedals. My favourite was SHO into Klone into JVM crunch set to just breaking up on its own. With a strat or tele it's a particularly good sound.

I used it at the end of the chain, like a spreader to squeeze the amp's input wide open and add just a touch of hair.

Some folks run them right after the guitar, since there's an interaction with pickup load/impedance, from what I remember.

Mine was a Vexter, and some day a transistor said goodbye, I had a tech fix it, and it never sounded as good as before, so I sold it on.

Also, be aware it's a phase-flipper, which might make it a PITA to integrate in a stereo rig, depending on what else you're running.

These days, if I need a clean boost, I'll gladly use the MXR/CAE Line Driver, and if I need a notch of gain, I'll use the Fulltone FB-1 (which is a ripoff of the Orman Mini Booster, iirc).

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I used it at the end of the chain, like a spreader to squeeze the amp's input wide open and add just a touch of hair.

Some folks run them right after the guitar, since there's an interaction with pickup load/impedance, from what I remember.

Mine was a Vexter, and some day a transistor said goodbye, I had a tech fix it, and it never sounded as good as before, so I sold it on.

Also, be aware it's a phase-flipper, which might make it a PITA to integrate in a stereo rig, depending on what else you're running.

These days, if I need a clean boost, I'll gladly use the MXR/CAE Line Driver, and if I need a notch of gain, I'll use the Fulltone FB-1 (which is a ripoff of the Orman Mini Booster, iirc).

I like having a klone at the end of my drives tbh. I tried the Klone into sho but definitely preferred it the other way round. I've just been comparing my ep booster to the sho and they're different enough I think I'll keep both on my board for now.

 

[Aelred]

How about self-stacking drives - and then stack them?

AmpTweaker TightDrivePro - has that Boost option
AmpTweaker BigRockPro - as above
Boss Angry Driver
Black Arts Toneworks Coven (well, drive and fuzz)
Black Arts Toneworks Tres Diablos Ruidosos

 

[dronerstone]

How about self-stacking drives - and then stack them?

AmpTweaker TightDrivePro - has that Boost option
AmpTweaker BigRockPro - as above
Boss Angry Driver
Black Arts Toneworks Coven (well, drive and fuzz)
Black Arts Toneworks Tres Diablos Ruidosos

Triple decker then, huh?