Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:05 pm
Totally agree with the "check your batteries" thing. Eliminating them via an ac adapter is better.
ANY effects pedal without a hardware bypass (which is pretty much all of them) will suck your tone out, so get rid of any you don't absolutely need. I wanted the effects but was tired of the tone suckage, so I went the (expensive) route of rackmounting everything, and running my preamp into a rackmount mixer so that I could use the effect sends and other channels to drive and mix effects. That's the only way I've ever been able to get effects AND preserve my tone.
ANY effects pedal without a hardware bypass (which is pretty much all of them) will suck your tone out, so get rid of any you don't absolutely need. I wanted the effects but was tired of the tone suckage, so I went the (expensive) route of rackmounting everything, and running my preamp into a rackmount mixer so that I could use the effect sends and other channels to drive and mix effects. That's the only way I've ever been able to get effects AND preserve my tone.