aen wrote:There's a time and place for everything, but as of late I only really like crystal clean, and raging high gain. I've always been kind of an alien among my rocker brothers and sisters, because no amp was clean enough for me except the twin reverb reissue. And as far as I'm concerned, high gain distortion sounds best through a clean amp.
I originally voted low because I was drunk and didn't see the "all of them" option, but all is my real answer! I've got low, med and high gain pedals on my board, and I stack them for varying levels too. Love having that variety of sounds.
I'm on that fun dividing line between mid-high gain. However, because I mainly use The Elements for my dirt, I can cover the whole spectrum with the flick of a switch and the turn of a knob.
For live stuff & rehearsal where I kinda just like to set-it-&-forget-it the Fuck is set just to the edge of breakup, and is always, always on. I love the higher gain sounds on this thing and will definitely be diving into those for recording & layering guitars. I bought the Superbolt before finding out about the general douchiness of JHS's business practices. I considered sending it back/selling it, but it sounds really fantastic with my stuff. Perhaps someday I will replace it w a Mini or Elements. Maybe a Monarch? The AB is set w gain around 2 o'clock & the bloom around 3. Super Puzzle set to destroy.
All this runs into wah, delay, Organizer, modulation, more delay then into a reissue Fender reverb tank I got in the mid-90s & a Bassman Ten running loud but super clean. Really been loving this setup. Thankful to the ILF community for helping me learn about the great builders here.
with no pedals on I have a clean tone, I have a EHX Double Muff for overdrive, an IC Muff clone as a medium gain fuzz, and my Algal Bloom as a heavy fuzz. And a supersonic fuzz gun for crazy fuzz sounds.
Chankgeez wrote:
(Don't worry, spouses come and go, ILF is forever.)
i have absolutely no idea what i do. i just hook a shit ton of pedals together, twiddle the knobs and buttons until i like the sounds, step on them, and play. and then twiddle some more. i really should take notes.
aen wrote:There's a time and place for everything, but as of late I only really like crystal clean, and raging high gain. I've always been kind of an alien among my rocker brothers and sisters, because no amp was clean enough for me except the twin reverb reissue. And as far as I'm concerned, high gain distortion sounds best through a clean amp.
I feel 100% exactly the same way!
I voted high gain.. I really love high gain.
+100000
Brutal high gain for me, but only into the cleanest, high headroom amps. I'm not a fan of amps on the verge or dirt, and then slamming it with another distortion.
My amps of choice (for guitar) are a vintage Fender Showman and Blackstar Artisan 100.
