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Here is an ignorant boost pedal question. Okay, I've been playing around with putting boost pedals both before my signal chain and after my signal chain and also both on at the same time. I'm really liking some of the sounds I'm getting and am sort of hungry for more. My question is, will I harm my pedals by putting too much signal into them? For example let's say I want to have two boosts before my dirt pedals. Is this a bad thing? I don't want to destroy my pedals!! I am an idiot when it comes to this type of techie stuff!!

Short answer, No it's not a bad thing, Be careful of your speaker cone at high volumes though I guess.

I've never had any problems. But it sounds like you need to find a Fuzzhugger bear hug/hugger.

So how much is too much then? Like how many db's?

Scruffie wrote:Be careful of your speaker cone at high volumes though I guess.

Can you elaborate on this?

PumpkinPieces wrote:I've never had any problems. But it sounds like you need to find a Fuzzhugger bear hug/hugger.

Yeah, I might look into that. Thanks!

MannequinRaces wrote:

PumpkinPieces wrote:I've never had any problems. But it sounds like you need to find a Fuzzhugger bear hug/hugger.

Yeah, I might look into that. Thanks!

Even though they are discontinued, you may be able to custom order one from Tom!

Blurillaz wrote:

MannequinRaces wrote:

PumpkinPieces wrote:I've never had any problems. But it sounds like you need to find a Fuzzhugger bear hug/hugger.

Yeah, I might look into that. Thanks!

Even though they are discontinued, you may be able to custom order one from Tom!

Roger that. I'll probably drop Tom a line.

I should also mention that I currently own an EHX LBP-1 and a new Mellowtone Hi-Fi Overdirve.

my box of rock has +50 db over bypassed signal and it hasn't fucked up any of my pedals.

PumpkinPieces wrote:my box of rock has +50 db over bypassed signal and it hasn't fucked up any of my pedals.

Thats handy to know! Thanks. I'm definitely loving the sound of my Singing Tree with the LPB-1 in front of it and my Hi Fi Overdrive after it. It's pretty sweet. Hell, almost every pedal I've boosted has sounded better.

alrite something related to what TS is asking so dun mind me chipping in too - heres what happened to me when I boosted my Russian black Muff with a Turbo Rat, into the TBD loop with the fuzz side on too, my Ibanez Valbee then dropped signal after a a min or so of playing! My volume on the valbee was real low too! did that blow a tube or something? subsequently the valbee never really sounded the same... gotten used to it now and tweaking pedals to suit the amp now...

lucky i didn't throw in the Devi SM, GZ, Dano Transparent OD, Sansamp Classic, Boss DS-1, DF-1, Subdecay Noise Box, Zebranalogic Octave Fuzz, Behringer Compressor, Digitech Grunge, DOD Integrated Tube Drive into the mix... (I love fuzz and dirt after all) but what gives if just 3 dirt pedals out of the list above kills the valbee? )=

As far as I know, you can't really damage anything doing that.

I wouldn't crank every single knob to find out what happens, though.

Like, I'm sure the smoke detector in my apartment works fine, but I'm not going to set my place on fire to find out if it works.

whyuforcemetosignup wrote:did that blow a tube or something?

I know nothing about tube amps but did you try and switch out the tubes?

Sorry for hijacking the thread but...

Can a boost pedal make a tube amp overdrive? I've got a tube amp for my bass but it sounds a bit too clean for my tastes.

Dexterecus wrote:Sorry for hijacking the thread but...

Can a boost pedal make a tube amp overdrive? I've got a tube amp for my bass but it sounds a bit too clean for my tastes.

Yes...?
I'm a guitar player and I use the boost on my Wolf Computer Deluxe to boost it into overdrivey mmmmmmm territory.