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Post by rckline on Feb 25, 2015 13:49:14 GMT -7
Hi Folks-
I have been using a big stereo pedalboard lately for looping. My problem is this: When I want to play lead, I can't put the pedal in the loop line, or everything that is looping becomes overdriven (makes sense, right?). So I thought maybe using a fuzz and lowering the volume for cleanup, but it doesn't work well, and my Boiling Point lead tone is gone. What if I placed the Lead gtr on channel 1 on the Z, and ran the loops through channel 2 on the Z(left side stereo), right side stereo kept through a Fender Blues Deluxe Original. Would this work? I'm gonna try it as soon as I arrive home, any other suggestions for inserting a lead guitar into a loop without changing the sound/tone of the loop? Thanks guys and gals!
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Post by kustom250 on Feb 25, 2015 14:06:01 GMT -7
I've always run my looper last in the chain.
That way whatever you play over top can have a different tone and not "effect" the loop.
The two amp thing works also. At one point I was using three amps for pure overkill.
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Post by rckline on Feb 25, 2015 14:12:00 GMT -7
My looper's last in the chain as well. I thought I'd tried that, doesn't kicking on your distortion run through the entire loop when engaged? That's my issue, when the dist. pedal is before the loop, it effects the entire loop/recording, and turns the whole thing into an overdriven meltdown.
At this point, I'm thinking 2 amps for stereo loops, and maybe my Marshall class5 head/cab for leads, seperate from the loops. I guess an A-B switch could accomplish this.
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Post by rckline on Feb 25, 2015 14:17:48 GMT -7
hey kustom250-
where is your distortion pedal? before or after the looper?
if after or before, doesn't that still cause the distortion to affect the whole chain? Pedals running into the dist. will distort, and pedals after the dist. will also be affected. Help!
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Post by kustom250 on Feb 25, 2015 14:22:43 GMT -7
No. The distortion should only distort the guitar signal. The recorded loop is only changed by pedals you place after the looper.
Or are you using a distorted amp? Then yes that will distort the loop as it's now behind the looper.
You need a pretty clean amp with lot's of headroom if you want to use just one amp.
I found this quickly as a sample.
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Post by rckline on Feb 25, 2015 14:32:21 GMT -7
thanks-all my amps are full of clean headroom(w/the exception being the Marshall, which I'm not using at the moment.
Thanks again, that makes a lot of sense-YES!!! I knew the clever fellow Dr.Z owners would know how to suss this out!
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Post by rckline on Feb 26, 2015 15:55:40 GMT -7
I wanted to express my gratitude-to everyone who helped me with loop issues, thanks a million. I finally have the loop board working as imagined. The folks here are WAY nicer than TGP. Maybe I'll never go back... YEAH! Muchos Gracias.
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