Spiral Architect 2 wrote:
Damn, you're using expensive as fuck gear
I got most of it relatively cheap over the years, and the cabs are just for common use at our rehearsal space, so they aren't mine (unfortunately!)
Lord_Of_Diamonds wrote:
Yeah, good lord. That's quite the setup. Idiot-proof. But I don't know what it sounds like right now, see. Could you put up a recording or something?
It should be idiot proof right? But then what does that make me... hmmm
I actually didn't even think to record some sound - Next time I'm at the rehearsal space I'll try to record something.
Lord_Of_Diamonds wrote:
About the pedals and the amp: the "Vintage Tube Overdrive", like many Behringer products, is a knock-off of a more well known product, in this case the Ibanez Tube Screamer. In a metal setting, pedals of that nature are never used for distortion. They are essentially just set to add a bit of treble bite and drive the level slightly, not add any real overdrive or distortion. This, coupled with the fact that Tube Screamer-like pedals suck away a lot of low frequencies, makes the amplified distorted sound coming from the amp "tighter". That is, less woofy bass and more pronounced pick noise. The Rat pedal is a full-blown distortion pedal, though, and pedals of its nature work better often in the effects loop. So try putting the Rat in the effects loop of the amplifier instead of in front of it. But you shouldn't even need a distortion pedal - that amp is very capable of doing a distortion sound. And an excellent one too.
I'll definitely try putting in the fx loop next time and see if that makes a difference. You might be right about the tube screamer clone, I only got it because I saw a lot of dudes combining a TS with a Rat and it sounded pretty dope.
Just a thought though, could it be that the amp needs new tubes or something? It has a tendency to sound pretty weak and trebley on its own.