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I play a G&L Invader and a G&L ASAT Special Semi-Hollow with p-90s. I don't think there's a better guitar out there.

You're right. My bad. It occurs to me that I was thinking about it in the wrong way. If you put an overdrive/distortion pedal straight into the effects loop, you're going to hear what the pedal/guitar sounds like without preamp saturation. My hot rod deville sounds somehow more 'boxy' to me...

If you put an overdrive pedal in front of it it will. Try it.

If you want to really hear how your power tubes sound, plug yr guitar into the power amp in/fx return jack. You'll lose control of the master volume, but you can at least check out how different the tubes sound.

Oh I see.... very slick indeed.

Ah. Now I see. Yeah, that does look like it could survive an earthquake. You don't get any noise from having that AC cable running paralell to your cables? I guess my DIY skills are more backyard than yours. At the very least, if building a board, you should study the designs of the market...

I've done the DIY thing before, and it works to some degree if you're just sitting in your living room. But as soon as you start gigging often throwing an entire band's shit in the back of a van you're going to start having problems fairly immediately. I bought the Furman SPB-8, which at the...

Living rooms are bourgeoisie.

Yeah, so, I'm full of shit. Often my opinions get me carried away, mostly because I spend so much time thinking about sound-a futile enterprise, mostly. I just listened to Life Without Buildings, Live at the Annandale Hotel, one of the more amazing albums I've heard in a loooooong time. The...

Exactly. Which is why I find the end result hilarious. Walter couldn't figure out if his precious Boss Compressor was busted or not in the beginning... turned out it just had a low battery. The fix is for him to mod the pedal with some kit he bought off the internet. Sigh. You know what? I...

No. If he's lucky he might get 'sort of' but most likely will get 'flabby bullshit' or 'wet fart.' They're two different machines. One is a compressor and the other is a boost. They're different circuits with different components made by different companies. They will not bring the same results.

This is bad advice. If you don't know what an fx loop is you shouldn't be trying to mod pedals. You're trying to fix a tire by reinventing the wheel. This whole thread has gone completely batty. Just go buy an mxr micro amp for 59 bucks and call it a day.

I'm confused by this, and maybe I've been confused all along. Do you want it dirtier, or louder?

Drew is 100% right, and this is how it's done. I run a fulltone ocd in front of the clean channel. When I roll my guitar volume back to 2-3 the sound is totally clean, but at similar volume, which is the key to the whole operation. I've had to replace the volume pot on my guitar a few times...

if by chance there needs to be a change... wtf are you talking about? what 'big boys?'

The MXR Micro Amp is what you should try. Outside of that the two that I've used and liked were the Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso and the Fulltone Fat Boost.

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Forgive me. I'm talking about the role of a compression pedal in rock and roll. I have no idea what funk players do. Nor do i give a shit. I can't help what music i like. I just like it. Johnny Hiland does nothing for me either. That's what he's actually going for. So... yeah... don't leave it...

I hear this kind of statement when talking backstage at gigs, and it usually sends up a red flag in my head that the kid I'm talking to will likely have some shit tone. I'm not trying to be a dick by saying that, but it's actually how I feel. Sometimes im surprised. What you're saying is akin...