Which stomp boxes?

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I'm looking for neverending sustain, and really smooth distortion. I play a Strat through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe at very, very low volume.

I borrowed a Big Black Russian Mufff and a Vintage Rat yesterday, I think the Muff may be closer than the Rat, but I still feel like there's something better out there.

If you've ever heard Nguyen Le's cd "Purple", that's the sound I'm shooting for.

Thanks in advance,
Bill
 
strat and neverending sustain aren't normally used together. that may be the problem.
 
I would try using a compressor, it will give you more sustain.

Space
 
Also replacing the pickups with ones with Alnico 2 or Ceramic magnets might help. The magnetic pull from the single coils may be killing the sustain.
 
Mr. Donkeystyle:

You have point there but I can't sneak a Les Paul past the wife right now. I just need to get as close as possible with this axe.


Space:

I was planning on adding my Alesis 3630 to the chain tonight and see what happens. If it's compression that I need, what would be a good <$100.00 compressor pedal to get?

Guitarist:

I have Rio Grande Tallboys and they're staying, but thanks for the suggestion.



Would anyone care to warn me that this could be an endless, money sucking quest?
 
Compression pedal? MXR Super Comp--great pedal for about $70 bucks.
 
crawdad said:
Compression pedal? MXR Super Comp--great pedal for about $70 bucks.
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I got one of those and love it! I got mine at GC for $50 though :D :D :D :D
 
Tillamook said:

Would anyone care to warn me that this could be an endless, money sucking quest?
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I think somebody already did:

Originally posted by donkeystyle

strat and neverending sustain aren't normally used together. that may be the problem.
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got mojo?
www.voodoovibe.com
 
You can get a good processor (GT-3, GT-5) used for pretty cheap too.
 
I would highly recommend getting a Iibanez ts9dx tubescreamer and adding a baked mod by Robert Keeley. I think this sounds best on a strat/single coil guitar.
You can get a variety of smooth/thick sustain to metal chunk, kind of like a ts808 on steroids.
 
"I'm looking for neverending sustain, and really smooth distortion. I play a Strat through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe at very, very low volume."

lol, pretty much mission impossible, you're in pedal territory.
I think the compressor is a good idea, especially if you are stuck playing at low volumes.
 
doesn't one of those boss boxes (metal zone? is that what it's called) give you almost endless sustain? i'm not sure you can get smooth distortion out of it though :)
 
The only other thing I could think of would be to try the american BigMuff at GC to see if it is any different to you. That is about the smoothest and longest sustain outside of combining it with a compressor (hey, theres an idea...) that you will get. Especially at low volumes.
 
And one other trick from a long time owner of the BigMuff...my tele likes to play with its tone at zero and the BigMuff at whatever fits the style being played. It smooths thing up tremendously and still can have a lot of attack depending where the BigMuffs tone knob is at.
 
My Alesis 3630 compressor/gate helped out a lot, although I wouldn't want it for the final solution, it colors the tone too much in bypass. Thanks for all the suggestions, I've been shopping the internet, listening to a ton of sound samples, including multi boxes like PX4 and J-station. I wish I didn't live so far away from a store that carried some of these things.

Aphex has a new compressor called the Punch Factory that looks interesting. Anybody tried one?
 
The old Marshall Guv'nor (black pedal - not silver) might get you there as well.

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