Of course now I am thinking about getting the MOD 50 again and being done with the hunt. I am floored every time I hear the MOD 50 sound samples and videos. They always seem so smooth and thick/rich. None of the problems I hear in some of the Mesa and Marshall tones I hear.
I see what you all mean about Bruce wanting people to run good effects with the MOD so I guess a lot of my effects would be no good. So, it is his loop that will not accept a lot of cheaper effects that are not line level? I thought you all meant it was the true
bypass loop box. Speaking of which, how much real estate on the board does the true bypass loop take up? That might be my solution. I know Bruce knows his stuff so if he found it necessary to use a certain type of loop, it might be worth it for me to buy the head and take my time building the pedal board to match.
Looks like I would have to ditch some of my pedals. I have
a Boss TU-2 tuner, Dunlop 95-Q wah, Jacques chorus pedal(which is good quality!) and ISP DSP noise redutcion pedal.
So, with the Fender preamp and the MHG could I get a great clean, good mid gain and high gain all on the same platform? I am assuming you can crank the gain on the second channel of the Fender and make that the AC/DC type tone or maybe roll the gain or guitar's volume back for the MHG or EG 3/4 module. With all of this I could have an EQ in the loop to kick on for leads.
That true bypass loop would be great because it would save me from needing the effects on/off on the pedalboard and allow me to kick on EQ and delay all at once for leads and chorus/reverb/delay for clean. I may try this. Too bad, I like
the Boss RV-3 (Delay/Reverb). I may call Egnater and find out options and cost, etc.
Anyone selling a used MOD 50?
I was going to see if Bruce would make me a pedalboard with the effects on/off but may not need it now.