Hey everyone,
I've been playing with the JJ Jr for a year now (mostly progrock) and I'm happy with the sounds I'm getting so far. However, I'm struggling a bit with the optimal way to distinguish my rhythm sound from a heavier and/or lead sound in terms of the gain structure. Since I have only one channel available, I need to add gain with pedals and I'm a bit stuck on how exactly to do that.
I'm playing with the JBE mode engaged, which adds quite a bit of compression and changes the midrange response, I think. With a humbucker guitar (SD Custom 5), I get my ryhthm sound with the gain at around 9 o'clock. I have mostly tried two things so far:
A) Adding an overdrive pedal pregain. I currently only have a tubescreamer and a klon at home, and these color the sound too much for my liking.
B) Adding a boost in front (Friedman Buxom). This works a lot better, but I feel like I'm losing high end definition (e.g. pick attack) and clarity doing that. The pedal has a good EQ section, but, for the life of me, I can't replicate the effect of just turning the amp gain up, which always sounds better.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to go about this? I have to admit, I'm not very experienced and I don't fully trust my ears, so take what I've written with a grain of salt. Should I go for a more "transparent" OD in front? And then, should I maybe go for more gain rather than volume? Or should I try adding a pedal post gain, in the loop?
Thanks already and all the best
I've been playing with the JJ Jr for a year now (mostly progrock) and I'm happy with the sounds I'm getting so far. However, I'm struggling a bit with the optimal way to distinguish my rhythm sound from a heavier and/or lead sound in terms of the gain structure. Since I have only one channel available, I need to add gain with pedals and I'm a bit stuck on how exactly to do that.
I'm playing with the JBE mode engaged, which adds quite a bit of compression and changes the midrange response, I think. With a humbucker guitar (SD Custom 5), I get my ryhthm sound with the gain at around 9 o'clock. I have mostly tried two things so far:
A) Adding an overdrive pedal pregain. I currently only have a tubescreamer and a klon at home, and these color the sound too much for my liking.
B) Adding a boost in front (Friedman Buxom). This works a lot better, but I feel like I'm losing high end definition (e.g. pick attack) and clarity doing that. The pedal has a good EQ section, but, for the life of me, I can't replicate the effect of just turning the amp gain up, which always sounds better.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to go about this? I have to admit, I'm not very experienced and I don't fully trust my ears, so take what I've written with a grain of salt. Should I go for a more "transparent" OD in front? And then, should I maybe go for more gain rather than volume? Or should I try adding a pedal post gain, in the loop?
Thanks already and all the best