High Gain Rhythm Tones: Bone Dry, or using effects?

[ibanez4life SZ!]

Hey guys!

I'm curious...do you run any effects on your high gain rhythm tones, or do you keep them completely dry.

In the past when I ran a simpler setup, I tried adding some reverb or delay to my rhythm sound, but it ended up loosing all punch and clarity.

Now, I run a dual amp wet/dry setup...Mesa Roadster and Bogner Uber....we're talking high gain modern rock rhythm tones. I mix the two amps for my tone, and only the Roadster runs effects when I use them. I think this may give me a great option to add some depth and space to my rhythm sound. Maybe some reverb or delay on the Roadster, while keeping the Uber Dry?

Let's hear your tips and tricks!

Eric

 

[stephen sawall]

Rhythm ..... dry
Lead ...... plate reverb

It really depends on the material and sound wanted. In general I like the sound as dry as possible for most things.

 

[crwnedblasphemy]

Recording.....Dry
Playing....a little wet(specifically a tad of delay at 440, like Oliva).

 

[fearhk213]

When playing live I like my rhythm tone dry unless I'm going for a certain sound. Alot of the stuff I do is metal with some precise picking stuff and I don't like the way reverb or delay seems to get in the way for that kind of stuff. It may work for some, but not me. I never tried it with a two amp setup so maybe that may work.

 

[stephen sawall]

I never tried it with a two amp setup so maybe that may work.

No it well not.

 

[Solid Snake]

I always run my high gain rhythm tone dry.

 

[Code001]

Unless I'm playing some 80s stuff, I usually keep my rhythm dry. Leads will always have some sort of effect, however.

 

[locoed]

For a gig I run dry,most of the stuff I play is down strokes,metal.
The only time I use effects is on a solo,a little delay,or clean,
Little reverb and or delay,no matter what I try,using effects for high gain stuff kills the tone,punch,attack,always sounds quirky like 80s music,could just be in my head though.

 

[JTyson]

Depends on the piece, but mostly dry..... almost always

 

[Jimmie]

W/D/W w/a little delay, panned hard right and left just to fatten it up, but am finding on some songs (i.e.; Bark at the Moon) any amount of delay sounds muddy when playing percussive passages.

 

[mboogman]

Rhythm tracks are always dry for me, except for clean tones.

 

[locoed]

I still wanna try W/D/W but no matter how it's explained to me I don't get it.

 

[PeteLaramee]

On disc = Dry
Live = a tad of verb

 

[Digital Jams]

 

[tweed]

I usually run a DD3 all the time, you can never really hear it, but its there to soften the highs slightly. Sometimes I'll throw a crybaby in the chain, but not engage it, to mellow out some of the highs.

 

[RedB4Black]

I hardly use effects. Maybe a little reverb/delay from time to time and chorus on cleans. I don't know why I bought an Axe FX Ultra

 

[BOZZY]

always dry/a little delay for solo's

Thats why the Axe-fx went!

 

[Spaceboy]

I use some reverb on rhythm, but I play oldschool and tech-death, not modern rock.

 

[Bishop5150]

Mostly dry for the rhythm. Maybe some slight detune for certain stuff. Usually some effect for cleans and leads. Depends what I'm going for.

 

[MARK1970]

That made me thirsty.

I like a ver small amout of delay with a mixer. ( no tone suckage )
I only use a small amout of reverb for cleans or playing at very low volume when practicing.