https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:42:23 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176790 Sat, 13 May 2006 21:58:54 +0000
My signal chain would look like this if I was only using one amp

Guitar-> Mxr-> Tube preamp-> equalizer-> delay-> amp-> attenuator-> speaker. The volume and wah pedals would be in the effects loop of the preamp. If I even included them. More times than not I wouldn't use them.

If I was using two amps it would look like this.

Guitar-> Mxr-> Tube preamp-> one side of the equalizer-> First guitar amp-> attenuator-> Speaker. Being the tube preamp has numerous outs. I use the other side of the stereo outs into the other side of the equalizer-> delay-> guitar amp-> attenuator-> speaker. The volume and wah pedals would be in the effects loop of the preamp or I might include them in the chain to the second amp.

What it really comes down to is running the tube amp hard enough by clipping 4 to 8 db off them to get the speakers to break out. Its that overdriven tube amp tone which creates harmonics which give you a certain tone and feel to your playing style. The rest comes from within you.

Joe]]> Live Sound forrok_star https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176790 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176784 Sat, 13 May 2006 21:19:55 +0000 Live Sound duffmaster https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176784 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176774 Sat, 13 May 2006 19:31:04 +0000 Robbie]]> Live Sound Robbie https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176774 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176609 Fri, 12 May 2006 19:46:56 +0000 Im very biased.
I love Tubesreamer (get the turbo model it has four setting to work from)
and I think Zoom is a POS.

never liked what i heard.
muddy is the rule with Zoom.]]> Live Sound dogbite https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176609 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176509 Fri, 12 May 2006 06:20:20 +0000
Probaby the greatest weakness of the Zoom pedals is that you do not have a lot of control with the EQ. You can get close to a tone you like, but never quite "there" if you know what I mean.

I would invest in an inexpensive EQ pedal first like the Danelectro or even the new Behringer 7 band. It is getting good reviews and costs about $20. You really can't lose at that price.

Behringer EQ700

I found EQ settings on my Zoom pedal that were close to the tones I wanted. Then I use my EQ pedal to carefully fine tune the tone (I place it after the Zoom). An EQ pedal makes an amazing difference. For instance, I have found the slider at 100 Hz to be very important. Push it up and you have amazing bottom end, push it a little more and you have mud. So this allows you to get the most warmth and punch out of your tone without mushing out. And EQ pedals are super easy to use.]]> Live Sound Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176509 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176494 Fri, 12 May 2006 05:01:38 +0000 Live Sound duffmaster https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-176494 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-17628 Fri, 12 May 2006 04:56:34 +0000 Robbie]]> Live Sound Robbie https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-tone-blues/#post-17628