I work best in collaborative environments, and though I've probably heard most options before, I need your help to rehash this reoccurring problem. Hope you don't mind.
The Boogie Rig...I love it! For rhythm work it is very, very hard to beat. Flexible, reliable, and tonal nirvana. But for leads, I'm struggling. Again, the tone is really good (though I could use some more diversity) but one element is lacking: sustain. And not that it can't sustain well, I just need more sustain for when I can't fix the problem with volume (the grand sustainer
). My quest is to improve the singing sustain in my leads.
Compressors, cranked ODs, increased amp gain, distortion pedals, raise the pickup height, Sustainiacs, etc. I've been down all of these roads and still haven't found the answer. Since I don't want to change any aspect of my current rhythm tone and gain, that discounts all but a couple of options.
My old MXR DynaComp may work for certain applications, but I simply hate it. Maybe a different brand? Keeley 4 knob is just a revamped DynaComp so that's probably the wrong direction. Carl Martin? Seems like an expensive experiment but if it gives uncolored results, so be it. Ideas?
I designed potentiometers into the original Sustainiacs' project, back in he day, so I've played around with those some. It ain't going in the DGT. Period.
I'm running around in circles in my brain. What do you guys think?
The Boogie Rig...I love it! For rhythm work it is very, very hard to beat. Flexible, reliable, and tonal nirvana. But for leads, I'm struggling. Again, the tone is really good (though I could use some more diversity) but one element is lacking: sustain. And not that it can't sustain well, I just need more sustain for when I can't fix the problem with volume (the grand sustainer
). My quest is to improve the singing sustain in my leads. Compressors, cranked ODs, increased amp gain, distortion pedals, raise the pickup height, Sustainiacs, etc. I've been down all of these roads and still haven't found the answer. Since I don't want to change any aspect of my current rhythm tone and gain, that discounts all but a couple of options.
My old MXR DynaComp may work for certain applications, but I simply hate it. Maybe a different brand? Keeley 4 knob is just a revamped DynaComp so that's probably the wrong direction. Carl Martin? Seems like an expensive experiment but if it gives uncolored results, so be it. Ideas?
I designed potentiometers into the original Sustainiacs' project, back in he day, so I've played around with those some. It ain't going in the DGT. Period.
I'm running around in circles in my brain. What do you guys think?
