My Current Practice Rig

[Abe]

This is the current rig I practice through with my PRS guitar. These peddles then into Guitar Rig 7 on my desktop PC. Soon I think I'm gonna upgrade to a newer improved looper peddle.

I used to go into an Art SGX 2,000 Express effects processor with my Gibson Les Paul. It was good back in the 90's.

All Gibson vs PRS kidding aside... it's a lot off my shoulders to be done with that Les Paul that weighed like 15 friggin lbs. Love playing this PRS Hollowbody.

 

[Abe]

I have added a few things.

 

[markd21]

Sweet! What did you add?

 

[Abe]

Sweet! What did you add?

Since the first post I added a second Tube Screamer overdrive, a Digitech FreqOut feedbacker pedal, and now a Boss NS-1X noise suppressor pedal which cleans up the sound a good bit especially when overdriven.

 

[markd21]

Nice!!

 

[Abe]

Trying to figure out how to best order these, if I should use the 4 cable effects loop method with the Boss NS-1X Noise Suppressor peddle, and what peddles to put in that loop if I do.

An OD before compressor is unique from the traditional OD after Compressor, and I like some of each accessible. I seem to prefer the Wah after overdrives as well which I understand isn't the norm. I'll experiment.

So I guess I should try going into the FreqOut feedbacker peddle, then into the Boss NS-1X looped through OD, Compressor, OD back to the NS-1X then into the Wah > Looper > into the PC Guitar Rig.

Any suggestions?

 

[Abe]

Kind of a mixture of my preferences and advice I got and this is what I came up with.

Guitar into the DigiTech FreqOut feedbacker > into Boss NS-1X Noise Suppressor loop send through Tube Screamer, Compressor, Tube Screamer > returned back to Boss NS-1X > out to Morley Wah > out to Boomerang looper > out to Audio Interface of PC with Guitar Rig 7.

I have tried Wah first before and I think I prefer the Wah function after overdrives. I seen some other people prefer that as well. Also the FreqOut is said to work with the guitar's true initial tone so I didn't see any way to not have it first instead of the NS-1X.

Going to sip a coffee and partake in an herbal supplement then play some and compare to how it was last set up.

 

[Abe]

Hmm. All of a sudden it just wasn’t as good. Made sure it wasn’t the fault of the added patch cables but everything was good with the connections. Switched it to Noise suppressor first in chain with the stuff in loop including the FreqOut and it wasn’t any better than the FreqOut 1st then into Noise Suppressor with compressed overdrives looped. Seems for me with this rig it’s like the FreqOut, OverDrives, and Compressor need to work together followed by the NS-1X at the right threshold. I know the 4 cable method was supposed to be an improvement but I just couldn’t get it to be that at all. Swapped out cables for the newest but that just wasn’t the issue. I think it’s about my FreqOut and compressed overdrives shaping tonal response together and it just seems to dismantle the good thing I had going by putting the NS-1X up front with the 4 cable looping.

So to get the best tonal response I can with this rig I’m back to FreqOut > Screamer > Compressor > Screamer > Wah > Noise Suppressor > Looper > Guitar Rig 7. Fully overdriven this way the Noise Suppressor still cuts out the right amount of nonsense noise significantly. More so the right amount than the 4 cable effects loops method I just tried in the ways that were available to me.

Happy with it.

I like the Reduction mode for cleaner and Gate mode for the most heavily overdriven ways I play. A good purchase and addition.


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