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Only 3??? I'm actually kinda disappointed in this.I run three pedalboards at home for various amp setups -
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Only 3??? I'm actually kinda disappointed in this.I run three pedalboards at home for various amp setups -
I basically have this DG30 set as my main sound. Also have a VOX AC that I basically bring with me for rehearsals or gigs where I cant bring my DG30 set up. I have 2 pedal boards, 1 small and a big one (not that big), and in this one I have 2 EP Booster. one is ON all the time with the volume on minimum and the other I use after the drives to boost volume. I think I would have a Super Clean instead of my "always ON EP".Thanks for the additional tips!
I *LOVE* the EP Booster, have for a long time. It is not "always on" for me, but it is on a lot. I am also very intrigued by the demos and reviews of the Xotic Super Sweet and Super Clean pedals, I actually have those coming in today to check out.
I run three pedalboards at home for various amp setups - 1 for single channel Marshally amps - HDXA and DG 30, one for Marshally amps with effects loops, and one for High Headroom Clean with pedals for Dirt, so I can use all 3 at any given time across the 3 boards and applications/tone formulas.
congratulations. I also have a DG30 with matching cabinet and it was a game changer for me. I can say that I started to play better. Can tell you why, but I think it must have to do with something the way responds, sounds and feel when you're playing. anyway, in the beggining it looks like just a very good clean amp, but there's a lot of sounds hidden on those controls.
that makes a lot of sense to me. the amp becomes a part of your playing and not just a loud box, it interacts with you. and yes, you can feel and hear some nuances, but I can't put in words and I doubt if anyone but the player can hear it. it's very sublte, it's like a selfish pleasure.I have a theory about this.
In my experience, some amps compress, support, and sustain a note (or a chord) in a way that helps out with legato phrases, connects chords easily, etc. If they also react to pick attack and bring out (and thus allow the player to hear) the subtle details, that only makes things easier to play. For me, the HXDA and DG30 do both of these things extremely well. The notes are also meaty, have a certain heft and weight, etc.
These are characteristics of amps that many professionals prefer, in my experience. Some amps do it well, others don't. In fact, the degree to which amps do these things well separates the "men from the boys." They're certainly true of any number of classic amps.
I've found only a handful of amps that satisfy this way, and the DG30 and HXDA are my top two. The Two-Rocks I owned were a close second, and that's primarily because I prefer the types of tones the PRS amps bring out of my guitars. A good vintage Tweed amp supports a note in a different, but also pleasing, way. Etc.
Just my own theory of why I prefer certain amps to others.
Les continues to be a bad influence on me ....
Awesome! I had one for a minute, but without the Ox Box, it didn’t last long. Went to Mike, and now Sergio’s cat has it.
I basically have this DG30 set as my main sound. Also have a VOX AC that I basically bring with me for rehearsals or gigs where I cant bring my DG30 set up. I have 2 pedal boards, 1 small and a big one (not that big), and in this one I have 2 EP Booster. one is ON all the time with the volume on minimum and the other I use after the drives to boost volume. I think I would have a Super Clean instead of my "always ON EP".
the always on volume zero Ep Booster thing sounds strange but works.Great - thanks for clarifying! I appreciate your tips.
I have been experimenting with the EP Booster, Super Clean and Super Sweet with the HXDA and the DG 30 today (between typing dissertations over on the Electric Guitars Forum). VERY interesting!
I am starting to get this "Always On" thing, finally...
Pete, it occurs to me that I forgot to tell you about the Pettyjohn Lift pedal. It’s an always-on buffer with a switchable boost. I think it sounds great, enhances everything on my pedalboard, and works especially well with the DG30. It sounds like a high end mixing console - truth!
I also like the EP Booster, but it has a texture to it that I don’t always want. The Pettyjohn solves that for me. Yes, it’s subtle, and all that, and blah blah blah, but you have the ears and sophistication to appreciate it.
I don’t often recommend pedals, but your ears can discern what it adds to your signal. It’s also a GREAT buffer, and has some nice EQ features as well, that can be switched to be on or off with the boost disengaged.
I also love - love, I tell you - the Pettyjohn Filter EQ. I don’t always use it, but it can do so much, and also has that expensive console-grade tone.
I have a Pettyjohn Pettydrive 2 overdrive. Whether you’d like that, I can’t say. It’s a pretty specific sound, but I like it.
Les, thanks for the tips! I remember you mentioning the Pettyjohn pedals before.
I just got the Xotic Super Clean and Super Sweet. I have been checking those out with the HXDA and Mercury V, and they are also terrific. They seem to be more transparent than the EP Booster (especially the Super Clean), and also have these great dip switches on the side of the pedal to give you the option to easily on the fly do a High Cut, High Mid Boost, Low Mid Boost or Bass Boost - which is really handy, you can dial the amp into a sweet spot, and then use the boost with the gain set fairly low in an "always on mode" and use the dip switches to fine tune the eq with a particular guitar. (They also have a buffer.)
Cool!
I haven't played the DC 594 Soapbar through it yet, as I have been focused on the Solidbody 594s with it this week, and the new 25" McCarty and the DGT.
The universal problem is that we can't dance with all the pretty girls at once
Les continues to be a bad influence on me - NAD, DG 30 head!
This amp is pretty great, now I see what all the fuss is about!
Let me start by clarifying again that there is no way whatsoever I could get great tones out of the HXDA and/or DG 30 without the Ox Box at home. I am not talking "bedroom" volumes, I am talking about still pretty loud moving some air, but running these amps at ~3 o'clock on the Master to get them into the sweet spot for monster tone. No way I could do that without the Ox Box without peeling paint off the walls. That thing is a complete game changer, at least for me
So... the this is a GIGGING amp only? (w/o an attenuator)? So the MV doesn't work that well? I'm curious, because this is one of the few amps I'm looking at buying... I've got a Hot Cat, with their new K-Master, and it works really well for home (not bedroom) volumes....
Last saturday I went for a rehearsal with a project that I am starting. The studio has some good gear but I took my amp and cabinet to use it. Damn, the DG30 set is just awesome. for those who thinks the BOOST switch is just more gain thing, no way! it's like having 2 amps, I wish they have that in a footswitch. The BOOST on mode just gave me a Marshall kind of sound that was perfect for what we are doing. Just felt in love with that amp again.
as soon I have more sutrff I can share it with you, for now it's just this teaser, witch you can's see or hear much
So... the this is a GIGGING amp only? (w/o an attenuator)? So the MV doesn't work that well? I'm curious, because this is one of the few amps I'm looking at buying... I've got a Hot Cat, with their new K-Master, and it works really well for home (not bedroom) volumes....
Last saturday I went for a rehearsal with a project that I am starting. The studio has some good gear but I took my amp and cabinet to use it. Damn, the DG30 set is just awesome. for those who thinks the BOOST switch is just more gain thing, no way! it's like having 2 amps, I wish they have that in a footswitch. The BOOST on mode just gave me a Marshall kind of sound that was perfect for what we are doing. Just felt in love with that amp again.
as soon I have more sutrff I can share it with you, for now it's just this teaser, witch you can's see or hear much
I don't have a problem with the volume. And I use mine not just in a home; I live in a Condo. No complaints from neighbors over the amp noise since I got it in 2014.
But I'm not a high gain player. Maybe Pete needs higher gain, and sets the volume higher to get it.