andy474x
Knows the Drill
Had my second Sunday playing at church this past weekend, and decided to run the DGT15 "DG style" this time. Last time, I ran it clean with dirt pedals, and used the boost as a volume boost for leads. This time, I had the gain just past noon, and the boost was more of a pure gain boost, as the amp was already maxed on headroom (running it master on 10 into a load box).
Happy to report that it worked very well! Definitely took more finesse in my controlling of it, but as expected, this produced the best tones vs running clean with pedals - not that the former was subpar.
At rehearsal, I initially tried to just run it flat out with guitar volume at or close to 10, and then lead boost for solo sections, but the band leader was asking for more of me in those moments, he felt it just wasn't punching through enough, and I agree - but, can we take a minute and ask, when does anyone ever ask for more of us??? I liked that! So, I boosted my overall level to the FOH, and brought my "base" level down to about 6-7 on the guitar. Also set up one of my drive pedals for a similar volume, for when I wanted to have some crunch but not be so voluminous. The Fender MTG Tube Distortion, by the way, which is really an overdrive, and a sorely undermentioned one at that! That worked very well - listening back to the recording, I probably could've brought the rhythm volume back up just a hair, but it was in the zone. Lead parts were loud and proud.
It also meant fine tuning my delay and reverb pedals for running into a crunchy amp, but it works well with the DGT15 and some judicious use. I've settled on believing in the best of both worlds when it comes to front of amp vs effects loop for time based effects. Use the front for old school amps that have a low to medium amount of breakup, and the loop for higher gain amps, all can be done to good effect.
I also used the toggle that links the bright switch to the lead boost, and while it was subtle, it did keep the leads from being piercing. Really nice feature.
Once again used the Special Semi Hollow, which pairs wonderfully with that amp. Using the amp that way meant bridge pickup almost the entire set, which I prefer.
Just throwing it out there, because I see a lot of people asking about this amp. I'm a fan!
Happy to report that it worked very well! Definitely took more finesse in my controlling of it, but as expected, this produced the best tones vs running clean with pedals - not that the former was subpar.
At rehearsal, I initially tried to just run it flat out with guitar volume at or close to 10, and then lead boost for solo sections, but the band leader was asking for more of me in those moments, he felt it just wasn't punching through enough, and I agree - but, can we take a minute and ask, when does anyone ever ask for more of us??? I liked that! So, I boosted my overall level to the FOH, and brought my "base" level down to about 6-7 on the guitar. Also set up one of my drive pedals for a similar volume, for when I wanted to have some crunch but not be so voluminous. The Fender MTG Tube Distortion, by the way, which is really an overdrive, and a sorely undermentioned one at that! That worked very well - listening back to the recording, I probably could've brought the rhythm volume back up just a hair, but it was in the zone. Lead parts were loud and proud.
It also meant fine tuning my delay and reverb pedals for running into a crunchy amp, but it works well with the DGT15 and some judicious use. I've settled on believing in the best of both worlds when it comes to front of amp vs effects loop for time based effects. Use the front for old school amps that have a low to medium amount of breakup, and the loop for higher gain amps, all can be done to good effect.
I also used the toggle that links the bright switch to the lead boost, and while it was subtle, it did keep the leads from being piercing. Really nice feature.
Once again used the Special Semi Hollow, which pairs wonderfully with that amp. Using the amp that way meant bridge pickup almost the entire set, which I prefer.
Just throwing it out there, because I see a lot of people asking about this amp. I'm a fan!
