Boost That Dirty Amp! [9 Pedals For Lessons In Headroom, EQ, Gain & All That Stuff]

Running overdrive in your amp? You NEED a boost pedal! Welcome to the show. ’Tis the norm for me and Dan to use higher headroom amps on That Pedal Show, and derive a greater proportion of our overdrive from pedals. But y’know, rock’n’roll really is about more heavily overdriving amps, whereupon you run into a whole new world of discovery with gain pedals. Short story, gainer overdrive pedals don't really work, and a shapely boost will serve you better. In this episode, we explain and demonstrate why. Enjoy the show! Just in case you want a Victory MKX… ✅ Andertons UK & Europe: https://andertonsmusiccompany.pxf.io/L0Z0vL ✅ Sweetwater for USA: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/KBZBVA ✅ Thomann for Europe: https://thmn.to/thoprod/631031?offid=1&aff... And what about that CTC Super Conductor?! ✅ Andertons UK & Europe: https://andertonsmusiccompany.pxf.io/VO6Ona ✅ Thomann for Europe: https://thmn.to/thoprod/545140?offid=1&aff... Pedals & stuff in today’s show • TheGigRig Three2One • Sonic Research ST-300 Tuner • Xotic EP Booster • AnalogMan Beano Boost • Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer • DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 • Wampler Tumnus • Wampler Ego76 • Boss GE-7 Graphic EQ • OTB Custom Boost • Crazy Tube Circuits Super Collider • TheGigRig G3 Guitars in today’s show • Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster • Gibson Custom True Historic ’57 Les Paul Goldtop, Murphy Aged • Karl Longbottom T16 ’71 Amps in today’s show • Victory MKX 50-watt lunchbox head • Marshall 1987x • 2 x Marshall 2061cx 2x12 with Celestion G12H speakers Interesting bits and go to sections… 0:00 Intro and welcome 1:22 Why are we doing this? 2:40 That’s a lovely hat! 3:20 Signal flow today - diagram! 4:28 Noel’s Knobs and clean tone 5:25 Gain I & Gain II in the Victory MKX 7:40 9 different gain pedals - why? 8:15 Xotic EP Booster 10:00 Headroom demonstrated 11:35 AnalogMan Beano Boost intro 12:50 Beano Boost sounds 13:40 Quick Beano & EP Boost comparison 16:25 Tube Screamer as boost?! 18:40 Gain II mode in the Victory… with TS9 21:10 Gain I mode with TS9 23:25 DOD OD Preamp 250 intro 25:40 DOD OD250 sounds 29:30 Beano Boost & OD250 stacked 30:25 Wampler Tumnus intro 32:35 Tumnus sounds 33:20 Quick Tumnus, DOD, TS & Beano comparison 35:10 Tumnus with Les Paul 37:25 Compressor pedal as boost? 41:25 Can an EQ pedal do the boost thing? 47:25 OTB Custom Boost 53:15 Crazy Tube Circuits Super Conductor 56:30 Closing thoughts and faves If you use these links to buy stuff - any stuff – we receive a small cut. Thank you! ✅ UK & Europe: Andertons Music - https://andertonsmusiccompany.pxf.io/e1yvED ✅ USA: Sweetwater - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5g6ALN ✅ Australia: Pedal Empire - http://bit.ly/2mWmJQf ✅ Europe: Thomann https://clickfi.re/OG0N7ONe You can buy TPS merch to support our efforts https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com We are on Patreon – crowdfunding for creatives https://www.patreon.com/ThatPedalShow Please visit our preferred retailers! UK & Europe: Andertons Music https://andertonsmusiccompany.pxf.io/e1yvED Australia: Pedal Empire http://bit.ly/2mWmJQf