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Post by midnightradio on Jul 15, 2010 22:02:38 GMT -5
Hi, Im new to the board and I'd like to learn more about the PM I have and whether I should get a new amp or not. I have a PM 50 hand written serial # pm504018. I have gigged with it extensively over the last year and it has performed well. With the PM i cant really seem to get the "in between" less dirt sound I'm looking for during verse and rythym parts of a song (I play in a modern rock band) its either clean or HOLY CRAP, not much in between. I currently just roll the volume knob for the verse sections of our songs, but between that and tap dancing on the pedal board and footswitch I find myself a little too busy to enjoy what I'm doing. Is there a more versatile splawn model that I should try? I'm just looking to streamline the workload on stage mainly, I love splawn tone and don't want to compromise. Thanks in advance for the advice.
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Post by DonaldDemon on Jul 16, 2010 10:41:33 GMT -5
I do the same method but use a volume pedal to get in between sounds. Sometimes I run lower gain, First Gear and then use a booster pedal to kick it up a notch. I'm not sure if a another model would do the trick.
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Post by sasquatch on Jul 16, 2010 11:57:07 GMT -5
Get a programmable loop switching system (Rocktron, G-Lab, etc) and you'll not only eliminate the tap dancing, but you'll be able to switch gears on the fly as well. You can go from clean channel with a little chorus and reverb, to gain channel 1st Gear/OD2, or 2nd Gear/OD2, or 2nd Gear/OD1, etc. with delay by tapping one button on your midi controller (mounted on your pedal board). It's the only way to go (IMHO) if you're switching a fair amount of F/X in and out along with channel switching the amp. Since 2nd Gear adds more gain to the 1st Gear sound, and OD2 adds more gain to the OD1 sound I'm sure you could find a setup that would get you flexibility you're looking for. It works for me!
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Post by DonaldDemon on Jul 16, 2010 15:48:20 GMT -5
Get a programmable loop switching system (Rocktron, G-Lab, etc) and you'll not only eliminate the tap dancing, but you'll be able to switch gears on the fly as well. You can go from clean channel with a little chorus and reverb, to gain channel 1st Gear/OD2, or 2nd Gear/OD2, or 2nd Gear/OD1, etc. with delay by tapping one button on your midi controller (mounted on your pedal board). It's the only way to go (IMHO) if you're switching a fair amount of F/X in and out along with channel switching the amp. Since 2nd Gear adds more gain to the 1st Gear sound, and OD2 adds more gain to the OD1 sound I'm sure you could find a setup that would get you flexibility you're looking for. It works for me! I really need to do this, lol. I have a crazy tap dance pedalboard plus singing! |
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Post by sasquatch on Jul 16, 2010 18:20:25 GMT -5
Get a programmable loop switching system (Rocktron, G-Lab, etc) and you'll not only eliminate the tap dancing, but you'll be able to switch gears on the fly as well. You can go from clean channel with a little chorus and reverb, to gain channel 1st Gear/OD2, or 2nd Gear/OD2, or 2nd Gear/OD1, etc. with delay by tapping one button on your midi controller (mounted on your pedal board). It's the only way to go (IMHO) if you're switching a fair amount of F/X in and out along with channel switching the amp. Since 2nd Gear adds more gain to the 1st Gear sound, and OD2 adds more gain to the OD1 sound I'm sure you could find a setup that would get you flexibility you're looking for. It works for me! I really need to do this, lol. I have a crazy tap dance pedalboard plus singing! Go for it! I toyed with the idea for way too long before I finally pulled the trigger and now I wouldn't have it any other way. Especially now that they offer units that combine the switcher and controller into one. I have an older Bradshaw system mounted in a rack along with the processors and a separate midi controller. More gear to hump, making set-up and tear-down more work, but a pleasure to use on stage... makes things so much easier. Even allows you more sound options IMO since it makes virtually any combination of F/X and amp channels instantly available. The idea can be a bit intimidating if you've never set one up, but it's really pretty easy. Especially if you use stomp boxes and don't have to worry about programming rack processors, but even that's not much trouble as long as you're not in a hurry. |
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Post by midnightradio on Jul 16, 2010 23:28:24 GMT -5
I've been looking into doing this since I combine effects and I also have a tuner wah and phaser in front and 2 delays and a reverb going through the loop so I got cables everywhere! There has got to be a better way.
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