Dan likes to run his drives and boosts waaaay loud. What about you?
Welcome to the show! Dear Daniel is in the chair today, sharing a revelation that he found lodged in his grey matter. What about using three ‘gain stages’ (a new fancy-ass term we seem to be using for overdrives, distortions, boosts and fuzzes) to stack for endless variations of dirt and volume? For sure we have covered the topic of gain stacking many times before (many many many times) but there’s always a new way to present it that may spark new ideas and revelations of your own.
Let’s stack ’em up and make some noise. Enjoy the show!
Pedals and stuff used in this video…
• TheGigRig Three2one
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one
• TC Electronic Polytune 3 Noir Mini
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• Analogman Bi-Chorus
https://www.buyanalogman.com/Analog_Man_Bi_Chorus_p/am-bi-chorus.htm
• Mythos Argo
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• J Rockett Hot Rubber Monkey
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• Thorpy FX Heavy Water
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• Hamstead Odyssey
https://www.hamsteadsoundworks.com/odyssey
• Barber Electronics Tone Pump EQ (custom order)
http://www.barberelectronics.com/
• Blackstar Dept 10 Boost
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• Boss SDE-3000D
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• TheGigRig G3
https://www.thegigrig.com/g3
Interesting bits & go-to sections
0:00 Intro playing
2:13 Premise of today’s show
5:00 3 pedals each… and amps
6:22 Noel’s Knobs
6:45 Hamstead Odyssey
8:40 Barber Tone Pump EQ
9:15 Blackstar Dept 10 Boost
11:30 Stacking
12:50 The Magic Knob
15:00 Mix’n’Match
20:00 The most important thing
21:20 Mythos Argo
22:20 The Argo’s Easter Egg
24:30 Thorpy Heavy Water
27:30 J Rockett HRM
28:30 Boost on either sides of gain
30:00 Stacking all three
32:30 Understanding volume
34:30 Humbuckers?
38:20 DGT Coil Split
39:45 SG into rock!
43:00 With Great Headroom Comes Great Responsibility
44:44 Don’t sweat the pedal choices
46:10 Closing thoughts
Guitars in today’s episode
• 1961 Fender Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: https://youtu.be/WOMHUQeHGRQ?si=xFXcBG3vxK5xeZ-D
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster - Dan’s video here: https://youtu.be/rnQ4OIJFTgY?si=gC7jUTHmF6LyqRga
• PRS DGT - Mick’s video here: https://youtu.be/Smhjnr40Y78?si=fqOvh-kbplEzBc2P
• New-ish Gibson USA SG Standard ’61 with Maestro Vibrola
Amps in today’s show
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb with stock speaker
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• Supro Black Magick 1x12 combo
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