Just curious how many out there play with ultra clean tones?
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Joined: Sep 19, 2016 Posts: 244 Tampa |
Just curious how many out there play with ultra clean tones? —Guitarist for Black Valley Moon & Down By Law |
Joined: Jul 13, 2012 Posts: 490 San Diego CA |
The only 'dirt' I have is the reverb unit cranked up kinda high . Since a Fender reverb unit is pretty much a Champ driving a spring tank instead of a speaker , there is some overdrive going on when its turned up . I certainly don't use and additional OD or distortion via pedal HOWEVER I use an Xotic RC boost with the gain at about 10 o'clock (pretty low ) that pushes the reverb unit a little . |
Joined: Jul 16, 2015 Posts: 259 ID |
No dirt, just an outboard and an EP boost (at the lowest setting) when I need to hit the tank a little harder or add a little more sparkle. —-John The Seatopians 2017- Last edited: Jan 02, 2019 20:32:31 |
Joined: Oct 04, 2015 Posts: 31 Seattle |
I like a bit of dirt in a trio situation. I tend to get a little from the amp, a little from a pedal. Prefer the "transparent light overdrive" thing. Also the occasional fuzzrite but I dont think that counts on this topic. — |
Joined: Aug 22, 2010 Posts: 611 Netherlands, Europe |
Lost of dirt, mostly from a EHX Soul Food which is always on (all knobs on 12 oclock, so mild overdrive) and a Archer Ikon after that for leads and a more grittier sound. Both are Klon clones, one of the best transparant overdrives ever build. www.alohasluts.com |
Joined: Jan 09, 2014 Posts: 615 Vancouver BC |
I use a tube boost pedal to beef-up the clean tones of the amp when cannot turn my amp up very high to suit the room. Occasionally, I use a klone to add grit for some garage-y Link Wray sounds. —Lorne |
Joined: Jul 23, 2014 Posts: 637 LA -ish |
As amuses me. OR what the other guys in the band tell me I damn well better play. —mj
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Joined: Jun 29, 2018 Posts: 749 |
I almost always use a sort of medium level of overdrive, as I'm also a fan of Link Wray and 60s garage music (and 70s/early 80s punk, among other things). For more surfy stuff, I'll turn it down a bit but almost never play totally clean. On a side note, I think playing with more overdrive makes it easier to sound good when you are playing sloppy, whereas a totally clean sound more easily reveals imperfections in playing. Which means I should practice more often with a totally clean sound, but laziness usually wins out. |
Joined: Aug 26, 2015 Posts: 252 |
Interesting to hear about pedal choices for a Link Wray sound here. Will check them.i love that 'clean but dirty, dirty but clean' sound. Not easy to achieve...and WAY too many covers of Rumble on the tube with bucket loads of distortion. |
Joined: Apr 09, 2018 Posts: 33 Sydney |
I'm not a big fan of overdrive pedals for surf. Fuzz yes, but overdrive no. That said I do us a Fulltone 2B after my surfy bear to add little more level and make sure that a good strong signal is hitting the front end on the amp (usually a Vox AC15 clone or sometimes a Mesa Maverick). I'm more inclined to use an opto style compressor pedal if I want the sound to compress a little. —https://www.facebook.com/thebigswelldrifters/ |
Joined: Jun 14, 2012 Posts: 462 Ohio! |
Depends on the song. Some of our tunes are dead clean while others get pretty hairy. |
Joined: Sep 19, 2016 Posts: 244 Tampa |
So some of you are getting grit out of your 6G15? How and how much? —Guitarist for Black Valley Moon & Down By Law |
Joined: Mar 22, 2012 Posts: 31 New Zealand |
I have a "Davie" pedal (Boss FZ2 clone, but soon to upgrade to a DOD Carcosa), and a "Link" pedal (Supro Drive set fairly clean to darken the tone and add some moofy "little amp" vibes). The rest of the time the only "dirt" I get is what you get naturally when you crank a Fender to try and get heard over an insane drummer. Which is probably not what a non-surf guitarist would consider "clean" FWIW - It's always irked me when someone steps on a distortion pedal or plays thru a Mesa Boogie and acts like they're "updating" the surf sound. Yeah you updated from 1963 to 1967 - congratulations! — |
Joined: Jun 29, 2018 Posts: 749 |
Vince_Ray wrote:
As another Link Wray fan, I have played around quite a bit with getting that just dirty enough sound. My overdrive pedal is a Digitech Screamin' Blues, which gives me a good sound set around 12 o'clock (depending on the guitar). But I've gotten the best Link sounds from a couple of amps I have, Tech 21 Trademark 30 (and Trademark 10) and a Session Rockette 30. Sure, they're both solid state, but they do the ragged out sound really well. And in terms of overdriven/distorted surf, I always dug the early 80s stuff by Agent Orange. Not classic or pure by any means, but I like the variation. |
Joined: Sep 02, 2018 Posts: 27 Tenerife, Las Islas Canarias |
Hey No one has mentioned a boost pedal. Been wanting to try the EP by xotic or the MXR. It seems like that would be the way to go, to get around that field of clean to dirty. |
Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4441 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ. |
Keeping in m8 d that my website is Your text to link here..., I obviously go for the clean sounds. That isn’t to say that I never end up with some overdrive, but if I do, it’s the natural consequence of how I am using the amp, not as the result of driving the amp with a pedal. Also, clean does not have to be harsh. Most of my amps are capable of delivering a clean sound, but retain a character each their own. I’m old enough to remember when The Stones came out with Satisfaction, which really pit distorted guitar sounds into the public consciousness. I never cared for that sound and, more to the point, I’ve never used that sound to express myself, at least to any extent. I’ve experimented with drive pedals, but have always found myself going back to the basics, a clean amp, some reverb and, on occasion, delay. —The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
Joined: Nov 20, 2017 Posts: 110 Southeast MIchigan |
It's a situational thing. Like dbus88 stated above, I to find that the trio situation can necessitate a little dirt in my guitar sound. It creates dynamic options without getting really loud. The day after Christmas I picked up a Voo Doo Labs Sparkle Drive. It allows the user to mix in a clean signal with the drive sound thus retaining the attack that is lost from gain. I haven't used it a whole bunch yet but so far it's working for me. It's just right. I'm sure there are boutique pedals that do this as well but the Sparkle Drive wasn't very expensive. —The Vicissitones |
Joined: Dec 11, 2013 Posts: 2533 Akron, Ohio |
Back in my twin reverb days and blackface showman days I used an MXR Super Badass distortion to add a slight amount of drive for quiet playing. I also used a Soul Food a bit. With the brown amps and using my quilter as a post reverb pre to my amps gives me a slight gain boost so no dirt needed. I still use my fuzz face clone during certain parts of songs. The FF clone is set with very low voltage via trim pot that makes it sound very vintage. I use a boutique clean boost that has a touch of treble boost and is incredibly transparent as an always on pedal to boost the drip. I also have an EP Boost on the pedal board but found that it cut the drip boost so I don't use it at all for surf. —The Kahuna Kings https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kahuna-Kings/459752090818447 |
Joined: Feb 03, 2011 Posts: 111 Brampton, ON |
I like to keep it pretty clean. The spring reverb sometimes gives the impression of dirt, but I like it sparkling. |
Joined: Feb 13, 2016 Posts: 19 |
I usually run my guitar clean through Nocturne F-Bomb Reverb tank, but the sound I really love is pushing the tank with my Fez pedal to add a little dirt. |