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Re: Best way to use EDP & tube amp w/out an effects loop?
hi Zak,
another way would be to go
guitar>DI-box>EDP>attenuator>amp
the DI box could be a simple studio DI,
or some sort of valve pre-amp for guitar.
..but as to exactly what you'd need to get your sound I don't know.
The attenuator would just be a couple of resistors soldered into
a jack plug as part of the lead going to the amp.
andy butler
Zak Kramer wrote:
> I love the sound of a great guitar through a vintage style tube amp.
> This probably makes me somewhat of a looping oddity...I like the
> contrast between old school sounds & new school techniques. Thing is,
> that forces me to run the EDP in front of the amp. Some guitar/amp
> combos fare better than others, but it's certainly a compromise.
> Sometimes it's not even that -- it just sucks; lots of noise,
> decapitated high end, etc.
>
> So, I take it that the solution is an effects loop. But it's a pretty
> rare '62 Princeton that has an effects loop, and I'm not about to mod
> mine so extensively.
>
> If I understand these things correctly, adding a mixer won't be any
> advantage (although it'd let me use other instruments, but let's stick
> with guitar right now.)
>
> So...is the solution to get a different amp with an effects loop, or is
> there some other tactic I'm missing (which I'm hoping is the case)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Zak Kramer
> Crazyquilt Arts & Music
> http://www.crazyquiltarts.com/