boost in the fx loop?

[kingsxman]

Originally Posted by angelo

A lot of guys who own boogies w/o eq's do this and love the results.

As stated, it will boost your tone as is. It certainly is not the same as blasting the front end Pre 1 tube, but I assume that is not what you are trying to do. Lot's of guys like this setup and the boss ?10? band gets good reviews.

Right, not what I'm trying to do when I use an EQ in the loop. I want to take what is already a good tone...and just make it louder. No more gain.

[walterw]

Originally Posted by MetalGuitard

I'm new to boost in general so if I'm completely wrong just send me back the Harmony Central.

no way, we're just not that cruel around here.

a clean boost in the loop will give you a big volume boost without changing preamp gain. a boost in front of the amp will drive the preamp harder; if the preamp is on the clean side, you'll also get a big volume jump; if it's crunchin' already, you'll just get more saturation with little volume increase.

[gtrs]

Been doin' an EQ pedal in my Loop for a while now. It's the only way to go if your using a moderate to ton's of gain. The EQ pedal trick is nice because you can boost for a lot more volume and you can bump or cut some freq's for a different lead tone as well.

I'm using a Maxon EQ and Analogman AR20DL. They are a real nice combination. I especially like the Buffered output of the Analogman Delay, it's made all the difference with my tone. Absolutely no loss of tone/signal/clarity.

[v75swd]

A buddy showed be this trick many years ago and I've been using ever since. I've tried both eq's and clean boosts, both work fine; your personal prefernece will determine that end result.
We don't have a sound man in our band, this is how I get the solos out on top of the mix. I currently have a super clean "Trachouse" clean boost. I replaced an MXR Micro-amp because the MXR has a ground issue when using the 9v power supply on my PB and the Trachouse is true-bypass and dead quiet.
I've used a boost in the loop on both solid state and tube amps, either way, works great. Good luck!

[ericb]

Originally Posted by doyle o'brian
This only gives you a good volume boost if your preamp gain is high and master low. With master all the way up and preamp gain down low you are better off with the boost in front if you want a volume boost.
Not really. If the amp has anything left in it at all a boost in the loop will get it out of it regardless of the amps settings. Bob

Yep Doyle, you're totally wrong here. (not dis-respecting you , just making sure that the facts are laid down here ) Those of us who play with any type of gainy amp would need to use the volume boost in a loop (POST-preamp) or you get no volume boost.. I have loads of boost pedals but most are useless in front of my amps except for giving extra gain.. Bob's totally correct

Eric