BluesHarp
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Ive tried many high gain pedals. Right now Im using a JHS Angry Charlie for a jcm 800 evh brown sound. It was perfect for humbuckers but I have sadly sold the Les Paul to buy another strat and a tele.
So.. im looking to get a great high gain tone with singles and I have narrowed my parameters down in hopes to get some informed and helpful
suggestions from some of those you who have tried MANY of the best high gain pedals and either have the same tastes and/or other similar amps/guitars.
Recently bought, the emma reezafrtazitz 2... the AC were actually similar as brown sounders, but im returning the reeza as it didnt work for me.
I was looking for:
Something with a bit less background noise without a noise gate. Mad professor one sounded great but it gated sooo bad.
I need low and high end controls.. I lean toward a very tight and minimal low end.
Natural high end is a must ( even at high gain ) and cant stand anything in the trebles or presence squeaking or brittle. I returned the Elements for this reason.. but the Reeza does the same, but not as bad. The AC has a very natural high end.
The AC has more gain than the Reeza.. need plenty of gain for harmonics to jump out.
I could get the reezafratzitz 2 came "close" to the AC in a brown sound flavor.. but on the reeza I could not dial out the sub freq low end, even with the bass knob dialed all the way down.
Also the high end presence could not be dialed out until the high end tone knob was almost completely off/ccw.. which made the mids muddy.
( Im just happy that I have a 14 day satisfaction guarantee to return the ReezaFratZitz! Paid $249. )
Are there not any high gain pedals out there that have low end adjustments ( that will pull out ALL the lows if needed ) and high end adjustments that have a natural sound without that " chirping/squeezing two glass marbles rubbing together" sound?
I dont want a metal head banging chug a chug pedal.. just a natural all tube sounding high gainR.
Ive tried the Pinnacle, Riot, Plextortion, Openhaus, OCD, Crunchbox, Fetto, Elements, Red Hot Dyna Red, and many others I cant remember.
I need LOTS of gain! Complete low end control, a natural high end, and it doesnt have to be brown sound.. although I
dont want anything metallic or harsh. I want mids.. not a scooped out bass and highs rock tone.
Looking for some of you guys who have owned many of the best pedals and who play through either a Marshall or Fender amp.
( my amps are a Germino Club 40, Fargen 40w Blackbird and guitars are a rosewood strat w lollar dirty blackface pickups and a maple neck strat w Klein 1965 pickups )
I know im needing high gain humbuckers to really pull this off.. but is there something out there that will work with strats and single pickups??
So.. im looking to get a great high gain tone with singles and I have narrowed my parameters down in hopes to get some informed and helpful
suggestions from some of those you who have tried MANY of the best high gain pedals and either have the same tastes and/or other similar amps/guitars.
Recently bought, the emma reezafrtazitz 2... the AC were actually similar as brown sounders, but im returning the reeza as it didnt work for me.
I was looking for:
Something with a bit less background noise without a noise gate. Mad professor one sounded great but it gated sooo bad.
I need low and high end controls.. I lean toward a very tight and minimal low end.
Natural high end is a must ( even at high gain ) and cant stand anything in the trebles or presence squeaking or brittle. I returned the Elements for this reason.. but the Reeza does the same, but not as bad. The AC has a very natural high end.
The AC has more gain than the Reeza.. need plenty of gain for harmonics to jump out.
I could get the reezafratzitz 2 came "close" to the AC in a brown sound flavor.. but on the reeza I could not dial out the sub freq low end, even with the bass knob dialed all the way down.
Also the high end presence could not be dialed out until the high end tone knob was almost completely off/ccw.. which made the mids muddy.
( Im just happy that I have a 14 day satisfaction guarantee to return the ReezaFratZitz! Paid $249. )
Are there not any high gain pedals out there that have low end adjustments ( that will pull out ALL the lows if needed ) and high end adjustments that have a natural sound without that " chirping/squeezing two glass marbles rubbing together" sound?
I dont want a metal head banging chug a chug pedal.. just a natural all tube sounding high gainR.
Ive tried the Pinnacle, Riot, Plextortion, Openhaus, OCD, Crunchbox, Fetto, Elements, Red Hot Dyna Red, and many others I cant remember.
I need LOTS of gain! Complete low end control, a natural high end, and it doesnt have to be brown sound.. although I
dont want anything metallic or harsh. I want mids.. not a scooped out bass and highs rock tone.
Looking for some of you guys who have owned many of the best pedals and who play through either a Marshall or Fender amp.
( my amps are a Germino Club 40, Fargen 40w Blackbird and guitars are a rosewood strat w lollar dirty blackface pickups and a maple neck strat w Klein 1965 pickups )
I know im needing high gain humbuckers to really pull this off.. but is there something out there that will work with strats and single pickups??
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