Members openwater Posted March 3, 2013 Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 Has anyone ever done this and does it just give you a clean boost? I play at a church at least once a month and I just run my pedalboard straight through the sound system with no amp. At home I obviously use an amp but when I play at church we don't. Would it just be a transparent boost or would it act weird. I mainly would want it to boost my Klon and delay clean tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted March 3, 2013 Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 The lord frowns upon super hard ons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitardustin Posted March 3, 2013 Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 I think it might just get really distorted and muddy kinda like the overdriven 4-track kinda sound. I could be completely wrong but I think thats a lot more output than a PA would be used to seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pastiche Posted March 3, 2013 Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 I've found the SHO a really useful preamp for acoustic and electric alike when going straight into a desk.If you've got the version with volume control, you can set it up in soundcheck to boost, but be within the headroom that the desk input has on offer. But it is indeed risky. Even if your operator is on the money and is mixing well, boosting into a PA will (often/generally) produce a larger volume increase than into an amp, where a bit of clipping will ensue, and act as a kind of inherent limit. my 2c... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members omni Posted March 3, 2013 Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 Save your money. Just turn up the volume a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted March 3, 2013 Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 a booster would be ok but I would seriously consider some sort of amp/speaker simulator pedal. Tech 21 makes a handful of pedals with these sort of "compensated" outputs which sound a whole lot better when going direct to PA compared to the raw signal from your pedalboard. I built my own based on this DIY project here: http://www.runoffgroove.com/condor.html I put it last in line after the pedal board and it reacts and sounds like a miced amp going thru the PA to my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members openwater Posted March 3, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 Thanks everyone. I wasn't going to buy a new one. I have a friend who build pedals that built an exact replica of the SHO boost (with the knob) that he'd give me for cheap. He built it in one of the small mooer size enclosures so its super small and I as interested. He said he would send it over and if I like it pay him, if not them send it back, he just doesn't use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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