It seems when I want to thicken and richen ( 
) my low to mid gain tones I reach for the gain knob, which loses focus and well, my low gain. lol.
What do you do to keep low mid gain up front rich and sustainy? Compressors? EQ? "Boost"? No problems? This would apply to both amp, pedals and preamp/modeller.
It really does depend on the amp. A lot of the time, a simple full range boost will do the trick. Just make sure it doesn't boost the mids or highs too much. The extra kick in the low end will give you a bit of extra warmth and crunch without saturating the midrange.
Compressors can work too, but a lot of the time they give the impression of higher gain because of all the extra sustain, so you need to be careful with them.
Another idea is setting the amp to higher gain, then using the guitar volume to back off. That'll have the effect of giving you a thicker tone at the lower gain range, as long as you don't have a treble bleed cap in your guitar. Works very well.
Originally Posted by telephant
Also, the Bad Monkey pedal has a bass control to help keep it a little thicker. And an eq pedal can be tried either in front or in the loop and may make a lot of difference. I'd like to try the fat boost pedal some day with the right amp.
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