G Major Volume Drop!!!

[pjrake]

for some reason i cannot get some good headroom with the g major and my DR clean channel. when i A/B the clean channel (dry) with the clean channel (g major) there's a noticeable drop in volume with the g major.

 

my effect loop is mod to serial loop so the signal goes right through the g major (no need to mess around w/ the knobs in the back). the input on the g major is fine, i can get that without clipping... however, the output level of the g major is to the max (which i'm not too crazy about).

 

one final thing, i have a barber tone press compressor running in front only on the clean channel and unless i put the volume knob of the comp to the max i cannot "match" the volume with the clean channel dry.

 

i can simply raise the master volume but when i kick the distortion (channel 2) the volume level is not even!

 

has anyone went through something similar and has some advice? i've heard about the "dry kill" feature but i think that's for amp with parallel loop, i believe. anyway, thanks all for your help!

[Boganova]

Most channels on the G major have the level set to -6db so you can boost them for leads. that may be your problem, as 6db is quite a noticeable difference

[madryan]

Also, you might want to play with the toggle in the G-Major that allows you to switch between "Pro level" and "Consumer" level input.

[pjrake]

is it normal to have the output knob all the way up to the max? there's no digital clipping but i'm always wary of having any knobs maxed out (anything past 3 o'clock and i start to worry).

 

the manual states that the output "could be close to anything you will have to experiment" so i guess it's okay, but would like more insight to this. thanks!