Members ¤ Matt ¤ Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I smash it straight in the front end of my 50watt 5153.... Sometimes I use protection (MXR Smart Gate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -todgemistro- Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Depends on the guitar. If I'm using my Pearl I never use a boost but my SG sounds a bit dead without one so I tend to use it for that. Other than that it's all about the single channel amp for me (GH50L). I do use an EQ in the loop for a lead boost if I'm playing live. Thinking of changing that for a delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 this, the youngblood versionYoungblood, I want to hear your band. Make it so. I don't ever play straight through my amp except if I'm recording and I jsut want a clean sound or amp distortion - I love the way various pedals hit it too much to not have those options at my feet. Live, I'm only playing with no pedals on about 10% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gt_jumper Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I do, straight through the classic 50, sometimes i boost it but usually i dont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeppelin Rules Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 99% of the time. My friend also has all my pedals at the moment :rage: I miss my amp. I haven't played through it in a month now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SexWithRobots Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I love effects way too much they can take a simple picked out chord and make it sound haunting and erie. A lot of parts of our songs are pretty clean though but the effects definitely add some color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benjamin801 Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 How you did that? You must have found some secret way to do this based on your "Board Breaker" post I have no idea. I'm guessing I just happened to reply quickly while he was previewing or editing the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Riffraff12571 Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I do with my Vintage Modern. It doesn't need anything at all. 8kbe3mAJGSw It's not that I don't use them, it just depends on the amp. With my Silvertone 1482s and SF Vibro Champ pedals are a must. I just picked up a Egnater Tweaker 15 head a few days ago. I haven't had time to mess with it yet but I suspect it will be another no pedals required amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elemenope Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I usually do it when I am just noodling or practicing. At band practice I always have at least an EQ in the loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaRaf Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 ME!! I just plug right into the 5150. And yeah...wtf is happening in here? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stevetemp Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I understand that some amps "don't need anything at all". But I wanted to make clear that is NOT why people use effects. None of my amps "NEED" anything. I regularly practice into a clean amp, as in real practice with scales, modes, triads, chord formations, etc. But when I create music and songs...I do the same thing your recording engineer will do...I add this and that to enhance the experience of the song...not because the amp needs anything. Obviously, it can be genre specific. Some of my songs get very little treatment, others get soaked and drenched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members draelyc Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I understand that some amps "don't need anything at all". But I wanted to make clear that is NOT why people use effects. None of my amps "NEED" anything. I regularly practice into a clean amp, as in real practice with scales, modes, triads, chord formations, etc. But when I create music and songs...I do the same thing your recording engineer will do...I add this and that to enhance the experience of the song...not because the amp needs anything. Obviously, it can be genre specific. Some of my songs get very little treatment, others get soaked and drenched. That is why you're a better guitarist than I am, mang. Oh, for the time & discipline actually to get *better* on the instrument... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fridgit Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Your mom is here right now & she plays plugged straight in. Plugged. Straight. In. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 100 watt Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Once in a blue moon I play thru my plexi's straight in, but I "cheat" cause I have added master volumes in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timmyfirst Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I play without anything infront of the amp most of the time. I dont even like having a tuner breaking my signal chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members buddhapaugh Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Does anyone cook food without adding any salt, pepper, or other spices?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 straight into the amp MF! with this little unit in the FX loop kidding, just this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members buddhapaugh Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 straight into the amp MF! with this little unit in the FX loop kidding, just this Wow.... that pedalboard clearly breaks Ordinance #123 from the Guitar Players Big Book of Rules and Regulations. Which stipulates that "one is to have no more than 4 Boss pedals on anyone board at any one time.... and that those Boss pedals are not to be run in series with one another." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members draelyc Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Wow.... that pedalboard clearly breaks Ordinance #123 from the Guitar Players Big Book of Rules and Regulations. Which stipulates that "one is to have no more than 4 Boss pedals on anyone board at any one time.... and that those Boss pedals are not to be run in series with one another."LMAO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Does anyone cook food without adding any salt, pepper, or other spices?? that depends of what you're cooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stevetemp Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 That is why you're a better guitarist than I am, mang. Oh, for the time & discipline actually to get *better* on the instrument... I wouldn't say that my friend! I could only wish I had put the time necessary to really become a good guitar player and musician. I've been going back over some rudimentary things, and it's helping, but it's very painful! Damn ADD kicks in before I even get started. I get the feeling this this whole "amp straight in" is some sort of competition (for some), and that is really sad. There are great beautiful things to be had on both sides of the court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Ross the Boss plugs straight in "My tone is in my fingers!"DVM0YZPv2sU Eklundh just has a vol pedal in front of his Ironheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Anomaly Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I plug straight into my amp. My "amp" is a GSP1101 though Naw, for srs, I've been using FX for as along as I can remember, just the way I like to get down, nomsane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members draelyc Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Who. .... Wat ... um. Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Viesczy Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I play that way now, guitar>cable>amp. Back in the days I ran rack(s) and floor effects at times but not any longer. The day my last rack processor re-set itself was a great day (15 years ago) as it forced to improve my technical abilities, not hiding behind layers of effects the way that Eric Johnson does or Shawn Lane did. If I need anything a floor OD pedal, a rotary pedal, and a compressor is all I own any longer.Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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