Members petejt Posted April 22, 2009 Members Share Posted April 22, 2009 I go through periods where I think my little Marshall MS2 Mini-Stack is the best amp in the world. It has a great sound that I love but then after a bit I have troubles with it, the tone gets murky and loses defintion, the 'distortion on top of distortion' thing, then its arse gets clomped by my Mesa/Boogie MarkIV, then I remember it's just a gimmicky toy solid-state amp to resemble a Marshall half-stack. At first I had troubles getting a loud enough signal from it to run as a preamp, then I was getting TOO much signal, it's damn loud! I can get such a big range of gain sounds from the MarkIV, including lead tones, so I don't really need a gain-based pedal. The definition, articulation, clarity, as well as chugginess is plentiful already without the need of a clean-boost or overdrive. I'm not really into fuzz effects but I am open to trying it a bit more. Anyway, with those things in mind, I'm considering on turning this into some form of gain-based pedal, whether it'd be a distortion pedal, fuzz, overdrive, level booster, treble booster etc. But the output signal is way too high, even with the level turned down. If I turn the level so far down it'll just become a fancy EQ/filter pedal, and that would be redundant since I already have an EQ pedal. The obvious thing to do is chuck in a variable resistor in it as a (second) master level control, or just a fixed-value resistor to limit the level a bit, otherwise I get distortion on top of distortion making the tone ratty. I'm not sure what value but hope to find that out. But also, I'd like to modify the mini-amp a bit more just for some more experimentation, make something different out of it. I want to integrate this mini-amp somehow into my rig in a creative way. Please share you thoughts, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members turnitto11 Posted April 22, 2009 Members Share Posted April 22, 2009 Great thread I can't answer you question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted April 22, 2009 Members Share Posted April 22, 2009 Izzy Stradlin used one to boost his BF Bassmans with the JuJu Hounds - sounded killer. I say go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 22, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 22, 2009 I can't answer you question.No worries, you helped bump it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 Izzy Stradlin used one to boost his BF Bassmans with the JuJu Hounds - sounded killer. I say go for it. Cool! Thanks for the encouragement too. I need it, otherwise I'm at my wit's end over this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matterday Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 If you're creative enough you can find a use for any piece of gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crucial Kyle Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 hahaha I actually use my marshall G15RCD combo amp thingy as a preamp to drive my bass stuff FYI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FuzzShifter Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 Just stick a trim pot in there signal to ground on the headphone out. 100k should be plenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 Just stick a trim pot in there signal to ground on the headphone out. 100k should be plenty. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ninjaaron Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 Just stick a trim pot in there signal to ground on the headphone out.100k should be plenty. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 See I was thinking of using it for wooly dirt sounds, or that warm 'murky' dirt sound like L7 have on their song Wargazm. But then I could get that tone instantly by rolling down the tone knob on my guitar See I was thinking of using it for wooly dirt sounds, or that warm 'murky' dirt sound like L7 have on their song Wargazm. But then I could get that tone instantly by rolling down the tone knob on my guitar & playing closer to the neck. Even fuzz sounds, I just use the guitar's controls to get different tones rather than a pedal. I try to work it with the amp. I guess I'm not used to relying on pedals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sethlover Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 A friend did this with a champ by adding a line out that had some sort of volume knob to it, acts like a master volume. Ron Wood used to do something like this with the Faces for his "fuzz" tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 27, 2009 A friend did this with a champ by adding a line out that had some sort of volume knob to it, acts like a master volume. Ron Wood used to do something like this with the Faces for his "fuzz" tones.Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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