Members jjang1993 Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 how would that sound? i play in a band at my church and right now i plug my amp into the soundboard and im wondering if i could just use an overdrive pedal so i dont have to carry an amp to church every sunday. btw the pedal i have is a Danelectro Fab Overdrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzrocks90 Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 Just an overdrive into PA would sound pretty poor. Although a good PA could help it's cause, it would still sound terrible compared to a guitar amplifier. However it is a good alternative if your amp goes tits up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 there are some pedals that actually have a dedicated output for this purpose, I think DOD make the I.T. overdrive fx100 [i.ntergrated T.ube] I think. Actually, didn't the first line of Digitech effects have a seperate 'consol out' ??? plus you could get a SansAmp [or the behringer clone] which is for that purpose and has multiple cabinet and gain/amp sims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kittie Rose Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 Even something like a Zoom G1 or Korg AX3G, cheap amp modeler wouldn't sound that terrible. Going by our OD your amp probably doesn't sound any better, excuse me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjang1993 Posted November 17, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 lol yeah the amp does sound terrible through the PA, it sounds very fuzzy. im thinking of getting the Korg AX3G. does this function like the behringer amp modelors? the other guitarist who left had on and i dont think he ever got that fuzzy tone. it sounded pretty good considering he was using an acoustic guitar. also how are the acoustic simulators on the AX3G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverdrivenEL34s Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 a sansamp is best bet for doing that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kittie Rose Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 a sansamp is best bet for doing that They have a tendancy to sound crappy in other situations though, I hear. A multi-fx might be more useful even if it's not "quite" as high quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members !i!i!i!i!i! Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 didnt greg ginn play through PA's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kittie Rose Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 I imagine he used some kind of pre-amp, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 89strat Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 Digitech pedals like the bad monkey, etc... have outputs to run into a board. I usually keep one with me in case my amp craps out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverdrivenEL34s Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 They have a tendancy to sound crappy in other situations though, I hear. A multi-fx might be more useful even if it's not "quite" as high quality. depends if he wants to use effects, they sound pretty good though don't have tube amp feel and certainly aren't nearly 100% as good as good tube amps. no digital artifacts or harshness is a big plus though. if you don't mind bringing a small amp. there is the trademark 10 which has sansamp built in with direct out (xlr and 1/4 outs). has spring reverb too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chadd Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 which is for that purpose and has multiple cabinet and gain/amp sims I used to run a Mesa V-twin into the board for open mic nights. As mentioned, some setups will work adequately but the Fab OD will not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smrz Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 Get a sansamp classic or gt-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members natasmi Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 I ran the "MIX" output of my Landmine into my friends PA, sounded great but it scared the crap out of him so he unplugged me about 3 minutes into "Am I Evil". He was scared the PA was gonna blow, but it worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 Get a sansamp classic or gt-2. or Tri-A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 I ran the "MIX" output of my Landmine into my friends PA, sounded great but it scared the crap out of him so he unplugged me about 3 minutes into "Am I Evil". He was scared the PA was gonna blow, but it worked fine. Must be a crappy old PA if he was afraid of it blowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members M900 Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 Guitar amps are pretty poor in terms of simply amplifying sound. The amplification is not equal across the spectrum, and there's a lot of compression that simply wouldn't exist in a typical PA or for that matter, a nice hi-fi home stereo amp. But this kink in amplification is considered desirable tone because that's what we expect from guitar amps. Plugging a guitar pedal directly into a modern PA will yield higher highs and lower lows, but as far as a "guitar" sound, it'll be poor. The only way it will work and give you a "guitar" sound is if you have some sort of a headphone or direct out that you can plug into your PA -- the pedal or multifx unit will have it's own eq that will compensate for the eq that would normally occur inside the guitar amp. With that set up, the only hindrance is the quality of the sound from the headphone or direct out. If it's a poor emulation of the amp'ed tone, your "guitar" tone will still suck. As for guitarists using PA heads, more often than not, they're using PA's that suck, as far as PA's go (specially modern ones), but sound great for guitar. I doubt if you will be able to find a PA that's currently being manufactured that will work well as a guitar amp. c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kawayan_strat Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 I tried plugging my Xotic BB Preamp straight to a P.A. system and it sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LedZep1985 Posted November 19, 2007 Members Share Posted November 19, 2007 Last night at the open mic at the coffeehouse that I play at, I just plugged my pedalboard directly into the system. The sound system has a Presonus Blue Tube preamp, so the tone came out very nicely, especially with my Keeley TS9 Mod Plus. I was able to get a warm, smooth lead tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elxchino Posted November 19, 2007 Members Share Posted November 19, 2007 I got a Digitech Tone Driver with a mixer out. Not sure I'd trust the quality though. Maybe try the Sansamp GT2, ATD V-Stack, or the Pocket POD. Anyone here ever try the Pocket POD? How's it compare to the regular ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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