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Problem w/ Keeley DS-1 UltraMod at low volumes


UltraBoy

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When I play my regular gigs every week at a venue that holds about 200 people...I'm using right now my F50 with my Sunface, FF2, and the Keely DS-1. All the volumes on my other dirt boxes are at about noon(my Sunface's vol is at 2:00), but the DS-1 I have to keep the volume at less than 9:00 cause its so loud, but this sounds horribly thin and raspy. I know this pedal can sound good, but how? At lower volumes? Another pedal?

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Originally posted by UltraBoy

When I play my regular gigs every week at a venue that holds about 200 people...I'm using right now my F50 with my Sunface, FF2, and the Keely DS-1. All the volumes on my other dirt boxes are at about noon(my Sunface's vol is at 2:00), but the DS-1 I have to keep the volume at less than 9:00 cause its so loud, but this sounds horribly thin and raspy. I know this pedal can sound good, but how? At lower volumes? Another pedal?

 

 

where is your gain set on the pedal?

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Originally posted by ice house



try dropping your gain to 10 or so and bring up the volume, ya could thro an mxr micro amp at the

end of the chain set flat to boost as needed:thu:

 

 

Yeah, but I like saturated lead tones and there is no reason I can't get good tone out this with the gain where I like it at low volumes. Maybe I expected this pedal to be better than it was.

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Could be that the F50 emphasizes some of the mid-high to high frequencies of the DS-Ultra and the Rambler doesn't.

I've found many OD/Distortion pedals that sound awesome with one amp, and horrid with another. All the more reason to know what kind of amp someone is using when they say a distortion pedal sounds awesome/horrid.

Glad that you found a combonation that works.

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