Members Redfox777 Posted February 4, 2006 Members Share Posted February 4, 2006 I have my peavey classic 50 set to a little break up on my lead channel (think driven AC30). I want to use a pedal to add more gain (ie. a third channel to the amp). The Jacques tubeblower seems to have a lot more gain on tap than other pedals but its pretty pricey right now. Is it worth it or should i go with something more cost effective like the Bad Monkey. Help a poor college kid out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Redfox777 Posted February 4, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 4, 2006 bump for advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Barnabyhuggins Posted February 4, 2006 Members Share Posted February 4, 2006 To be honest, for someone on a budget I would go with a Bad Monkey. I don't have a Tube Blower but I do really enjoy Jacques products. I am sure it is quality. However, it would be hard to believe it is that much better than Digitech's $40 monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wood Chuck Posted February 4, 2006 Members Share Posted February 4, 2006 Originally posted by Redfox777 I have my peavey classic 50 set to a little break up on my lead channel (think driven AC30). I want to use a pedal to add more gain (ie. a third channel to the amp). The Jacques tubeblower seems to have a lot more gain on tap than other pedals but its pretty pricey right now. Is it worth it or should i go with something more cost effective like the Bad Monkey. Help a poor college kid out. to me, the tube blower sounds like a buzzy transistor pedal, save yer money, i gotta bad monkey, and about 50 other boxes and crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ollenorin Posted February 4, 2006 Members Share Posted February 4, 2006 i once had the fuseblower....and it sucked ultrabad.....buzzy beeswarm distortion. crap ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L6Sguy Posted February 4, 2006 Members Share Posted February 4, 2006 the classics (and tube amps in general) only need a bump in input level to get more gain/crunch, so the amount of available gain in the box shouldnt have to be really be a consideration. for years, i found a banged up '80's Rat, with the drive set to 9am and the level to 3pm, was a great way to give a nice helping of crunch to an already breaking up Classic. not a clean boost, but mostly just making the signal bigger, not a whole lot dirtier. when it gets to the amp though, crunch crunch crunch. however, i was able to get same/similar flavors with plenty of other od's, never having to use too much of the pedal's flavor (as determined largely by the level of the pedal's drive knob). it served quite well as an extra 'channel,' so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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