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Playing along to backing tracks live.....What setup?

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  • 13-10-2016 5:40pm
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    Fingers Mcginty
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    Alright folks. I'm used to using a small tube amp in a club scenario with a full band but I'll be going out as a two piece (singer and me on guitar). I think having a tube amp is going to be overkill.
    If there's anyone out there in a similar setup I'd love to hear how you have the guitar setup. I'm not mad gone on effects so something like a POD HD would be probably lost on me. I'd ideally like to have a nice clean tone and an overdriven tone.
    Something I can feed into a PA and I'll be able to hear myself. :)


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    martinedwards
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    The pod is a good idea as it has amp modelling and a distortion straight to PA is nasty.


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    population
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    I gigged under similar circumstances for 7 years. Bose L1 PA and a POD XT Live. Took weeks of mucking about and a few gigs to get the mix right but once I did it was golden. The biggest issue you'll have on modelling into PAs are the heavy drive options. Cleans and FX worked fine for me but the distortion settings on PODS in general take a lot of fiddling about with.

    BTW I've played both the XT Live and HD500 at gigs and ended going back to the XT Live. HD500 was far too nu metal imho. You can pick an XT Live up for like 100 euro now so you'll not be risking much giving it a shot.


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    Grolschevik
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    I've heard very, very good things about the Joyo American Sound being used as a preamp straight to desk, with pedals going into the front of it.


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    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    Grolschevik wrote: »
    I've heard very, very good things about the Joyo American Sound being used as a preamp straight to desk, with pedals going into the front of it.

    That pedal looks very interesting. :D


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    population
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    30 euro!!!


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    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    I'm not ruling out the modellers but I'm gonna go with what I'm used to ....a few pedals into a Blues junior behind me mic'd up through the PA. I'll let yiz know how i get on.


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