I am proud new owner of a Express 5:25 1x12 (vintage30) and absolutely love it. Yes it's the "classic" version, and the fact that there is a new one out is likely why I got a good trade deal for it.
Anyway, I have been experimenting around with hitting the front end of the amp with pedals (seems to take pedals great too), and I have read that the best thing to do is put a clean boost in the loop to hit the power section harder.
My questions:
1. would EQ in the loop be equally good (ie. leave sliders level and just increase volume slider)
2. are there advantages to clean boost over EQ? I like the idea of EQ for post preamp tone shaping if needed.
3. would a transparent od with gain set low and volume up....color the sound too much
Here is the way I am running it now.
Guitar (usually dual humbucker guitars, but sometimes strats) --> Boss TU2 --> Fulltone FD2Mos --> Express5:25
In the 5:25 loop I have: TC Electronics Nova Delay --> EH Holy Grail Reverb (no longer needed...love the reverb on the Express)
On the bench I have a Danelectro Transparent Overdrive (V1 that had the accusations that circuit was clone of PaulC Timmy forcing a redesign).
Initially I was playing mostly the 30w mode, but recently have discovered the 5w mode with some EQ changes......very nice.
All help and suggestions are appreciated.
Anyway, I have been experimenting around with hitting the front end of the amp with pedals (seems to take pedals great too), and I have read that the best thing to do is put a clean boost in the loop to hit the power section harder.
My questions:
1. would EQ in the loop be equally good (ie. leave sliders level and just increase volume slider)
2. are there advantages to clean boost over EQ? I like the idea of EQ for post preamp tone shaping if needed.
3. would a transparent od with gain set low and volume up....color the sound too much
Here is the way I am running it now.
Guitar (usually dual humbucker guitars, but sometimes strats) --> Boss TU2 --> Fulltone FD2Mos --> Express5:25
In the 5:25 loop I have: TC Electronics Nova Delay --> EH Holy Grail Reverb (no longer needed...love the reverb on the Express)
On the bench I have a Danelectro Transparent Overdrive (V1 that had the accusations that circuit was clone of PaulC Timmy forcing a redesign).
Initially I was playing mostly the 30w mode, but recently have discovered the 5w mode with some EQ changes......very nice.
All help and suggestions are appreciated.
