Mark V and Effects Pedals

[bluewave]

I just ordered a new Mark V Combo - and I was wondering if anyone is using any effects pedals with theirs. I ordered only two pedals so far, a DigiTech Delay DL 8 Hardwire, and a Vox Wah...I figured I'll have plenty of tone and distortion from the amp so my effects needs would be minimal. I was thinking of adding a chorus, tremolo and phaser...

Any suggestions or comments welcome...especially the order in which to put them..

Aloha from Hawaii...

bluewave

 

[screamingdaisy]

The biggest thing I've found is to use line level effects in the effects loop. Most pedals are designed to run at -10dB (instrument level) and work well when being fed the signal off your guitar... however they have a hard time handling the +4dB (line) levels present in your effects loop, which adds dullness, compression, loss of volume or even distortion as the effects fail to process the entire signal.

Myself, all I use is wah and delay. I'm currently using an Eventide Time Factor in the loop and it's worked excellently. It also doubles as a chorus if you use the modulated delay with a delay time of zero.

I believe that the Lexicon and TC Delay pedals are both line level, as is the Boss DD-20.

 

[bluewave]

The biggest thing I've found is to use line level effects in the effects loop. Most pedals are designed to run at -10dB (instrument level) and work well when being fed the signal off your guitar... however they have a hard time handling the +4dB (line) levels present in your effects loop, which adds dullness, compression, loss of volume or even distortion as the effects fail to process the entire signal.

Myself, all I use is wah and delay. I'm currently using an Eventide Time Factor in the loop and it's worked excellently. It also doubles as a chorus if you use the modulated delay with a delay time of zero.

I believe that the Lexicon and TC Delay pedals are both line level, as is the Boss DD-20.

Great minds think alike... ;-).. Everything I've read about Eventide says they are the top quality. I don't need all that comes with the G Major 2, so I decided to keep it simple and picked up an Eventide Mod Factor return the DD8 Hardwire and get the Eventide Time Factor.

Any recommendations for a smaller footprint controllers to replace the MarkV footswitches?

bluewave

MarkV
Fender Twin
1990 PRS Limited Edition #40 of 300
Fender Tele 50's Reissue with Mods
Les Paul Goldtop
Fender Strat

 

[screamingdaisy]

Great minds think alike... ;-).. Everything I've read about Eventide says they are the top quality. I don't need all that comes with the G Major 2, so I decided to keep it simple and picked up an Eventide Mod Factor return the DD8 Hardwire and get the Eventide Time Factor.

Any recommendations for a smaller footprint controllers to replace the MarkV footswitches?

You'd have to have a custom footswitch made with everything in tighter and/or options you don't use deleted.

Or, if you want to take it a step further you can get something like an Amp Gizmo. The Amp Gizmo in combination with a midi controller will let you control both your amp and those two Eventide effects via one foot controller.

http://www.rjmmusic.com/ampgizmo.php