OD useless with the Mark V?

[nicoroy123]

Hi, I am now a proud owner of a MKV head. Before that I had a Rectifier Solo 50 so improve my leads and thighten the sound I have been using a TS9 Keeley mod and a Barber tone press in front of it, with great succes.

But now that I have the MKV, I really don't see any use for these two pedals, beside adding some noise when using the V's Channel 3.

So anybody still using an OD in front of the V, and if so on what channel/voicing?

 

[lesterpaul]

sure..try it with chan 1 and 2 for a different tone/voice

 

[Daxman73]

I use an OD (Keeley modded TS-9) for a pseudo 4th channel...I have my amp basically set up for clean, rhythm and lead (with the rhythm/lead being reversible)...I use the Tweed mode for my cleans and have my OD set up for a bluesy overdrive...So, when I want clean I leave it off and when I want blues or classic rock, I hit the pedal...The variations with this amp and an OD are endless...I wouldn't say that an OD is useless though...Some guys might like to back off the gain for their sound and use the OD for more gain...There are a lot of players who like to get their gain from pedals (a la Joe Satriani and Steve Via).

 

[guitardom]

i use a fulldrive 2 all the time on the second channel crunch and edge voicings. use it to alter the overdriven sound and give it more midrange presence and punch. dont use a lot of drive from the pedal just enough to saturate nicely. depending on what i am going for i will say use less amp gain and more pedal gain or vice versa.

 

[WillPlayForFood]

Really what it comes down to for me, is I have to use any pedals in different ways than I may have used them in the past with other amps. It is kind of like embarking on a new journey. I have a Tone Press and a Keeley TS808 I was using with my Mark IV. Will I still use them, probably, yet I may use them differently. It's actually quite fun to explore different ways of using pedals with the Mark V. It seems to be pretty responsive and honestly, you were mentioning Channel 3. Do you really need any more saturation/gain than Channel 3 already delivers?? You may want to try using them on other channels. They can really expand Channels' 1+2 tonal variety. You have a few good suggestions here already, so have some fun. That's what we "in the know" call tweaking :mrgreen:

 

[mystidream]

I occasionally use my BB Preamp on Channel 3 in the C+ mode to tighten the amp up at bedroom volumes. I also use the BB at practice on Channel 2 to make the Crunch mode have more gain that way it can be my heavy rhythm channel and Channel 3 can be for my leads. Works flawlessly.

 

[dmcguitar]

mystidream, when you 'goose' ch 2 with the pedal and want to switch to ch 3 (i am assuming you turn the pedal off) do you first change channels (if so does it squeal) then switch off the pedal, or do you turn off the pedal then switch....

oh, and how is the foot switch (really asking to anyone) if you go for the top row of buttons is it easy to hit one of the channel buttons too?

thx
dmc

 

[theroan]

I see no real use for them. I was thinking of getting a Barber LTD. to get a little extra boost, treble and hair for leads within a clean sound, but I can get it easy enough with the EQ. the other two channels don't really require much work for gain in my opinion.

 

[fleeced]

so have some fun. That's what we "in the know" call tweaking :mrgreen:

and what we in the know .... know is a pastime that can eat up hours, days and even months ... and then still has the ability to occasionally land you back pretty much where you started out from ... ;->

Oh and Ps. - at the moment I do still have an OCD in front of my Mark V - it just adds another possible dimension to the sound .... it's handy when gigging: Effectively adds another couple of channels to the three that you have at your disposal from the boogie footswitch although I use it rarely and I also occasionally wonder at the logic of sticking some cheap transistors in front of all that organic tube tone - It still does add some options of some different sounds.

In a studio though I would think I could get pretty much any sound I wanted straight out of the amp by dialling around through the various modes.... - There is such a variety of sounds in this amp it is truly great ... trouble is you can't tweak when gigging ... so you have to kind of choose the three sounds that you think will suit best live and do without all the other wonderful possibilities. Depending on how you have it dialled, - there's also loads of variation in colour and character just by moving the volume knob on your guitar

oh, and how is the foot switch (really asking to anyone) if you go for the top row of buttons is it easy to hit one of the channel buttons too?
dmc

never found it a problem - there's loads of space

 

[th0rr]

I wouldn't say useless in my case. I use a Barber Tone press mostly on the clean channel and I do have an unmodded Blues Driver that I use as a clean boost on the clean channel. This way I can get a nice just breaking up tone without having to switch over to Tweed mode in the middle of playing.

I have used it in channels 2 and 3 but I'm of the mind that for my uses it's not really needed there.

 

[th0rr]

oh, and how is the foot switch (really asking to anyone) if you go for the top row of buttons is it easy to hit one of the channel buttons too?

thx
dmc

Only if you're flat footed. :lol: Jk. Like fleeced said, there's plenty of room. Never had a problem.

 

[theroan]

I only use a Barber LTD it. Either in channel one or two. If I'm doing a solo and I want to add a little grit and hair but no too much.

 

[scott7d]

I used a Bad Monkey on both Recto models I've owned to tighten things up a bit. I haven't used it with the V, but to be honest I haven't needed to. The compression and smoothness is already there. I still need to give it a chance cause you never know, but I wouldn't say it's a must have. Everyone has their preference. I for one am a little snobby when it comes to pedals, and like to have the signal as pure as possible. Even having a Korg tuner in front of the amp makes me nervous :lol: :lol: