What do you stick in front of your MESA

[TheStoner]

Hi - just signed up to this forum and looking forward to lots of MESA stuff.

I've got a Dual Recto...

...sorry about the 5150 and Marshall cab in the pic!

I was wondering what overdrive/boost people used. I've recently switched from an MXR ZW44 to a SubDecay "Black Star" which sounds awesome. I can never quite bring myself to just plug straight in. Any thoughts?

 

[Platypus]

I stack my Fulltone OCD and TS9 together right in front of my Dual

 

[shack]

Boss tuner, VOX wah, TS9, MXR Phase 90 out front.

Rocktron Replifex in the loop.

 

[nocluejimbo]

Jack.

 

[John Vasco]

The F-50 footswitch, me, and my Lester Polfus Custard. Don't need anything else.

 

[Roth]

I run an Nady Wireless to a rackmount Korg Tuner to a rackmount Alesis Compressor/Limiter to a Morley Mark Tremonti Wah to the input jack.

Alesis Midiverb 4 in the loop.

(Soundwise it is supposedly recomended to run the Compressor AFTER the Wah Pedal then to the input jack, but when I run in that order I get a ground loop hum that I am unable to get rid of regardless of what conditioner, hum eliminator or ground lift I use. But for some reason when I switch the order of the Wah and Compressor it eliminates my hum.... so thats how I run it and it sounds good).

 

[xscottx9]

In Front: Barber Direct Drive, Barber LTD, and a Line6 MM4 Modulation pedal.

In effects loop: Boss NS-2 noise suppresor, Boss EQ-20, Line 6 DL4 Delay.

I just put the Barbers there .. they push the boogie High Gain into HIGH GAIN without mud, fiz, or flub ... prettu amazing pedals.

I had/and have had tp push my Marshalls, and Mesa in the past. OCD, TS-9, SD-1, Keeley SD-1, Guv'nor I and II, Barber DD, and LTD, Line 6 Crunchtone, Boss BD-2, MXR Zakk Wylde OD .. couple more ..

pretty amazed with the Barbers, if you have one .. goose your High Gain with it .. works well at Lower volumes *house gig/practice level*

 

[Kung-Fool]

Maxon OD808 and ISP Decimator.

 

[NoGlassNoClass]

Morley Tremonti wah and ISP Decimator in front, Boss CH1, DD6, RV5 in loop.

 

[Ravensha]

Les Paul and a cable.

I can't imagine front loading with any other pedal, FX, or anything really.
For myself, the beauty of getting a Mesa was being able to ditch all that "stuff" I had collected over the years.

 

[Humbility]

nothing

 

[jbird]

Les Paul and a cable.

I can't imagine front loading with any other pedal, FX, or anything really.
For myself, the beauty of getting a Mesa was being able to ditch all that "stuff" I had collected over the years.

What he said! But substitute the Les Paul for some PRSi.

 

[xscottx9]

I will add .. nothing in front if I play my Les Paul with EMG's in it .. even if i hit an OD pedal, I cant hear it .. this is in High Gain mode ..

 

[chennie]

Les Paul and a cable.

I can't imagine front loading with any other pedal, FX, or anything really.
For myself, the beauty of getting a Mesa was being able to ditch all that "stuff" I had collected over the years.

yeah what he said. =)

 

[vibeman]

fat boost in front of a lonestar classic and a fulldrive 2. Tone heaven

 

[PDad]

Les Paul and a cable.

Amen. The only exception is live playing...I use a Sennheiser dual diversity wireless...

 

[ashjn]

Les Paul and cable into F-100

 

[Guitarzan]

Just my guitar.

 

[RR]

I feel better, I thought I would be post killer if I said I don't put anything between my guitars and my Boogies besides a cables.

Played guitar for 30+ years, never bought a distortion / overdrive stomp box. Borrowed friends though for curiousity reason.

Alway was able to dial the distortion I like on the Boogies I owned.

 

[Valtyr]

Nothing out front of my F-30, though I might try connecting my Pod XTL in the effects loop so I can add some digital delay.