Boosting for solo

Al Watsky

The Felix is very, very good.
The Red Eye is just as good in its own way.
The Red Eye has the advantage of being transparent, it neither adds or subtracts, and you have what you need but with very little control.
With the Grace product you have many choices which in some peoples hands will result in bad sound because they make bad choices with the settings.
The most critical performers I know use the Red Eye.
Its also a great DI.
I do a lot of classical guitar gigs. The Red Eye into a PA or amp. Bang your done.
What guys do is try to fix perceived problems with EQ. If your guitar sounds bad or the pickup is nasty or the amp a cheap sounding boat anchor your already doomed. No EQ is going to fix bad.
So if you have something that already sounds good. Keep it simple .
Red Eye.

Keith Murch

rgrice wrote: »

@Keith Murch I haven't fiddled with his Venue but I will! EQ sounds OK with rhythm, but I suspect we need to EQ with boost on soloing mode to rid it of the electric sound. Glad to know it can do the job. I'm gonna try the Boss as I have one available.
Red Eye is expensive, tho less than Venue.

I usually adjust the EQ settings with the boost switch on, so I have the tone that I want at the higher volume. Then I turn the boost off for rhythm, which drops the gain back a bit. If the reduced gain has any effect on the tone, it isn't really noticeable.
Keith

rgrice

Thanks @Al Watsky
@Keith Murch that's exactly what I told my guy to do. Makes sense!

Jazzaferri

@Al Watsky ....thanks so much for your far more affordable update....lol....I will get one of these and give it a whirl

rgrice

Gonna look at Red Eye as well!

Jazzaferri

Methinks its the affordable best option

rgrice

Seems my bass player's Boss EQ was stolen from a bag of gear so unable to try that. As I said, Red Eye looks nice but any other less expensive ideas?
Anybody tried any of these?
Radial Tonebone PB1
Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster
MXR Microamp
TC Electric Spark
Fulltone FB3 Fat Boost
Mooer Pure Boost
Modtone Clean Boost

Or other such pedals in the $100.00 + change area

Bones

Hey Blues Bop Harry, on the Boss GE-7 do you need to hold down the pedal to get the boost or do you just push it once and let go like a switch?

Thanks

BluesBop Harry

Bones wrote: »

Hey Blues Bop Harry, on the Boss GE-7 do you need to hold down the pedal to get the boost or do you just push it once and let go like a switch?

Thanks

You just switch it on and it stays on until you step on it again.

It has a gain/volume fader to control how much louder or quieter your sound gets with the effect engaged... So you could even cut some frequencies and still have the volume louder for solos or viceversa. There's so many ways you can use it. Pretty handy really

Bones

Ok so the gain/volume fader controls how much boost when you switch it on. Do you think it would be usable with a Schertler pickup and amp?