bluedmc777
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Just curious. Also if you’re a guitarist or bassist. Guitarist please list what amp your using as that can make a huge difference.
I’m using a Vox style amp with 2 selectable preamp tubes. A 12ax7 or EF86. Particle Accelerator is my favorite Hands down at the moment until I can swap a couple caps in the King Nothing. I using it at end of drive chain pretty much always on to add a little girth and grit.
The King Nothing is versatile but with my amp a tad too much bass. On the lower gain settings it’s has some great single note clarity and thickness. A sound I would associate with “Dumble” even though nobody they’re all different. That was a suprise. At higher gains it can rock.
The Diplomat is a tone enhancer for me. Doesn’t work as well with my box style amp as it does my deluxe reverb. Perhaps I haven’t spent enough time with its placement in the chain but I do see it driving the hell out of another pedal or end of chain sweetener. Has tons of volume on tap. A lot! The EF86 will always give you more girth. It’s just a thick sounding tube for me.
The Ambassador. Has a drive/distortion unlike anything I’ve ever heard. It’s amazing. The but is-the always on clean channel just doesn’t work with my brighter vox style amp. With a high headroom Marshall this thing would be perfect in getting those classic rock tones and more. Nathan suggested a couple mods for it to work better with my amp. Hopefully I’ll get to it one day.
Particle Accelerator it is for me so far even though they’re all great with different amps in mind. I believe the extended tone section is what realy works in the P.A.
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommending all of them depending on your amp and uses though.
I wonder if the Dr. Watson would pair well with a vox style amp? Or a tube driven compressor. I’ve also thought about putting the vampire slayer tube buffer in my effects loop as it’s passive! Would it be that much better than another good solid state buffer? It also has a digital reverb running in parallel with the passive loop. The amp was designed thah way.
Also, I’ve got in with Rat pedals but have been intrigue with the tube rat lol.
Many thanks to everyone involved in designing these!
I’m using a Vox style amp with 2 selectable preamp tubes. A 12ax7 or EF86. Particle Accelerator is my favorite Hands down at the moment until I can swap a couple caps in the King Nothing. I using it at end of drive chain pretty much always on to add a little girth and grit.
The King Nothing is versatile but with my amp a tad too much bass. On the lower gain settings it’s has some great single note clarity and thickness. A sound I would associate with “Dumble” even though nobody they’re all different. That was a suprise. At higher gains it can rock.
The Diplomat is a tone enhancer for me. Doesn’t work as well with my box style amp as it does my deluxe reverb. Perhaps I haven’t spent enough time with its placement in the chain but I do see it driving the hell out of another pedal or end of chain sweetener. Has tons of volume on tap. A lot! The EF86 will always give you more girth. It’s just a thick sounding tube for me.
The Ambassador. Has a drive/distortion unlike anything I’ve ever heard. It’s amazing. The but is-the always on clean channel just doesn’t work with my brighter vox style amp. With a high headroom Marshall this thing would be perfect in getting those classic rock tones and more. Nathan suggested a couple mods for it to work better with my amp. Hopefully I’ll get to it one day.
Particle Accelerator it is for me so far even though they’re all great with different amps in mind. I believe the extended tone section is what realy works in the P.A.
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommending all of them depending on your amp and uses though.
I wonder if the Dr. Watson would pair well with a vox style amp? Or a tube driven compressor. I’ve also thought about putting the vampire slayer tube buffer in my effects loop as it’s passive! Would it be that much better than another good solid state buffer? It also has a digital reverb running in parallel with the passive loop. The amp was designed thah way.
Also, I’ve got in with Rat pedals but have been intrigue with the tube rat lol.
Many thanks to everyone involved in designing these!