I've had a couple of loud bar gigs this week where I needed a rockin' rig. I got a nice deal on an 8 ohm Epifani UL410 (II) last week to use with my Puma 1000. I also ran a VT Bass pedal through the parallel effect loop and blended in some grit/overdrive. Having all that headroom in a rig is awesome. I think this is the first time I've ever played through an amp system that is almost too loud. I'm also tilting back the cab on a stand to aim it at me so I'm not overloading the stage with low end. The Tecamp/Epifani combination really throws out the lows.
I like having the flexibility of the parallel loop to blend in a "colored tone". Do you guys tend to run drive pedals before the amp or through an effect loop?
