| Also those drive and level settings are very hot for running into a preamp, even with line/inst set to inst. Right now have Jazz preamp -> BDDI preamp -> Ampeg preamp -> Ampeg power amp. That's simply too much gain before the Ampeg's power amp section. So, here is what I would do.
1. Run your instrument into the amp without the BDDI, and set everything to get a reasonably good sound. Run a somewhat high master setting, and a correspondingly low gain setting to compensate.
2. With the Ampeg off, connect the BDDI with the tone settings you mentioned above, but with blend at noon, and level and drive at minimum, and hit the footswitch to get the red LED. Power up the Ampeg.
3. Slowly raise the BDDI level until you hear the same volume you got without the BDDI. If you hear clipping, roll back the instrument's volume so you can bring up the level on the BDDI to a workable range, say, 9 o'clock or slightly above. Leave the amp gain and master settings from step 1 where they are; don't lower them. Do all your work at the instrument and at the BDDI.
4. Now add some drive to taste, realizing of course that you'll have to drop the level control accordingly.
Hopefully that'll work for you, or at least get you in a better spot than before.
Last edited by craig.p : 08-08-2011 at 06:00 AM.
Reason: Amp off for step 2
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