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A perfect pair. Only two!

May 30, 2014
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We often stack pedals - so that's about it.
One of my favorites is this:
Z.Vex Mastotron into Beigel's Tru Tron x3. For second i can admit any of my fuzzes/drives into
HBE Hematoma's boost, especially Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler (on low gain and a bit of wet). Sure i do not count any of pairs for Bass Whammy/Sonuus Wahoo or any of my delays/Mobius - all of that is usual as the sky above.
Here you can tell about yours...
 
I already mentioned this in several threads, but my Boss MT-2 (believe it or not) stacked in front of my defect EHX Tube Zipper that only functions as a fuzz.

It drives the Tube Zipper into over the top out of control fuzz territory while still retaining the Tube Zipper fuzz's creamy warm character.

Adds a ton of beautiful harmonics and envelopes everything put through it in layers of fine grained sonic cosmetic mud in all color nuances.

Admittedly I used it mostly for guitar as it gives single notes a character of a flute or wind instrument on psychedllic drugs and transform chord work into an underwordly wall of doomy whip cream tapped directly from Satan's unholy golden cow.
 
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For modern grind and sizzle: any pedal I own into a Darkglass B7K or B7K Ultra. The first pedal is typically set for moderate OD, the B7K typically set to gentler OD for icing on the cake.

Some examples of the cake: Darkglass Vintage Deluxe, Idiotbox Blower Box, Damnation Audio MBD-1, Tech21 Leeds. Or no pedal at all (others bypassed), because the B7K is my always-on tone-shaper for rock.