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GK rails in a pedal?

Discussion in 'Effects [BG]' started by sprag, Dec 20, 2014.

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  1. Dec 20, 2014 #1
    sprag

    sprag

    Sep 15, 2011
    Melb Australia
    Plenty of cranked SVT emulation pedals out there. Does anyone do a kranked krueger?
     
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  2. Dec 20, 2014 #2
    ryansalmond

    ryansalmond

    Nov 21, 2007
    Canada
    I WISH.

    People are gonna say GK Diesel Dawg, but it's a high-gain fuzz-like circuit and got nothing to do with the power amp-derived tone you're describing.

    If you find anything, let me know!
     
  3. Dec 20, 2014 #3
    sprag

    sprag

    Sep 15, 2011
    Melb Australia
    Yeah, did the search thing. It's the only thing that came up. Its perfect apart from being really big, ugly and doesn't fit the bill tonally
     
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  4. Dec 20, 2014 #4
    Dave W

    Dave W

    Mar 1, 2007
    Westchester, NY
    Nothing that I'm aware of either. Just get a GK ;)
    They sound great and take pedals really well.
     
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  5. Dec 20, 2014 #5
    Teijo K.

    Teijo K. Commercial User

    Sep 8, 2014
    Jyväskylä, Finland
    Endorsing Artist: CCP
    The closest I've gotten to a GK grind with a pedal is the Ashdown NM2 -channel 2. :) Sometimes I cant use my own gear so I have been looking for a pedal solution getting that sound from pedals.
     
  6. Dec 20, 2014 #6
    ryansalmond

    ryansalmond

    Nov 21, 2007
    Canada
    Someone NEEDS to make a pedal that does this
     
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  7. Dec 20, 2014 #7
    Jazz Ad

    Jazz Ad Mi la ré sol

    Mar 16, 2002
    Langueux, Brittany, France
    The Zoom B3 / MS60b has a very good one.
     
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  8. Dec 20, 2014 #8
    Teijo K.

    Teijo K. Commercial User

    Sep 8, 2014
    Jyväskylä, Finland
    Endorsing Artist: CCP
    I've got both. Need to give them another go at it.
     
  9. Dec 20, 2014 #9
    tallboybass

    tallboybass Supporting Member

    Feb 25, 2003
    Tulsa, Oklahoma
    MS-60B doesn't have the GK sim.
     
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  10. Dec 20, 2014 #10
    Need Gigs

    Need Gigs

    Dec 19, 2013
    Wellington, New Zealand
    Could you mount a GK micro head on a pedal board?
     
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  11. Dec 20, 2014 #11
    Dave W

    Dave W

    Mar 1, 2007
    Westchester, NY
    You could but why would you want to?

    You could mount an SVT to a pedalboard if you really wanted to.
     
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  12. Dec 20, 2014 #12
    telecopy

    telecopy

    Dec 6, 2009
    USA
    I have a G-K 400RB-IV. It overdrives really easily with my plain ol' MIM P. I don't think there's anything really distinctive about the overdrive. It's not fizzy, but not really tubey. Sounds like an MXR or other generic distortion pedal. Though, I do like it. It has a good grain.
     
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  13. Dec 20, 2014 #13
    Plucky The Bassist

    Plucky The Bassist ZOMG! I'm back from the dead! Supporting Member

    Jul 30, 2010
    Tejas
    Some people attach the MB200 to a pedal board with good success. That way you are assured to get the GK tone ;)
     
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  14. Dec 20, 2014 #14
    sprag

    sprag

    Sep 15, 2011
    Melb Australia
    I was looking through a few GK amp discussions and the general consensus is the rb's do it better than the mb's. I've never AB'd them so I wouldn't know.

    I have played a few GK micros when I was in the market a year or 2 ago. I went with the Aggies TH500. Early this year I was Jamming with a couple of guys who had their own space with an old GK RB??? Something. It was smallish so prob a 400. It cranked with my stingray through it.

    To clarify, I am looking for something with a form factor similar to a VT or SFT. If it doesn't exist so be it, it's definitely a smaller niche of the market than the SVT sound in small box
     
  15. Dec 20, 2014 #15
    Dave W

    Dave W

    Mar 1, 2007
    Westchester, NY
    The power supply in the RB heads is what is actually "hitting the rails" when you dime the master and push it to/slightly past it's limits.

    The power supply in the MB heads isn't the same so it's literally not possible to do it.
    The Boost channel on the MB500/800 does a decent job at emulating it.
     
  16. Dec 20, 2014 #16
    sprag

    sprag

    Sep 15, 2011
    Melb Australia
    Exactly. So why spend all those dollars and that much real estate on a decent job of emulating it when I don't require the attached power section strapped to my pedalboard.
    GK have gone to the trouble of emulating it themselves. If someone (possibly them but probably a boutique) could tweak it out and stick it in a neat little pedal that would be very helpful. Preferably before Christmas please.:D
     
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  17. Dec 20, 2014 #17
    David Jayne

    David Jayne

    Jan 16, 2006
    Brookfield, CT
    The 'Boost' thing isn't the same as the 'Rails' thing at all. Only RB heads do the 'Rails' thing. And it's only really possible with the smaller ones(400, 800, 700RB).
     
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  18. Dec 20, 2014 #18
    Dominic D

    Dominic D DiCosimo Audio Supporting Member Commercial User

    Mar 9, 2008
    Winter Park, Florida
    DiCosimo Audio
    I'm working on building the 800RB preamp into a pedal the size of a SansAmp. I've designed a circuit board small enough to fit, but it'll be a while before I have the funds to prototype it.
     
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  19. Dec 20, 2014 #19
    JACink

    JACink

    Mar 9, 2011
    Spain
    I am not sure what "hitting the rails" is, but I agree that the Zoom B3 does a good job of emulating the Gallien Krueger sound (at least in my opinion).
     
  20. Dec 20, 2014 #20
    SunnBass

    SunnBass All these blankets saved my life.

    Aug 31, 2010
    Columbia, Mo
    Hilarious.
    That's exactly what the "GK sound" is.     :roflmao:
     
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