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OD/Distortion, What's The Point?!

Bobb said:
what about double amping?
one clean and one distorted...
If you're talking in reference to Rumzini saying that his distortion is blending in: Adding a clean amp to the equation would change nothing...

If you're talking in reference to Planet Boulder's comment on the DT-BM not loosing lows: This would be the perfect solution to any distortion that looses lows!
 
I s'pose we shoud Keep in-mind that if you're talking about guitars keeping-up in volume with a ham-fisted, no-finesse drummer in a small, acoustically-abhorrent room, then your hearing system is so shut-down - SO distressed and oppressed, that you can't really judge anything very well.

Do you mean in a big-enough room, on a big-enough stage, with the band actually mixed through a PA, like a show? I mean ANY sound should theoretically be able to be 'brought-forward in the mix', right?

I guess I'm just sort-of stepping back and looking at a bigger picture.

Joe
 
Perhaps a more unique distortion tone is in order. I suggest an Effector 13 pedal of some sort running through a big muff. On their own, E13 pedals can be nautiously intense, but the muff brings it back to earth and adds a layer of bassiness. When I need a rediculously huge distortion sound, I use an E13 Soda Meiser running into a US Big Muff, then through a clean, scoopy, boosting Sansamp. Heres a clip of my setup at its utterly filthiest (when you put the volume to near 0 on the soda meiser, it kills almost all of the attack and puts nasty feedback between your notes. Its deliciously disgusting!)

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Halfway through I disengage the Muff, hence the drop in bassiness. You can make it sound a less nasty, though its pretty much filthy as all hell all the time. You can always disengage the SM for a more traditional tone.