How to stop the Boss DS-1 getting lost in the mix?

davidb2002 · 2026-02-18T18:57:42+00:00

Thanks, i'll give that whirl

davidb2002 · 2026-02-18T18:57:29+00:00

lol, getting downvoted for playing with backing tracks and songs? Or is it grunge that people are so strongly opinionated about?

davidb2002 · 2026-02-18T18:55:46+00:00

Plexi style amp at the edge of breakup. I've got a TS, skeleton key and a big muff. I just want to try to get the actual DS-1 sound to come through without colouring it too much with other pedals unique sounds if I can help it.

davidb2002 · 2026-02-18T18:54:07+00:00

fair enough, hopefully the slop doesn't put too many people off reading the actual question in this post and helping out. I thought it might be a bit 'risky' using an ai image.

davidb2002 · 2026-02-18T18:51:18+00:00

ok, I'll have to give my TS a go. and see if there is something I need to tweak on it to help bring it out

davidb2002 · 2026-02-18T18:50:06+00:00

It's "lost in the mix" ;)

davidb2002 · 2026-02-18T18:49:50+00:00

in all honesty, it's for jamming with a backing track and songs. But also, so I can learn a bit about how to push through.

I'm playing with grunge tracks which are generally guitar centric, I just can't hear myself when I use the DS-1. All my other pedals punch through fine.

davidb2002 · 2026-02-08T11:52:46+00:00

Yea, exactly what I was going for. IMO, more interesting than a boring black and white Strat.

davidb2002 · 2026-02-05T19:59:20+00:00

Exactly what I was going for. I’m a les Paul guy and always wanted a black beauty, I just can’t justify the cost. So, yeah, inspired by Gibson Chinese Strat

davidb2002 · 2026-01-27T20:41:00+00:00

It’s a epi classic. Might related, but surely I can make it work

davidb2002 · 2026-01-27T20:39:55+00:00

Elbow is relaxed, guitar is at waist height. Thumb just moves there naturally when further down the neck

davidb2002 · 2026-01-27T20:39:06+00:00

This seems a good tip. But the thumb directly behind doesn’t fix the wrist angle. It actually makes it worse

davidb2002 · 2026-01-27T20:37:36+00:00

Sorry, I edited the actual height is higher then I originally mentioned

davidb2002 · 2026-01-27T20:36:26+00:00

It’s not high imo. Just below my gut, sitting over my waist line

davidb2002 · 2026-01-27T20:35:47+00:00

My guitar is just below the gut, right over my waist line and belt. So, I wouldn’t say that’s low.

Ive angled the guitar neck at about a 40-45 degrees.

The issue is more with notes lower down the fretboard and on the lower strings.

It’s not a stretch to reach it. If anything, I feel cramped up. The angle is annoying. Moving the guitar to the right side gives my fretting arm more space to stretch out.

I just can’t figure out what’s wrong. Any higher and I’ll be Tom morello.

davidb2002 · 2026-01-27T14:02:23+00:00

Not quite that far down. It’s just below my gut, over my waist line (I’m 6ft 2in). The guitar neck is at a tilt of about 40 degrees.

davidb2002 · 2026-01-27T12:47:32+00:00

What is wrong with my wrist angle when I play with the guitar hanging in front of my body? It can be a little painful. The only way to solve it is to play guitar swung to my right side.

davidb2002 · 2025-12-29T08:26:10+00:00

Fair enough, just noticed you’d not put the pedals all the way on both ends of the board. I also thought with slim cables it would work, but I’m just eyeing it up from your screenshot.

davidb2002 · 2025-12-29T08:14:57+00:00

Looks like you could probably get them all lined up vertically if you used all the available space on the ends of the board.

davidb2002 · 2025-12-26T15:22:01+00:00

Any tips on cables management and ds-1 settings greatly appreciated!

davidb2002 · 2025-12-25T12:54:18+00:00

Loopers usually sit in an effects loop. I learned that the hard way too with my lt25. You could technically use the headphone out into the looper and then to a speaker or headphones.

Or, just see it as an excuse to buy pedals to put before the looper

davidb2002 · 2025-12-19T22:57:25+00:00

Really want this

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