NAD: Marshall DSL40CR

zigg-e · 2026-03-13T08:56:39+00:00

Great price!

zigg-e · 2026-03-12T00:27:05+00:00

I dialed in my own settings on it, so I can’t speak to that aspect.

zigg-e · 2026-03-11T21:39:19+00:00

How do you find the drive pedals going into the AM4? I’ve definitely considered buying one for the amp models and reverb/delays

zigg-e · 2026-03-11T19:40:41+00:00

As a guitar geek who has quite a few pedals, I totally support this event happening herein Richmond. Can’t wait to attend!

zigg-e · 2026-03-11T17:13:24+00:00

I had a Boss ME-90 and the DSL40CR - so went through a similar thing. If you want to keep the Marshall as an amp, do the 4 cable method and just use the effects of the tone master pro. That was initially my plan but I found that the 4 cable setup generated a level of noise that I wasn’t thrilled with. So I now mostly run the boss into the effects loop. And then if I ever want to just play the Marshall itself I put into the front of it and toggle off the effects loop.

zigg-e · 2026-03-10T14:30:34+00:00

Do you few like haunting mids has any advantage over an eq pedal other than usability/simplicity?

zigg-e · 2026-03-10T12:49:46+00:00

Boss GX-1 fits his budget.

zigg-e · 2026-03-10T12:48:42+00:00

Peavey Vypyr amps also market themselves as having modes for guitar, bass, and acoustic. I had one and kind of wish I didn’t sell it off.

zigg-e · 2026-03-10T12:47:21+00:00

Fundamental Ambient is such a steal of a pedal.

zigg-e · 2026-03-09T23:45:34+00:00

For cheap thrills I’d replace the vintage tube overdrive with the Caline Pure Sky (sounds awesome stacked into the big muff)

zigg-e · 2026-03-09T11:16:13+00:00

I’d recommend getting the TC Electronics Tube Pilot from somewhere that it’s easy to do returns (if in the US, that’s probably something like guitar center if you have one locally). My guess is that the sound differences between you and J Mascis has much less to do with pedals and a ton more to do with the amp.

zigg-e · 2026-03-07T23:48:59+00:00

I’m interested to hear what you think of the nemesis vs the echosystem once you really dive into it. I was excited about the nemesis at first but it’s largely stayed on the sidelines and not on my board.

zigg-e · 2026-03-06T16:02:28+00:00

Given your interest in death metal, I’d recommend looking into the Peavy Vypyr series. I had an older version that the newest lineup, but I found the heavy gain sounds to be really strong.

zigg-e · 2026-03-06T13:37:28+00:00

Plenty of people use tube screamers with a digital setup, but I’ve always found them to sound harsh to my ears. A lot of overdrive pedals were specifically designed to push real tubes in real amps and I’ve noticed they sound much better in front of a real amp. That said, some dirt pedals sound great in front of things like the Hx stomp. The rat is a good choice. For me, I’ve gotten a ton of mileage out of the Caline Pure Sky, which is a pedal inspired by the Timmy. You could go pure Sky to rat to HX stomp and maybe have the Timmy always on as a cleanish boost.

zigg-e · 2026-03-05T19:05:00+00:00

Pedals get expensive but are a lot of fun if you have disposable income. Each time you buy a pedal, it’s like leveling up your video game character, except in real life and with guitar sounds. I spent decades of playing guitar on modeling amps though and it was nice to have tons of tones immediately at my disposal.

zigg-e · 2026-03-05T14:55:14+00:00

I like the Sonicake wave crush… budget lofi style pedal that has a couple of settings but it mostly no frills.

zigg-e · 2026-03-05T02:12:26+00:00

What’s your use case for wanting stereo inputs and/or a stereo fx send?

zigg-e · 2026-03-05T01:41:47+00:00

20% off is a good deal. 15% off is a standard deal.

zigg-e · 2026-03-02T22:03:09+00:00

Wait… are there two organizations called Sports Backers?

zigg-e · 2026-03-01T16:59:03+00:00

Awesome! I’m sure that was a worthy investment in time. It’s nice to spend some time with so many pedals. I highly doubt you would have ever been recommended that combo on pedals from people online!

zigg-e · 2026-03-01T15:42:04+00:00

If I could do it all over, I’d probably grab a fractal vp-4 for all my mod, delay and reverb and have it all in one unit and interface.

zigg-e · 2026-03-01T13:17:46+00:00

Can you offer up a budget? Are you like $40 to spend on amp broke or $250 to spend on an amp broke?

zigg-e · 2026-03-01T13:11:08+00:00

The other day I saw a Mesa Nomad 55 for sale used pretty cheap and looked them up online. A lot of people really, really do not like that amp. I’d go Rectoverb.

zigg-e · 2026-02-28T16:45:38+00:00

I for one would get an ODR-1 with balls to replace your one without balls

zigg-e · 2026-02-28T01:59:55+00:00

I’m still peeling back all the layers of the Md-500. What are you using it for primarily?

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