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Red Deer is a rare breed. Bred in the woods, native to anywhere but captivity, wide-eyed and curious. This adorable band warms countless hearts everywhere.

Red Deer crossbreed their many traits into their music. Nostalgic, yet nonchalant vocals; subtle, yet commanding guitar arrangements; solid and thoughtful bass lines; steady, straightforward drum beats. Josh’s catchy and driving riffs and chord progressions are met with Ray’s longing vocals, while Heath’s subtle and understated guitar harmonies give the songs a whole other level of sincerity and warmth. Combine this with the coolest likes of Mel on bass and Andrew on drums and you get Red Deer

Red Deer can be found Grazing in South Melbourne and consist of the members:

Raschelle "Ray" Meyer
Josh "Burgles" Moore
Heath "Honky" Hamilton
Mel "Bass" Barbaro
Andrew "Hurley" Hurley

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Wampler Pedals

5y↑50

Boost Pedals... where should you place them? Do they go before or after overdrive or distortion? How do they differ? What is the difference in running them before overdrive and distortion or after? How does it affect guitar tone? Today I'll answer these questions and more. Comment with which boost pedals YOU like, and where YOU like to put them!

stiiimes

Lately I'm running Gretsch 6120 > SC95 Crybaby > Waza craft tuner > Boss noise suppressor > Wampler Pantheon > Wampler Tumnus > Fender Deluxe Reverb. I've tried my chain in every possible combo and that one hits almost all of the tasty spots. The only issue I have is the crybaby can get a bit treble heavy. Open to any suggestions...

Greg Straub

Slam Klone into a JHS kilt: Oh hi there. Use Klone after BAT Black Forest OH HI THERE.

CVS #1

I put my boost before my OD and Distortion pedals. I never have my boost on when I use a fuzz pedal, so I don't care where the Fuzz is in my chain when I have a boost on the board. My favorite boost at the moment is a Suhr Kokobost (which also has a mid boost - which I tend not to use when I have a non transparent OD or distortion pedal following it)

Steven Austin

question - can you use a distortion pedal as a boost after another distortion pedal? (EX - Mooer Rage Machine >> Boss Metal Zone)

Robert Roselló

4y↑1

Fx loop

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Chuckie Miguel Bacolod

3y↑27

2:03 clean
2:12 OCD
3:26 tumnus+ocd
4:38 boost+OCD
5:33 TS+OCD
6:58 30somn+OCD

Swiss Army Knight

5y↑169

I have to say that a significant part of my appreciation for the Wampler brand is these videos you make.

Sz Ki

@Wampler Pedals what are the input and output Impedances of the Wampler boost? I looked everywhere, can't find them. Thanks

Vinnie Conklin

4y↑1

Can't agree more. The JHS channel is awesome too.

Calagamberr0

4y↑1

True that. I just bought a pinnacle for my hiwatt custom and holy fuck what a pedal. And then Brian does those vids. I will stick around

musicman2705

Ditto that, Swiss Army Knight! I found this channel about a month ago, and just bought my first Wampler pedal a couple weeks ago. Was NOT disappointed! Will be getting more soon, hopefully the Tumnus deluxe next.

Wampler Pedals

5y↑6

Thanks, glad you like them! :-)

DudeAbides!

4y↑8

The Tumnus into the OCD sounds amazing! I think a Tumnus Deluxe (w/ more EQ controls) into a JHS Charlie Brown is in my near future tone lab experiment! Watching these Wampler & Josh Scott vids is a deep dive into the abyss of chasing great tone!

danz2611

I agree with your assessment good sir!

Rocking Star

5y↑9

I love the fact that you are willing to share and show us what are the possible combination to improve the tone. How i wish i have someone showing me this 20 years ago.

Jeff Briggs

I like to use a Keely compressor with it acting as an overdrive in front of a TS9. Great video. To me, hearing the DB boost with the overdrive sounds pretty good. Great review!!!

Ty Barnes

5y↑4

Recently, I played a country gig. I ran a Tumnus into a Euphoria but Tumnus was not being used as a boost. The Euphoria acted as my main dirty tone (into a modified Tweed Blues Junior) and the Tumnus was kicked in for even more drive. I use the Blues Junior's footswitchable Fat feature for a boost during solos. The Tumnus combined with the Euphoria sounds AMAZING! \m/

Stoney's Dead

1y↑1

This is a situation where I can honestly say, I use and need both. Sometimes I just want whatever tone I have to be louder, sometimes I need more saturation and growl- and so I keep a boost before and after my drive and choose accordingly. Luckily- nowadays you have a ton of options to make this happen. You can run a compressor in front of the drives, use it as a boost and a compressor- you can buy a drive with a boost built in, you can use an eq pedal as a boost and shape it whatever way you like, you can buy boost pedals, or you can use other drives as boosts and stack them, and I'm sure there are other ways as well that I don't even know about. Personally- I run a Tumnus Deluxe into an AT+ from JHS- plus I have an 1176 Cali compressor and a Neve preamp in front of the Tumnus, and a Vertex Boost after the AT+. Then I run all my wet effects through the parallel fx loop on my amp. Works for me.

Barry Provost

5y↑4

Ive been using the Green Rhino as a boost into either other gain pedals or the gain channel of my amp. So far it stacks the best. Others I like are using the tumnus(clean boost) or recently tried out the Friedman Buxom Boost(amazing versatility as well).

Mark Ferguson

2y↑2

Rule number one. You might have a series of different pedals on your board, but that dosent mean that they need to be stacked, or run together.Be mindful that your choices remain an additive rather than subtractive process; you add more because it is needed, not because the pedal is there.If you have a good tube amp, can't help but notice that drives and boosts can hurt more than they help; you should be using them for a reason, like achieving saturation at lower volume, and not because they exist.
A ($ 400 )Blues Jr is going to need some help from pedals.The Matchless? NSM.

Faron Brewer

I like the clean boost after the dirt pedals. Brent Mason runs a Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Boost after your Wampler Hot Wired V2 and the sound is killer!

adam brown

5y↑2

My other option is a fantastic boost, Maxon OD820, followed by a great graphic EQ, Whirlwind Super 10, into any decent tube preamp. Just use the EQ to take out mud, push more mids & or highs into the preamp, thus causing a boost like effect without really adding distortion from a distortion box, but more tube preamp modulation from the boosted frequencies. Actually put the EQ in front of the boost, into the preamp. Yeah that's right.

harrison beverly

5y↑2

i just wanted to say i got the tumnus pedal about a week ago and absolutely love it. it’s the best overdrive pedal period. it feels more like a amp mod in a box. it takes your amp and takes it to the next level and feels so natural. thanks for making a great pedal available and affordable. ill be getting the tumnus deluxe next. keep up the great work and thanks for all the videos very helpful

2Plus2isChicken2013

I really like the sound of a distortion pedal with an overdrive before it. One of my favorite pedals is the JHS Sweet Tea, which has the Angry Charlie and Moonshine in one housing. You can flip the order around, making it really versatile.

Matt Gilbert

5y↑4

I never really liked my OCD with single coils until I started boosting it. I've been running it before an Xotic AC Booster, sounds great. Gotta try putting the Tumnus pre-OCD, because that tone was rad! Like halfway between a Treble Booster and a Tubescreamer boost. Goes to show what a good K-style circuit can do. Tumnus is one of the best.

Michael Craig

4y↑2

I would like to see you test a bunch more OD's and boosts.. before and after like this. Maybe include the Fulltone fatboost, keep the TS9 or add a TS 808, maybe try a Boss Power Stack or Klon Klone.. and some more varieties.. you have some cool videos and pedals, there is always a lot more to learn, for sure!

Jon Michael Aldridge

5y↑2

My favorite combos were the TS before the OCD and the Tumnus after it. I like to run boosts with flexible EQ controls after my other pedals so I can shape them to better fit the context/room, etc. Planning to get the Wampler Equator for just such purpose!

Vampy Weekies

I think the ts boosting into the ocd is the best guitar sound in this video as well. But then again I feel like in a band setting, you need your boost to, well, boost

MrBallynally2

Yep.TS drops lows and highs, making the OCD more effective, then boost it w the wampler..
In fact, i prefer a different Plexi style to the OCD..

Justin Snyder

5y↑2

I've tried all kinds of combinations. Definitely loved having a JHS modified soul food after my OCD for a lead boost, but it doesn't look like a lot of people here have done that. I really love the coloration that I got out of it. Currently using a mini Red Dirt into my OCD, the opposite configuration. Being the only guitar player in the band I don't feel that I need to dramatically increase my volume for leads. I'm sure the soul food would work just as well but I really like the soft clip of the mini Red Dirt. I see a lot of hate for pedal couplers like you are using, a lot of people say they destroy the jacks on the pedals. Being that those are not Straight Shaft couplers do you think that that would reduce wear and tear on the jacks?

The Hound

5y↑9

I use a tube screamer type first in my chain for a nice boost and bit of top, and have a color boost at the end of my drive pedals and before my modulation pedals. Both work well and give a choice of how the boost sounds. Love your vid's and products.

Ryan Messenger

I mostly play metal but I do also love some SRV blues tones. I need to get a Tumnus! I bet it would do the high gain amp boost thing pretty well, while maintaining a uniqueness that could be cool for certain tones. My first choice is the boss sd-1 for this application but recently found the RAT to add a cool thing the others didn't. Having different tonal options that are quickly interchangeable has made me boost obsessed lol. I currently use a DB+ on my pedalboard to supply the effects return with the right amount of volume and impedance thanks to the buffer. I've noticed this allows me to keep the effects return volume on the amp at 12 o clock which keeps the amp noise down since I'm getting the volume from this pedal instead of the effects return. Also does a great job preserving the high end in the signal even though I'm using long cables.

Robert Price

My main Overdrive is a Way Huge Saucy Box, but I do have a Pantheon coming in a few days. I will use a Friedman Golden Pearl in front of in to punch the gain up a notch. I then have a Euphoria after the Saucy Box, as a volume boost. The Euphoria is set to the open setting, and I love the tone and bass controls to dial out the fizz and boominess.

Steve W

Running a clean boost in the effects loop of your tube amp opens up a whole new world of possibilities. In this config the boost not only increases your output signal to cut through the mix for your solos but also offers GREAT options for different tones. By bypassing your preamp, you are isolating the boost pedal's effect on the power section of your amp which is almost like adding additional channels into your amp depending on how you combine the boost with or without running dist in front of the preamp. This works well when you are using a hotter dist pedal like the Pinnacle - especially in an amp that is biased a bit hotter. It's a real game changer because it can mimic the same amp dynamics of a dimed up classic Marshall amp in terms of the effect your guitar volume has on tone and dynamics. Here are several options this config offers; Option 1) by foot switching off your distortion pedal and engaging the boost, it can really FATTEN up your clean tones. Option 2) by engaging both dist pedal and boost but rolling your guitar volume way back, it gives you something in between clean and crunch with a lot of bottom and depending on your amp settings, can clean up surprisingly well. Option 3) by running your dist pedal with the boost off, you can dial in good rhythm crunch tones and then engage the boost for solos to cut over the top of the mix. So there you have it. Versatility at its finest...

That Baritone Guitar Guy

5y↑1

My favourite boost is the Spaceman Mercury IV harmonics booster. It is just after my octave shifter, and just before my shimmer reverb.

As for before or after overdrive, I am in a slightly different situation. I am all about amp distortion, so have no use for a gain pedal of any kind. That said, considering the Mercury IV is going into the front of the amp, it is before the pre-amp gain. So, if you translate that to a pedalboard, my Mercury IV would be before the overdrive.

RockinRod57

I personally use the Creation Audio Labs MK.4.23 Clean Boost, last pedal in chain after all effects pedals and before volume pedal. It seems to let all pedals do what they do, and then expands or widens the sound before going to the amp.

William Trahan

5y↑2

It's hard to keep my Tumnus or Tumnus Deluxe out of ANY overdrive scenario. They are so versatile. Thanks and keep them coming our way!

Andi Kravljaca

I tried both ways around. either the boost or the overdrive, or both of them, will have a situation where a signal that's too hot coming in will make the whole thing really squelchy. that depends on the circuit and the pedal, so sometimes it's better to do it one way and sometimes it's better to do it the other. The important thing is not to overload the op amp in whatever pedal makes the squelch.

jonathan moon

EHX platform comp w/ boost, Tumnus Deluxe, EHX Extortion, the mods + effects, and Empress EQ w/ boost slamming the front of the amp. I really like pedals that have boost built in, it enables you to push the effects more to the front. I actually wouldn’t mind having a boost between each pedal on my board. It gives you a lot more control over each sound.

I’m like a midget staring at a wall, I love a little boost!

Sam Johnson

4y↑4

I run my boost after drive because in a live setting I usually want a nice volume boost for solos. I don’t use it to drive a drive tone I like to raise the volume of a drive tone. I play a wide variety of tunes and a cleaner dB boost is my jam!

Velvet Bones

Sam Johnson exactly - for solos is great - and some also use for tone - if you have an amp that sounds great (crunch or distortion) if you push the front end of your amp harder. Of course then you would need a 2nd boost for solos :)

DSAHL

5y↑1

This changes fairly regularly for me. For the last month or so I've been using diamond Comp Jr to boost into my ocd, this weekend i removed the comp jr, and put my Tim after the OCD. I tend to gravitate towards this latter setup, and if i had about 3" more of board space i would probably through the comp jr. in front to have boost before and after :) Another great video!

Explorer84

4y↑4

I like sound of the Tumnus into the OCD the best. The Tumnus has got me thinking. I run a boost at each end of my board. Very informative video. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.

Chris Medici

5y↑1

Great demo. I play an Epiphone 335 PRO (with coil-splitting). After experimenting, I've settled on putting my EP Booster after my OCD pedal. (The EP Booster is always on because it warms up the clean signal.) When I had the EP before the OCD, the RAT and Russian Pickle, I lost a lot of clarity - it was just a tsunami of sounds.

Green Man Music

5y↑1

I use a Boo Instruments boost after my Wampler Dual Fusion (into the clean channel of my Bad Cat Hot Cat). Works really well to lift the volume/tone for solos even when the Dual Fusion is stacked (I run Ch2 into Ch1).

Dave Carpenter251

I use the tc electronic Spark. I use a EHX crayon for full range drive and a Tubescreamer mini.
I have the Spark at the front and it gives a nice push to the other two. The Crayon is a "colour box" and Spark seems to add even more flavour.
I'm happy.....for now

Robert Price

I actually like a Klon Style Pedal, set relatively clean, as a lead boost after the Overdrive Pedal. I really like the tone shaping characteristics that a Klon Style Pedal has, versus something like an MXR Micro Amp.

J. K

5y↑1

great video!

I've always used an old DOD FX10. I usually keep it after all of my dirt pedals, but I recently got a twin reverb and have been trying different configurations. I now have the boost in front of my OD but after my Fuzz and it's always on, and I like it that way because I can slightly boost the gain of my OD, but then boost the level / character of my fuzz. It's probably the most useful pedal on my board.

Marc LeBlanc

I have the Spark Booster by TC Electronic and I usually run it before my dirt pedals which change quite a bit. My SB is usually on the mid boost setting but I've used the clean and fat settings on occasion as well.

Shannon Jones

4y↑2

I always find your videos very helpful! Thank you for taking the time to do these! The Tumnus has my vote!

Skot Jakubiec

5y↑2

For me, a lot of it depends on how you are using your amp. If I have, say a 15 watt amp cranked, a boost isn't going to get much volume boost because the amp is already at its limit. In that situation I use the boost as a drive, and then follow it with an overdrive, using the tone control as a cutting device, making the leads like a laser beam. But with an amp set so that there is a lot of headroom available, I would possibly do the opposite.

Rostyslav Fook

I used to put Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster (old edition) in front of my Weehbo JCM Drive pedal to give it more meat. It worked great. Then I needed a clean boost to put at the end of my chain just to enhance the overal level. I decided to give a try to Mooer Pure Boost ( RC Booster clone) and was amazed how clean it was. Some Chinese stuff is really good these days. I'm planning now to replace Seymour with Tube Screamer Mini, or maybe Mooer Green Mile, as it's twice as cheap and has some more options.

Judd Alexander

5y↑25

I constantly tinker. I typically prefer color boosts before my main drive pedal. Then I like a full freq after for a vol bump. Always enjoy your vids! Peace.

Richard Minardi

5y↑1

Excellent video! I use the OD808 => Boss OD3 => MXR booster mini => hot amp and I get a lot of mileage out of that!

Erich Wiegand

Brian, this video was very informative, and all the tones were great! Thank you for taking the time to provide these very informative videos! -Mark Cearlock

Paul Kielt

4y↑1

To me it's great to have both: before to boost the frontend of your amp, after to boost your solo parts.

King Ghidorah

It depends on the boost type in my opinion. I like TS, K, D, and treble booster stuff into the front of an amp and clean boost stuff in the FX loop for a volume boost. If a boost has an EQ (like the Orange Two Stroke) I’ll add more mids and highs for a solo. I run my amp hot so this works best for me.

jaylamb 143

5y↑1

As always, great video. I use a Caroline Icarus boost. It’s before my O/D pedals. I have a JHS morning glory and a plimsoul for the heaver stuff. I do want to get a Tumnus in the near future. That’s a great pedal. Cheers.

handygunner09

5y↑4

My way of doing things has always been to have one or two full-range drive pedals, usually a low gain sound and higher gain sound, with a mid-hump style boost like a klon or TS circuit before them to kind of tighten them up, add a little gain, and give more of a mid-focused tone. And then after all of them I like a full-frequency clean boost so I can have any of my tones be louder but uncolored when needed.

Also, I thought the OCD pushed by both the Tumnus and the Thirty Something boost before it were EPIC drive sounds into your Bravado!

Fender Bender

5y↑2

Lately, I've been loving the sound of running my OCD into my Empress Fuzz. That combination really tightens up the fuzz while retaining everything I love about the fuzz.

Daco Roman

Great video thanks for doing it. I use a Boss ES8 switcher and it allows changing the signal path for each preset which is an awesome feature for having different gain structure configurations.

Bradley Livestreams

4y↑1

I use my Spark Mini boost in the effects loop and get a HUGE range of boost without coloring my tone at all. Try that if you don't want to change your tone but want a LOT of boost. Works amazingly.

Michael Ohman

Excellent video. This video with the OCD adjusted with 40% less drive would be nice. I have a few of your pedals and love them - Tumnus Deluxe after the Dual Fusion is my preferred setup.

Bill Dutton

Great video! I normally run an EP Booster in front of a J Rockett Archer (or Tumnus...they interchange a lot) and then into an OCD. It's pretty impossible to get a bad tone.

Bigg TK Nuggs

Route 66 Comp/OD with both sides on is the best pedal I’ve found for boosting your signal before distortion, if you can make it work quietly. Which can be sorcery, especially with single coils.

Beery

5y↑1

Before, obviously. My favorite just for boost so far is the JRAD silver archer. Tumnus Deluxe is next on my OD/boost list, tho. I'd also like to get a straight clean boost at some point to hopefully alleviate some of that volume loss on a pedal board.

Василий Карпов

I usually use one or two boost pedals in front of my main drive. So It will be couple TS9's or I would go for Guyatone OD2+, which I think is really underrated boost/dist pedal

Chord TheSeeker

5y↑1

Thanks for a great, educational video. I definitely like boost into distortion. I use my amp’s distortion and run the Blues Driver side of a King Tone Duellist into it. I think it sounds awesome.

Brett Marlar

I generally don't employ boost pedals, but when I do it depends largely on why I'm using it. If I'm not getting enough saturation from my drive pedal then I would put it before the drive stage to cause it to clip earlier, thus a more saturated sound. If I want to keep the tone I've got but need a solo to cut through I put it in the effects loop towards the end of the chain.

pitamoncha2112

Hey Brian, thanks for all of your videos, I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I have a #1 rig with two treble boosts (never at same time) a BSM BM-Q special and an Analogman Beeno Boost. Love them both. Usually use the BSM most frequently. The Beeno gives a little more of a warm (?) treble boost. they are first in my chain after my wah and tuner. I play out of a Vox AC 30 S1 and solo boost with a Katana in the effects loop. My practice rig is a Vox MV 50 Rock and a Tumnus (which I like a little better than my tubescreamer). This gives me higher gain sounds for a VH (I & II) sound out of a JB TB. Now I just adde3d an MXR 6band silver and I have to really do some experimenting. But I think the fun is in the tone searching. Happy New year and keep up the great work!

Weldrideshoot

Hi Brian thanks for the great videos by the way. I personally have used my boost prior to my distortion ,overdrive, and, compressor. Reason being for my is that it's just the boost on my Super Cry Baby, so I can use it as a clean tone boost, or get more gain out of my amp, or pedals, or both. Also being that I can use it as a volume increase with boost on I can always get more gain. I like this because I can roll more distortion/overdrive into my amp. Thanks Brian!!

Port Side Guitar

2y↑1

Interesting. Definitely prefer the boost after drive.

JeanArcand

I’m looking forward to trying my TS9 into my OCD it sounded really good on the video.

I’ve got a replica of a Texas Range Master that I used to push the OCD with too that gave me a big sound full of sustain.

Cameron Ferguson

I run your dual fusion paisley side set as a boost into the euphoria side. Absolutely love it!

James Trettel

So much fun! My old 80something TS-9 is still on the board as my first "gain" stage after the compressor. Both of which are basically always on. Depending on flavor or where I want to be in the mix I switch on the OCD, Pinnacle Deluxe, or DS-1.
On very rare occasions I get to slap my EP boost in front of my Marshall 1987 with the volume at 3 o'clock or so! Absolute SWEETNESS!!! :)

R U B I S H

I like running my Friedman Be-Od into a tube screamer (zero overdrive, tone little past the center and a lot of volume) It washes out the original tone of the Be-Od but boosts the high-mids and the volume so it's perfect for cutting through the mix for solos and lead parts.

Edit: It's a TS808. I like it a little bit better than the TS9

JRPowell3_Music

5y↑2

I like boost before and after overdrives. Boost after an overdrives for a lead boost. Boost before an overdrive to push a mid gain overdrive higher. What got me thinking that way was how my ADA MP-1 tube pre-amp had OV1 and OV2 and the how the over all tone would sound based on how you balanced them. Having the boost after, to me is like turning up the master volume up a bit on an amp. So, if the overdrive pedal needs to be louder, boost after it. Want the overdrive to harder hit the signal infront.

Szabo Wabo

I discovered the Tumnus into the OCD at a friend’s house completely by accident and was so blown away by the tone that I now own a Tumnus of my own. That combo is magic.

bobby esser

3y↑1

I usually put them after my EQ pedals. I have the distortion and my EQs running through a Boss NS2 then the output on the NS2 goes to boost. my favorite is MXR micro amp cause I think they're the most transparent while an EHX LPB-1 is more of a tiny overdrive

Bob Baumeister

In the long term comparison my winner is "Elektro Harmonix LPB 2"! Otherwise I love a lot of Treble Boosters (Rangemaster, BSM etc.) and I'm spoiled for choice!
Thank you Brian - interesting video!

pitamoncha2112

Thank you Brian, very informative and insightful. I have a TC Spark in the effects loop of an AC 30 S1 just so I get a boost in solos. I'm in a 2 guitar + Keyboard classic Rock band and I need to push the volume in order to be heard. Also, I can access most classic Rock tones except for higher gain. I am going to try putting my DB boost before my tumnus and Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive Mod to see if I can get a higher gain tone. Any other suggestions?

Chris Holmes

5y↑1

I've always felt that if your "boost" is providing ANY kind of clipping (as opposed to a simple clean level boost) it should go before, or you get that fairly gross mushy sound that you get with the TS9 or Tumnus after the OCD. The TS9 into the OCD sounded bloody amazing, with Tumnus>OCD second best (sorry Brian). I run a BB Preamp into an OCD, but I'm waiting for a reasonably priced Tumnus to go before them both...

streetlegal008

I would go boost after distortion and overdrive. My thinking is to try to get the levels on the distortion and overdrive pedals where you want them first and then use the boost pedal to boost (what else?) your nice distortion sound. If using a noise gate pedal I would put that after distortion - then overdrive - then boost.

Tom PF

5y↑2

Excellent video. Loved the subtitles on the cat! LOL!! You really spoke some truth when you said that things sound differently when you're at home and then when you're at a venue. I've done boost pedals before and after my main distortion, but there's always some variance. I guess I'd prefer before.

Vinny Bunnicelli

Thanks for the video. Redid my board yet again. Now using my amp with a little gain with a tube screamer for slight overdrive and running that into the tumnus set dirty. So not a boost but a more dirty distortion and also set a bit more than unity. So far so good

Stephen

Just spent most of my day deciding where to put my Union Tube & Transistor More boost when I start building my new board. I always kept it at the end of the chain right before the amp, but I've also ordered an Empress Buffer+ which has a boost in it, so I thought I wouldn't really want to put the boost I already have directly into a new boost. After a lot of experimenting, the More just sounds so much better as the last thing in the chain! Going to be interesting to see how it plays with the boost in the buffer pedal when it arrives!

Timothy Kokhanets

I use an Effectrode Fire Bottle after my drives (Little Green Wonder and OCD) to give me more volume and not change my clipping too much. Works for what I do

Ishan Cooper

Hey Brian! I’ve been using a clean boost (always on) for years now. After all my drives currently but sometimes before certain high gain pedals to get them extra hairy.
Always wondered if the clean boost is technically supposed to go before or after modulation/delay pedals though in case of clipping. The boost fattens up the clean tone signal into the amp, but is it too much for the headroom of other pedals after?

Eneas H.

5y↑131

before dist: more drive
after dist: more loud

samringwald

5y↑1

I used a Boss Guitar EQ for years as a boost after my pedals. This was mostly into a late 60's Vibrolux, so no FX loop. Now I use a MXR Microamp after the pedals. My band plays at a very low volume. If we turned up I think it would lose efficacy.

17airel

Thank you for using the LP to make this video. I enjoy boosts after distortion myself but depends upon what pedal and compression afterwards. Enjoyed the video.

Kurt

5y↑1

I always suggest the Tumnus to customers. I find it's unique in it's feel. It's very 'spongy' or rather makes my guitars feel more spongy like. I don't know how else to describe it. Of course the tone is nice as well ;) I run mine right after the Ego.

Gary Eggleton

5y↑1

I would prefer to have a boost before and after lol....I like to drive the distortion sometimes, and I like the solo louder other times....good to have both at my disposal

Bob BreakUp

I like using several preamps with a bit of gain from each. Now I'm using a Matchless Matchbox pedal, a Hotone Vox modeler, an impulse response pedal and a 15 watt el84 combo. I love the ef86 gain but the 12ax7 gain has a different high end it seems so a bit of them all.

benbrucato77

It all depends on what you’re wanting to accomplish, right? If you want a boost to boost the amplitude of your guitar signal, it can’t go before anything that clips your signal, so not before a distortion or fuzz. All the increase in amplitude is gone. It definitely will change what the distortion or fuzz sounds like, and the perceived volume increase may still be there. But the actual amplitude increase is mostly lost, right?

Rodrigo Falcão

Before for more gain (drive) after for more volume. By the way, how do you set unity with guitar vol on 10 or on a lower value? As always, a very informative and interesting video !

Wampler Pedals

Thanks! I set it with guitar volume all the way up

Michael Veil

5y↑1

Always had mine at the end of the board—after modulations, delay etc. always worked ok for me. Looking at it logocally boosts probably are better off as one of the first things in your chain

Only ONE of these pedals on the demo is an actual BOOST the rest are overdrives. Gotta real boosters on there—Jackson Audio Prism, Boosta Grande, LPB1 etc...

William Hawkins

5y↑1

I had always put booster ahead of dirt but your vid and Anderson’s current vid both mention putting a booster in the effects loop so I’ll try that. I have a number of booster pedals - Diamond, xotic Ep as well a number of dirt pedals that I can set as always on or boost including Tumnus, lovepedal E6, mooer, miaudio, Manticore, JHS Milkman. I think my favourite is the Diamond and the Tumnus. But I’ve only used it as the first pedal. Great vid. Thanks

Gary Clements

I use boost for leads, so I like them after. FYI - https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SparkMini--tc-electronic-spark-mini-boost-pedal is a GREAT boost. Hold down the switch for a couple seconds before a song and you have momentary boost for short lines, hold it down again for 2 seconds or so and momentary becomes latch. That isn't even available in the full sized TC Boost. At $48 bucks, you can buy 2 and use one for boost and one for cut. These a TINY so board real estate taken is minimal. (My Le Clean when switching between Cold Fusion & Hot Fusion needs a "Cut" pedal when coming from HOT to CLEAN)

Cy Brunel

I ran a Metal Muff w/boost through the return effects loop on a Carvin Nomad 1/12/ 50 watt combo with great success. Even in front of the amp with the fuzz at zero for a clean boost it really the pushed the soak/overdrive of the amp beautifully. With the fuzz & boost at noon, the amp @ 10 o'clock, my lawn died. Nice review Mr.Wampler, thx for sharing your wisdom.

Pedro U

You gotta have both boosts. I use OCD V2.01 as my almost-always-on dirt channel, Drive at 11 o'clock, tone noon, level a bit above unity gain. I push it into high gain nirvana with a TS9-variant (Barber GC set to push mids, left toggle in the middle position) set at very low drive, high level, tone a bit on the bright side. Finally, I use a TC Electronics Spark Mini booster after both drives (and a noise gate, my rig is free of hums or buzzes) to boost the whole level without adding gain/grit, so all my bases are covered and the rig sound amazing.

Nick Harris

4y↑4

MXR Micro amp on the end of the pedal chain - makes anything you're doing louder, great for when you have the volume on the guitar down to clean things up but want the volume back or solo boosts. I have my Marshall set clean.

Jay M

Really appreciate all your videos 😊👍I'm looking for one on sustain pedals I might have missed it but I'll keep looking thanks Brian 👌🎸🥇

ripplebear

5y↑5

I've had really good luck with fulltone 2b boost. Small pedal! Blemished item for under 100 bucks. Heads up if anyone is looking for something different. It's not true bypass, but it's got one of his high quality buffers inside. Also has a dynamics control dial, which puts a Germanium transistor into circut for the benefit of limiting. Very smooth sound! I usually like boosters after OD, but this one, with its buffer, is really helping my signal chain being placed at the very front. Kinda want a tumnus now though!

Paul Cowart

Yeah I use a 2B as well after one of his Catalyst's then a Munder Heavy Cream and absolutely love all of them

Liberty 4All

I have a keeley aria as my always on pedal. Od side is always on and a super overdrive after it as my gain boost. I have learned a lot since watching your videos. I’m going to try my boss sd1 in front of the aria just for kicks. The cool thing about the aria is I can switch the direction of the compressor and drive. I have noticed that with humbuckers I don’t like using the compressor as much. Maybe use the compressor after the 2 gain stages as a boost for volume? Btw I’m running those into the clean channel on my dsl40

PeterDad60

My favorite boost is a tube preamp with both a volume and a gain knob. I change the 12AX7's to the 12AU7's in all my tube preamps.
I have the Wampler Plexi-Drive Deluxe and an Ibanez Tube screamer but prefer a tube preamp set up with a 12AU7.

KPTDGC

I use a J&H v1 distortion, relatively lite, defaulted to a Nick Valensi level. I have a FX10 bi-fet with a generally low tone, FX85 harmonic enhancer for a treble boost then TS9. After the J&H I have a Redwitch Lily because it can force break-up on the amp or I can dial it back for volume control off the rest of the pedals. I don't generally have everything hot unless I'm playing something really heavy. TS9 has to be on though to get the right mids for Maiden. 🤘

SetUpByMarshall

5y↑3

I use a TC Electronics Spark Boost in my effects loop after the mod, verb, and delay effects. The last pedal in my chain. It simply makes my guitar louder without adding any gain.

typedeaf

I use the Orange Rockverb head. The only 2 pedals I have is an Xotic BB and Fulltone OCD. When I play metal/rock, I have the Dirty Gain a little less than half way, and use the BB to add more attack and punch. If I use the Fulltone and the BB, I back the Gain to 2 or 3 and run the BB into the Fulltone. This gives me a very spanky, reactive tone that is less gutsy, but fantastic for emphasizing articulation. I want more pedals, but it is so overwhelming and there are so many opinions.

Finom1

5y↑3

Very informative. Your a great teacher, thank you for educating me!!!

TheDogPa

5y↑2

Like most things, it depends on the situation and it takes experience...actually trying it...to know. Every different pickup/amp/pedal/speaker combo has it's own thing. There is no rule. In the end, either you are lost or you make it sound like 'you'. That's why I don't need the best equipment, as 40+ years of playing through a small fortune of stuff has shown me that it still sounds like me ;o)

Tyler Pond

I use my Fulltone Fat Boost at the end of my chain. I sometimes use my Mini Ego as a boost into a few of my dirt pedals that like it (JHS Angry Charlie, TS algo on Line 6 DM4)

gettin_while_growin

I just bought a Orange two stroke boost pedal.In your personal opinion.Would you rather run the boost into the front of a tube amp or in the effects loop?Been watching your channel a lot more lately than I had been.I appreciate your channel a lot more now that I been playing guitar for a few years now and actually have gotten into pedals and have bought a few.After seeing some of your pedals I wish I would of chosen some of yours,but there is no such thing as too many pedals lol.The pedal show channel guys use your pedals a lot.They sound great 👍.Anyways I would appreciate the advice,and as always.......ROCK ON Brian🤘

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