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March 23, 2009 at 3:35 pm #77953st.bedeMember
I treid one a couple of times and I wasn’t blown away…which I felt was strange because most EH stuff I really love…..and, I have found the certian pedals like a certian set up but not another guitar and amp combo….
what are you using: guitar (including which PUs) amp and, speakers?
thank you
March 24, 2009 at 5:19 pm #94844st.bedeMemberbump…I would love to know what you guy are using so next time I get a Chance to check it out, I will be able to make a better decision
March 24, 2009 at 8:06 pm #94847VFXcomperMembernothing special but
a Vox valvetronic amp
a Hagstrom Deluxe F (I believe they’re p90 humbuckers??? i’m too lazy to check)
i love the way the muffin sounds
March 24, 2009 at 10:59 pm #94852BlueSteelParticipantI don’t have an english muffn, but John Frusciante does, and he plays through a marshall jubilee 100w i think. http://jftab.com/htm/john-frusciante-gear-amplis.html
March 25, 2009 at 12:07 am #94854Royal8MemberMainly, an Epi Les Paul and a PV Classic 30.
My newest amp project is a PV Valve King Royal 8 which I have retrofitted into a vintage amp cab and added a Weber 12″ speaker.
March 28, 2009 at 2:37 pm #95007PabloMemberThe English Muff’n sounds super lush with these two:
April 17, 2009 at 1:59 pm #95767B.DawsParticipantI use mine with a Squier Custom Tele with P90s into a Epiphone Valve Junior. Maybe I can put a clip up at some point, but it sounds so crunchy and clear it is truly and amazing tone. A tip for the Muffin or any EH tube pedals, if the sound has static then make sure and tighten the screw between the two tubes as this can make a huge difference.
May 5, 2009 at 9:13 am #96351vulturepianoMemberi use a fender tc-90(with two p-90s) through a fender super six reverb(with six blue label cts speakers). it sounds pretty crunchy, heavy, and big. it’s not one of my favorites, though it still hangs around on my board.
May 6, 2009 at 5:57 pm #96432st.bedeMemberthanks for all the replies…(I like the tele, epi valve idea…)
November 22, 2009 at 9:42 pm #104079jimwrattMemberI use mine with an American Deluxe Strat and a dual humbucker tele that I built. Amp-wise, I use it into the clean channel of my mesa lonestar special. I have to say that when it comes to tweaking the English Muffn, you have to careful to not use your eyes. The controls are kind of indirect since they are cascading. I learned a thing or two about that with my Mesa (which also features cascading controls). The Mesa has a very high fidelity clean sound so I get to hear a lot of the detail from the pedal that I wasn’t hearing from the Marshall that I had before it. The English Muffn was a pretty decent crunch/boost pedal for the marshall, but it really is an “amp-in-a-box” with my LSS. Its like having a third channel with a flavor somewhere between a Plexi and a JCM800 (which I find is the best of what Marshall has ever offered, but that’s just my opinion). The tone is better than that of my Marshall (JCM2000 tsl) so I’m definitely glad I have it. I have to keep the gain below noon and the level between 11 and 2, otherwise its a mess. This pedal dishes out some serious sound. It has to be controlled judiciously.
On the other hand, I also use this pedal with my Boss Gt8 as a boost when plugged direct for recording. It definitely helps with maintaining dynamics in my high gain sounds. I should point out though that my settings for each application are WILDLY different. My modeller settings sound brittle and harsh through my amp, and my amp settings sound muddy and and compressed on my modeller.
I think you guys will find that when using this pedal, the better the clean channel is the better the sound of the pedal. Also, I think it would be very helpful to know the signal chain inside the pedal. My thought is that it goes from the gain knob to the bass, then mid, then treble because the treble seems to be the most sensitive control and because higher gain settings result in a more pronounced effect in the tone stack in general. For example, I never use the treble above 9 oclock but I keep the mids quite high. Also, I find that the volume control has a much stronger effect than the gain. I my reasoning correct?
December 24, 2010 at 12:37 am #113281Folkstone57MemberQuote:I treid one a couple of times and I wasn’t blown away…which I felt was strange because most EH stuff I really love…..and, I have found the certian pedals like a certian set up but not another guitar and amp combo….what are you using: guitar (including which PUs) amp and, speakers?
thank you
Hello,
EM with lower output tubes (5963’s) into various other pedals to a Tiny Terror Combo.
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