I just bought my first tube amp, Marshall DSL-5C. Before I used solid state modelling amps like Micro Cube and THR-10.
The Marshall does not have built in reverb, so I figured out I need some pedals. Reverb of course, delay would be nice too, right? I ended up purchasing Zoom G3, basically just for delay, reverb and some chorus occasionally. Marshall has enough of it's natural "tube overdrive", so no pedals needed for OD.
I connected Zoom into FX loop of the amp, set up delay & reverb and couldn't be happier since. This baby truly sings! Never played to a better sounding amp before.
My Gibson SG goes straight to the amp, of course.
Anyway here my question. I'd like to try some compressors of the G3 as well. But as I understand compressor needs to be connected between guitar and preamp, unlike delay/reverb/chorus - which should sit after overdrive, so in the FX loop in my case.
So the perfect singnal chain would be:
guitar -> compressor -> overdrive (handled perfectly by the amp itself) -> delay -> reverb, right?
With my setup I cannot achieve that, since I can connect the G3 only before the amp or into its FX loop. What should I do then?
1. Use G3 with compressor -> delay -> reverb in the FX loop? This would mean, signal is compressed after dirt from amp.
2. Connect G3 between guitar and amp rather (also with compressor -> delay -> reverb)?
3. Or should I get separate compressor pedal?
4. I could also set the Marshall to clean and use some OD from G3. Then I could just set up all effects in the "right" order there. But I don't really want to do that. Marshall just sounds too damn good to give up on its dirty gain channel...
Of course I'm going to test things myself today, but I'd also like to hear what you, guys think. I'm pretty new to all this tube amp / pedals business, so forgive me if I ask obvious questions.
The Marshall does not have built in reverb, so I figured out I need some pedals. Reverb of course, delay would be nice too, right? I ended up purchasing Zoom G3, basically just for delay, reverb and some chorus occasionally. Marshall has enough of it's natural "tube overdrive", so no pedals needed for OD.
I connected Zoom into FX loop of the amp, set up delay & reverb and couldn't be happier since. This baby truly sings! Never played to a better sounding amp before.
My Gibson SG goes straight to the amp, of course.
Anyway here my question. I'd like to try some compressors of the G3 as well. But as I understand compressor needs to be connected between guitar and preamp, unlike delay/reverb/chorus - which should sit after overdrive, so in the FX loop in my case.
So the perfect singnal chain would be:
guitar -> compressor -> overdrive (handled perfectly by the amp itself) -> delay -> reverb, right?
With my setup I cannot achieve that, since I can connect the G3 only before the amp or into its FX loop. What should I do then?
1. Use G3 with compressor -> delay -> reverb in the FX loop? This would mean, signal is compressed after dirt from amp.
2. Connect G3 between guitar and amp rather (also with compressor -> delay -> reverb)?
3. Or should I get separate compressor pedal?
4. I could also set the Marshall to clean and use some OD from G3. Then I could just set up all effects in the "right" order there. But I don't really want to do that. Marshall just sounds too damn good to give up on its dirty gain channel...
Of course I'm going to test things myself today, but I'd also like to hear what you, guys think. I'm pretty new to all this tube amp / pedals business, so forgive me if I ask obvious questions.