Hi. I recently acquired a Boss DS-1 Britmod, I got one because I need some bite for my solos and for high gain Planetshakers-type of sound also. I can't get a good sounding high gain drive from my solid state amp when cranking my Hustle Drive, I liked how it sounds bottom-heavy but it makes the sound fuzzy and takes away clarity.
I set up my overdrive chain to this: Rave Come On Scream TS > Hustle Drive > DS-1. The tubescreamer is used as clean and mid boost, for making some clean lead lines heard above the mix. I would stack this to the Hustle Drive which is my main drive pedal. Then for over-the-top, heavily overdriven lead lines, I would be stacking all three.
My first setup was: Hustle Drive > DS-1 > Come On Scream but I noticed that the tubescreamer takes away the bite I need for solos when I stack all of them. I went to bed late last night thinking about the best overdrive chain setup for me. What might work best guys? Thanks for your suggestions.
I do have Timmy and Fulldrive 2. Picking style nalang ginagawa ko, always on yung Timmy with gain at 12 o'clock. Tapos kapag kailangan ko ng heavy rhythm sound, full level sa knob pati mas mabigat na picking style.
For solos naman gamit ko madalas Fulldrive. Mabigat na yun, tapos naglalaro lang yung gain ko sa 11-1 o'clock. nagagamit ko din boost nya for more compressed sound on mosfet mode.
Pag planetshakers naman, stacked both timmy and FD2. bigat. clear. panalo na sakin. hehehe. Guitar > FD2 > Timmy. Gain boost ko yung FD2. Main OD ko timmy, kasi sya na din nagseset ng EQ at overall gain ko..hehe
Bihira na ako magstack ng OD ngayon. pero nakakaapekto talaga kasi yung pickup na gamit. nakaTexmex ako sa japanese strat ko, so high output mas magain. Kapag ibang strat gamit ko, di naman ganun ka-gain so ok lang istack mga OD.hehe
On your case, kapag nagstack ka ng 3 drives mo, mukang mawawala talaga character at clarity ng drives mo. no rules naman, pag balikbaliktarin mo na yun mga drives. pag di ka parin makakuha ng sound na gusto mo, benta mo and get higher end pedals......sa madaling salita....butik. hahaha GAS lang.