Total Guitar

9 WAYS TO TRANSFORM YOUR TONE FOR LESS

01 GET A BIGGER SOUND!

TRY A WET/DRY AMP SETUP

If you have two amps, this can be a fantastic way to supersize your guitar sound; splitting your signal to send some effects to one amp. We’d advise splitting after your drive pedal/s. Send one split to the first amp (this will be your ‘dry’ amp) and the other split through the effects placed after the drive pedals (modulation and time-based like delay and reverb) to the second amp (this is your ‘wet’ amp). It’s really a best of both worlds scenario because amp one is direct and dynamic, while the second adds more ambient textures. No matter what amps you’re using they need to be isolated electrically to avoid any ground loop hum and in-phase. An AB/Y box with a built-in polarity reverse switch from Radial or Lehle can help with the latter.

02 CUT THROUGH

USE A CLEAN BOOST OR EQ

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