Boogie Masters out there...

[buzzsaww]

what is it with you guys and pedals? these amps have shitloads of gain/fuzz/distortion/grind/ass hair whatever you want to call it. i do not recommend a hard V on the eq either, more like a grin or smile. if you're gonna do all that just go buy an MGDFX and save $1500

[Endrik]

I thought Metallica, Megadeth, and most 80's heavy metal was the "tight" kind and hence a Boogie suits the style. For In flames, Arch enemy type, its a "loose" configuration and a 5150 or Krank is the right amp for that style.

5150 is a lot more tighter than Recto/Roadking/Roadster series

[nateb]

what is it with you guys and pedals?

Quiet Grandpa! What are you trying to do? knock me off my cloud? I was very skeptical about using overdrives infront of an already high gain amp. My only problem now is getting a switching system that will bypass it when I goto a clean channel. This is going to get a little fucked setupwise.

-Nate

[yabba]

what is it with you guys and pedals? these amps have shitloads of gain/fuzz/distortion/grind/ass hair whatever you want to call it. i do not recommend a hard V on the eq either, more like a grin or smile. if you're gonna do all that just go buy an MGDFX and save $1500

the typical setup is have the gain on the pedal turned pretty much all the way down and the volume turned pretty much all the way up (and the tone knob set to taste); then you run the gain on the amp a bit lower than you would otherwise if you weren't boosting.

the end result is more saturation/compression coupled with a bit of a bass cut and a mid boost - together this tightens things up very nicely

[cookiemonster2]

The Stiletto and Mark IV are tighter than the Recto.

[nateb]

OK... just to follow up and keep a little infolog running....

I plugged in a 5 band rane parametric EQ into the effects loop and pumped up the master level along with lowered/notched 650Hz and it seems to tighten it up a bit. I have done this without the boost infront of the amp. I need to mess with the high end a little bit. I will admit that this might be a little bit easier with just a graphic EQ.

We shall see...

-Nate

[unknowndoodl3]

don't forget that mesas are not the most user friendly amps. They take a while to get that tone, but once you do... ahhhhh

I've had my Mark IV for 2 months now... and It seems to sound better everyday

[USA Fusion]

With the Boogie amps, keep in mind that the pots are not linear ... as in, when you are turning it up, 2 is more than 1, 3 is more than 2 etc etc ... when you get up to the top end of the knob ... you may experience that 7 is greater than 8 .. it all depends on how the other pots on the channel are adjusted ... look at the spec's in the owners manual on the amps, boogie does a pretty good job explaining it ... I own a Boogie Nomad 100 2x12 combo, and it took me quite some time to get the hang of how interactive all the controls are to each other .....

Best of Luck

~k

[nateb]

So, I got a few people sending me links to a OD808 on craigslist in the Bay Area, thanks all of you people. I took a trip over to the guy and grabbed it with Darksaga and we benched it over at the house. I can see why you guys say that is the be-all-end-all. Really... that made a huge difference over the bad monkey. Final show so far is...

Boosting with the od808 in the front of the Roadster
Removing a little his with a Rane 5 band parametric in the loop
Followed by effects and scooping ~650Hz with a G-Major

We did this with just a single Genz-Benz G-flex cab at the house. The night before last, I move a 4x12 rectifier and another g-flex cab over to the practice space and it sounded great before we threw in the final coffin nail. So, it should just be over the top tonight.

It's dead Jim, the quest is over, I am throwing away the packing material =)

Now it is just down to the switching system.

-Nate

[Outlander]

Radial Big Shot EFX switcher- 2 FX loops,hard bypass,ground lift,ISO transformer,polarity reversal switch.....check it out ..oh yeah around $80.00 when on sale.....dead quiet when set properly

[MBreinin]

Bad Monkey is a good pusher..it will add some mids though. The Scott's Crispy Cream is a killer pusher as well...never played one but I have heard clips of it pushing a MkIII and it was MURDER.

Mike