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Post subject: screamer or treble booster type setting for the G-DEC?
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:36 am
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I keep seeing tube screamer or treble booster effects used with just a pinch of gain listed in guitar tabs in the magazines. likewise the vox treble booster that Brian May of Queen uses.

What are these effects boxes doing and can the G-Dec simulate these to give me the sustaining tones?

I keep playing with basic AMP settings and turning the treble up doesn't seem to give me much but tinnie sounding notes.


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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:03 pm
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Treble boost isn't there; however the tube screamer is contained in the Gdec 30. In the Effects menu, look for "OverDrive" You will have a tube screamer emulation placed in front of your emulated amp. Use it just as you would the real pedal.

I've used it, it works really well.


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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:25 am
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I kept meaning to thank you for your information, but keep forgetting. Sorry!!!
I don't have a g-dec 30 so I will keep playing with my treble and gain settings till I can figure something else out.

I guess I need a good Brian May patch.....


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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:18 am
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I think I forgot to answer part of your question.

Old tube amps only have one channel and one sound. So, to have a second sound, the tube screamer and other boost effects were invented. The idea is to have the amp set for your rhythm sound and then adjust a "booster amp" to give you a driven hard sound by pushing more signal into the amp. Some added a little distortion effect of their own.

Tradition and superstition run deep in all professions. Modern amps have multiple channels. You can have all those pedals on the floor or you can explore all the areas your amp can take you.

The G-Dec and the Cyber families emulate a large amount of equipment.

On the G-Dec try going up to a higher gain level of the amp type that sounds close to you target and adjusting the gain. I have a couple preset patches grouped in pairs. The one I use most is a mostly clean Bassman emulation paired with a driven Bassman using Overdrive. Then you could switch back and forth as if you were setting on the real pedal.


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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:09 am
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Good plan, I will give it a go. Thanks.....

workerbee wrote:
I think I forgot to answer part of your question.

Old tube amps only have one channel and one sound. So, to have a second sound, the tube screamer and other boost effects were invented. The idea is to have the amp set for your rhythm sound and then adjust a "booster amp" to give you a driven hard sound by pushing more signal into the amp. Some added a little distortion effect of their own.

Tradition and superstition run deep in all professions. Modern amps have multiple channels. You can have all those pedals on the floor or you can explore all the areas your amp can take you.

The G-Dec and the Cyber families emulate a large amount of equipment.

On the G-Dec try going up to a higher gain level of the amp type that sounds close to you target and adjusting the gain. I have a couple preset patches grouped in pairs. The one I use most is a mostly clean Bassman emulation paired with a driven Bassman using Overdrive. Then you could switch back and forth as if you were setting on the real pedal.


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