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Post subject: Feedback when using multiple amps
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:20 pm
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I'm running my G-DEC along with another amp, and when I select any setting on the G-DEC that has any hint of overdrive/distortion, I get terrible squealing/feedback immediately. It doesn't happen with clean settings.

My set-up is: Guitar - pedal board (which splits the signal with a Boss LS-2 Line Selector), - G-DEC 3 Thirty and Peavey Windsor Studio.

Here's the pedal board:
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The Boss LS-2 is in the top left. I have one cable running to the G-DEC, and one to the Peavey amp. with any "dirty" setting on the G-DEC, it squeals something fierce. If I unplug the cable to the other amp, there's no squeal.

Can anyone help me make this problem go away?


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Post subject: Re: Feedback when using multiple amps
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:45 pm
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Powertrip wrote:
I'm running my G-DEC along with another amp, and when I select any setting on the G-DEC that has any hint of overdrive/distortion, I get terrible squealing/feedback immediately. It doesn't happen with clean settings.

My set-up is: Guitar - pedal board (which splits the signal with a Boss LS-2 Line Selector), - G-DEC 3 Thirty and Peavey Windsor Studio.

Here's the pedal board:
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The Boss LS-2 is in the top left. I have one cable running to the G-DEC, and one to the Peavey amp. with any "dirty" setting on the G-DEC, it squeals something fierce. If I unplug the cable to the other amp, there's no squeal.

Can anyone help me make this problem go away?


Picture is kind of fuzzy. But from what i can tell, the out put from that blue pedal should be plugged into the input side. and then the g-dec should be plugged into the output side of the LS-2 pedal. And try plugging the Peavey effects out from your amp into the return on the LS-2 and then the send would go to the return on your Peavey amp. That bottom jack on the LS-2 looks like a pass thru. I always just had a plain A-B switch going to each amp.

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Post subject: Re: Feedback when using multiple amps
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 10:55 pm
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You may be on to something there Banditt. I'll try switching the input on the LS-2 when I get home. As far as the output from the LS-2, I have one cable running to the G-DEC, and one running to the Peavey (one is a 90 degree angle type cable, hard to see in the pic). I did, for a little while, run the "line out" of the G-dec into the effects return of the Peavey, which worked ok, but that bypasses the pre-amp of the Peavey, cutting out the 2x 12AX7's. I like the tube sound! I was planning on picking up an A-B-Y switch, but then I found the LS-2 on Craigslist for $15 and thought I'd give it a try.


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Post subject: Re: Feedback when using multiple amps
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:45 am
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Sorry, don't mean to sidetrack your thread, but why a pedalboard for the G-Dec? My guess would be you prefer the tones coming out of those versus what's in the G-Dec. Which leads me to my second question: Which modeled amp do you like to run the pedals into?

Again, sorry for (sidejacking?) your thread. :oops:

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Post subject: Re: Feedback when using multiple amps
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:11 pm
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I always get a little confused when running multiple amps :lol: Hope you get that figured out Powertrip. Got to be frustrating. I am on the fence with some of the effects that come with the G-DEC. Some of the distortions are a little ragged for lack of a better word. Guess it depends on the guitar. The other effects are nice though. Just bought a 2012 Strat with some Fat 50 pick ups. Also a ME70 Boss pedal. I'll try it out later with the G-DEC and see what I come up with.

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Post subject: Re: Feedback when using multiple amps
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:48 pm
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ARX320 wrote:
Sorry, don't mean to sidetrack your thread, but why a pedalboard for the G-Dec? My guess would be you prefer the tones coming out of those versus what's in the G-Dec. Which leads me to my second question: Which modeled amp do you like to run the pedals into?

Again, sorry for (sidejacking?) your thread. :oops:

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No problem! I've been a "pedal guy" for many years, long before the G-DEC came out. I just recently got the 4 button footswitch for the G-DEC(which is handy as hell!), but I'll never be able to stray from my pedal board. Some of the sounds from the G-DEC are a little iffy, so I usually set it at a 60's clean setting, or a '59 bassman setting, and adjust as necessary with my pedals. I bought the G-DEC moreso for the ability to play backing tracks, not as much for the modeling capabilities.


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Post subject: Re: Feedback when using multiple amps
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:57 pm
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banditt11 wrote:
I always get a little confused when running multiple amps :lol: Hope you get that figured out Powertrip. Got to be frustrating. I am on the fence with some of the effects that come with the G-DEC. Some of the distortions are a little ragged for lack of a better word. Guess it depends on the guitar. The other effects are nice though. Just bought a 2012 Strat with some Fat 50 pick ups. Also a ME70 Boss pedal. I'll try it out later with the G-DEC and see what I come up with.


Yeah, I know what you mean about some of the distortions. I have the regular version of the G-DEC 3 Thirty, and many of the distortions were WAY too heavy for me. I switched the settings to the Blues Edition, and I like the settings a lot more. But I still use my pedals more than any other settings.

And yes, I agree, it does depend on the guitar. My Les Paul may sound better in one particular setting than my strat, or vice versa.


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Post subject: Re: Feedback when using multiple amps
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:42 pm
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Powertrip wrote:
banditt11 wrote:
I always get a little confused when running multiple amps :lol: Hope you get that figured out Powertrip. Got to be frustrating. I am on the fence with some of the effects that come with the G-DEC. Some of the distortions are a little ragged for lack of a better word. Guess it depends on the guitar. The other effects are nice though. Just bought a 2012 Strat with some Fat 50 pick ups. Also a ME70 Boss pedal. I'll try it out later with the G-DEC and see what I come up with.


Yeah, I know what you mean about some of the distortions. I have the regular version of the G-DEC 3 Thirty, and many of the distortions were WAY too heavy for me. I switched the settings to the Blues Edition, and I like the settings a lot more. But I still use my pedals more than any other settings.

And yes, I agree, it does depend on the guitar. My Les Paul may sound better in one particular setting than my strat, or vice versa.


Good points, but I thought that one of the main reasons for buying a modelling amp was, well, modelling 8)
I too found that many of the distortion presets originally supplied were unusable, so I modded them until I got what I wanted....though with that said, I still have trouble with the fuzz stomp box....

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Post subject: Re: Feedback when using multiple amps
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:32 pm
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Hi Powertrip ,

We will be happy to assist. Could you please let us know if you have been able to resolve the issue described in your first thread, or if you need further assistance. Please let us know and we can take it from there.

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