pup for getting more saturation on Splawn QR

[Toe-Knee]

He isnt wanting more compression.

He just basically wants a bit more bite/snarl or whatever you want to call it.

Just that little bit extra.

I wanted a bit more than certain guitars were giving me so i dropped some Neodymium pickups in and it got it exactly where i needed without sacrificing clarity or being ridiculously hot

saturation is compression, surely?

Kinda but technically a mildly overdriven tone is compressed i see saturation to be the higher end of things. Think jm800 vs 5150

[dave_mc]

yeah that's what i'd say, too.

i just mean that (the splawn's apparently not liking boosts notwithstanding) the easiest way to achieve that is normally just to whack an od boost in front of the amp.

:)

[Brow]

i just mean that (the splawn's apparently not liking boosts notwithstanding) the easiest way to achieve that is normally just to whack an od boost in front of the amp.

That's just the opinion that both myself and (from when he had 1) TO/Ben share.

There are alot of people I know on the Splawn forums that love various boosts and ODs etc with their QRs, but to my ears it just doesn't seem to gel with the amp.

Each to their own I guess!  :lol:

[Kenose]

If you want more saturation just turn up the gain. I personally think a overdrive in front of a high gain amp is mandatory as is just sounds "right" to me with it.

It saddens me when people write this...

[dave_mc]

i just mean that (the splawn's apparently not liking boosts notwithstanding) the easiest way to achieve that is normally just to whack an od boost in front of the amp.

That's just the opinion that both myself and (from when he had 1) TO/Ben share.

There are alot of people I know on the Splawn forums that love various boosts and ODs etc with their QRs, but to my ears it just doesn't seem to gel with the amp.

Each to their own I guess!  :lol:

ah ok

yeah that's true :)

[wolfenstein]

So...Iīve tried Boss EQ-7 in front of QR and it helps a bit...Definitely it can bring some low freqs and tame some high freqs too...With Nitro it works even better because itīs brighter even with all corrections at zero...Again I tried Maxon OD 808 which works excellent with Nitro but no more lows there with QR...I talked about that problem with Tony from Salvation Mods (guy who modifies Randall MTS preams) http://salvationmods.com/  he said it will be easy to do switchable saturation mod (same feature as on Marsha Braun Eye) and depth mod for geting some more lows...I think I found solution...

[Brow]

Have you tried your GE7 in the loop of the Quick Rod?

Alot of the guys on the Splawn Forum love an EQ (generally the 10band MXR) in the loop, they say it works wonders. May be something to try before you go modding it.

[Toe-Knee]

Before you get into modding

Have you tried changing out the valves.

Tung sol 12ax7 & el34 give a fair bit more saturation than most valves.

[wolfenstein]

EQ in loop can change overal eq shape bit efective than in front of amp but it does nothing with saturation...Tubes swap itīs always first job what I do if I need to change tone..I ended with mix of JJīs and Shuguangīs in preamp (at least on crucial gain stages which affect lead channel) and Mullard EL 34īs...Itīs the best combo for geting thick and darker tone out of QR..Tung solīs are too bright for this ultra bright amp...Modding itīs way to get amp more versatile and more usable without using any stomp boxes...

[Toe-Knee]

I am aware of the affects of modding.

I mullards wont be helping in your situation though.

youd be better off with JJ E34L i reckon.

But if you are set on modding go for it!

[wolfenstein]

Maybe I could swap power tubes...I was thinking about puting there 6550īs which can bring some low end and scoop mids and actualy turn it into Pro Mod but it requires bias mod...

[Toe-Knee]

Maybe I could swap power tubes...I was thinking about puting there 6550īs which can bring some low end and scoop mids and actualy turn it into Pro Mod but it requires bias mod...

you will also need to check if the power transformer can provide enough current.

Most likely Splawn will use the same PT across the range so it should be fine but its something to check.