Three Steps To Better Direct Drive Tone | Secret Weapons

We've come a long way since the days of the kidney bean POD. Direct amp rigs have gotten, not only increasingly accessible, but better by leaps and bounds year over year. Silent recording and portable amp solutions may solve for a lot of problems but they do introduce a few as well. So let's take a look at one of those issue today and walk through my three go-to steps for getting my direct rigs dialed for overdrives.

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Signal Path:
Jennings Navigator
Bondi Squish As
1981 DRV
Benson Boost
Chase Bliss Brothers
Benson Preamp
Strymon Timeline
Strymon Cloudburst
Strymon Flint
UA Ruby/Dream

Timecodes:
00:00 Intro Song
01:37 Sponsor Spot
02:44 Some Thoughts on Direct Rigs
07:50 Step 1 - Planning Your Rig, Setting Up Your Amp
12:08 Step 1 Sound Samples
17:14 Step 2 - Picking The Right Drives
19:38 Step 2 Sound Samples
24:10 Step 3 - Mind Your VOLUME
26:26 Step 3 Sound Sample

Recorded in Universal Audio LUNA

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