Tighten Mesa/Boogie Throttle Box EQ Part 1 - With SD-1

Описание: Mesa Engineering Throttle Box EQ pushed/boosted by Boss SD1.. Not so metal Demo...

The red LED light for EQ (ON/OFF indicator) on the high gain mode of the Throttle box stopped working but if it's switched to the right, it means that the EQ is ON.

Note: It took me almost two years to understand how to tweak this pedal. It's a very complicated stompbox. Here are some important things to consider:

*set your tone with your ears not your eyes. Generally, the flat settings on this pedal may be fizzy sounding for some...Like in my case, the very first time I tried this, I thought it was a defective unit (too much treble), it's not. You just got to find the right amp to plug this into. I can say warm sounding amps are good to start with. Even better if it's plugged into a 4x12 cab.

this pedal needs to be boosted if you want the tight rectifier metal tone (it may be an OD in front of it or a very hot pickup to push it plus consider using a longer scale guitar like fender or ibanez scale). If not pushed, it may sound fizzy/fuzzy/muddy but depends on a guitarist's preferences..

*If you're not going to push it with an od or compressor, don't hesitate to have the gain at higher settings like 2:30 to even max on the lower gain mode but be reminded that the higher you set the gain, more higher frequencies are produced. So you might want to check again your eq settings.

the volume (hi and lo level knobs) adds a little low-mids while turning up or loses some of those mids when turning down. So be careful where you set it. The sweet spot is around 10:00 11:30 of course dependsbon how you set the EQ.

*The tone knob and the 6600 fader on the EQ almost acts like a presence knob....

While this may have the rectifier tone/feel to it but it's still sounds like a pedal in real life... (amp distortions are generally (not always) better sounding than distortion pedals)

These are not rules how to use this pedal but (I guess) a good mindset and starting point when tweaking its knobs and faders. Hope this helps to lessen the time understanding this pedal.

Thanks for watching


*Sucks that they claim that this is built like a tank wherein the red LED light on the hi gain EQ failed on working....