'63-Strat":3e6rt341 said:
Is it just me or are pedals always hard to get a good marshall type rhythm tone. I'm talking into a clean fender type amp btw. Lead tones are a lot easier to cop with pedals IMO. Gonna see if the VS jekyll and hyde I just got can do it tonight at rehearsal and I've been happy at home with it (I think the distortion side is based on a guvnor or shredmaster) but that's not saying much in my experience. Cranked up with the band is when I usually roll my eyes at pedals for rhythm tones, maybe I'm just too used to actual amps.
In general I agree, dirt pedals are generally better for leads than rhythm. Also, I really struggle to find pedals I like as the gain goes up, not many super high gain pedals that I really like. When I have my MI audio crunchbox, it was nice for leads, but for Rhythm it just lacked a full frequency response, just didn't have the bass and body. It was really apparent when comparing it to the Barber Dirty bomb, which just sounded like part of the amp.
Anyway really liking the Chancellor, I think having the added bass knob is a nice help. Its been a while since I played the J&H V1, but I do think the hyde side is somewhat Guv'norish.
One thing getting this Chancellor did for me is that it took a good number of dirt boxes I was looking to play with (Bogner, Kingsley Jouster, Wampler SLO-stortion, etc) and put them further down the list. I realized with a few knobs turns of the pedals I have, I can get a lot more sounds than I give them credit for. For example by turning the voice knob on the Hermida distortion, I could get a tone of cut, like I got on the Chancellor. I could also get a nice low end chunk by turning it way down for more of a scooped sound.