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11th May 2007
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| Gear nut  Joined: Jan 2005 Location: new jersey
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Thread Starter | A GUITAR, A DBX 166XL, AND A AMP?
I want to use a DBX 166XL for compression and gate for a guitar. Am I o.k. with just plugging the guitar straight into the DBX and then into the amp? Or do I need to go guitar, to direct box, to DBX, to reamp box, to amp? I just don't know if it matters. Please, any advice will be helpful.
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11th May 2007
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| Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2006
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wrong impedence for the 166... guitar wont drive it by it's self... an fx loop on the amp would be bst if it's available... a di should kinda work...
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11th May 2007
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| Gear nut Joined: Jan 2005 Location: new jersey
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That's what I figured. The amp he is using doesn't have an fx loop. I guess I need to find a guitar pre to use. Is there any other way I can hook one up, or am I SOL?
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12th May 2007
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| Gear Guru  Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun
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| You could mic the amp and use the 166 on an insert...... -tINY |
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12th May 2007
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2007 Location: portugal
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Compressing after the speaker is way diferent than compressing after the pre amp stage. Compressing before the pre amp stage is way diferent than compressing before the power amp stage. Totally diferent results. If you want the compressor before the pre amp stage, get a di box. Pre amps are not di boxes.
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12th May 2007
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You could also just put a stomp box of some sort in front of the dbx.....even in bypass mode it would at least get the impedance right, though the level will be really low compared to what the dbx wants to see. You might be better off just using a pedal with a comp in it.....
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12th May 2007
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| Gear nut Joined: Jan 2005 Location: new jersey
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12th May 2007
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| Gear addict  Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Hollywood
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my rig is.. Guitar - Straight into dbx 166XL - tube screamer - wah - amp works fine for me |
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27th May 2011
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| Gear interested Joined: May 2011
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This Works for me - Pre amp -cable connecting output to dbx input then a cable connecting dbx output to Cab input Works perfectly |
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