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Boosting a tube amp
Set up your amp so that it is already over-
driven a bit on its own. With non-master
volume amps, this is usually with the volume
turned up to at least noon. With master
volume amps, set the pre-amp gain to have a
moderate crunch overdrive sound.
Set up the Naga Viper in classic treble-boost
mode:
Range - full CW
Heat - full CW
Boost - full or almost full CW
Go ahead and play. You should be greeted
with some awesome overdriven tone that
makes you want to ri out! Now go ahead
and experiment with the controls to get a feel
for what they do. We'll cover them in more
detail in the next section.
Boosting an overdrive pedal
Why a "treble-booster"? Well, it is not like merely turning up the treble control on an EQ pedal. Besides enhanc-
ing treble response, it adds its own subtle harmonic distortion and gives you a lot of "push" to really saturate the
front-end of your tube amp. But remember, the Naga Viper has a Range control that allows you to dial in exactly
what frequencies get boosted.
The traditional way to use a treble-booster is to plug it straight into an already cranked and overdriven tube amp
like the Marshalls, Laneys, and Voxes the British guitarists used. Since the amps were already cranked up, a full-
range boost would result in a muddy sound with no denition. That is why we want to boost "treble"!
But in this modern era of electric guitar, many guitarists use overdrive pedals that emulate the sounds of
cranked big amps into their smaller combos. The Naga Viper is carefully voiced to allow you to boost your
"amp-in-the-box" pedals too to get those famous juicy, saturated sounds at "reasonable" volume levels! In
particular, the Naga Viper was made to go with our Dirty Little Secret MkII and CB30 overdrives.
This is really just the same as boosting an amp except that you are plugging the Naga Viper into the overdrive
pedal. You'll nd that the Range and Heat knobs will allow you to hone in on the boost tone you are looking for.
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