EDIT: I have contacted Ben Verellen and am waiting on a response. I’ll post updates here for other folks who may encounter this issue in the future. In the meantime, if you have any suggestions, please let me know!
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I bought the Verellen Meatsmoke Dual Channel Preamp last year after salivating watching numerous videos. I'm by no means a pro and just noodle around on my own or with some friends. For whatever reason though, and this could be my own ignorance, the boost channel seems to be super flubby when it gets past 1/4 gain (9 o'clock) and not as tight as I've heard in various videos. I have the stock JJ tube in there now, but tried a Golden Lion and had the same issue (actually it was worse then).
The below track is a quick sample of what it sounds like with the clean channel, 1/4 gain, 1/2 gain, and full gain.
The flub at the beginning is me digging in too hard and being too lazy to re-record it
This very well could be me just not understanding something but it just seems like there may be an issue with the pedal, at least with that channel. The clean channel sounds awesome to me, and this only happens when that is on + the boost.
Does anyone have ideas on what's going on? Is it worth contacting Verellen or am I just a dope who doesn't know how to tame this beast?
Signal chain:
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I bought the Verellen Meatsmoke Dual Channel Preamp last year after salivating watching numerous videos. I'm by no means a pro and just noodle around on my own or with some friends. For whatever reason though, and this could be my own ignorance, the boost channel seems to be super flubby when it gets past 1/4 gain (9 o'clock) and not as tight as I've heard in various videos. I have the stock JJ tube in there now, but tried a Golden Lion and had the same issue (actually it was worse then).
The below track is a quick sample of what it sounds like with the clean channel, 1/4 gain, 1/2 gain, and full gain.
The flub at the beginning is me digging in too hard and being too lazy to re-record it
This very well could be me just not understanding something but it just seems like there may be an issue with the pedal, at least with that channel. The clean channel sounds awesome to me, and this only happens when that is on + the boost.
Does anyone have ideas on what's going on? Is it worth contacting Verellen or am I just a dope who doesn't know how to tame this beast?
Signal chain:
- Nash JB-63
- Meatsmoke
- Line out to Presonus Audiobox
- Garageband
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