Jayhell
The heading is a bit vague but I don't really know how to explain it in short;
Here is the scenario. I play a DS-1 into a SD-1 into an amp. I'm using the DS-1 as a booster in solos, gain really low, volume high, tone centered and for months it worked like a charm, got a lekker saturated distortion tone driving this into the SD-1.
Then I started using my strat and suddenly even with the volume on the DS-1 on max, if I use it as a booster it does the contrary, the volume drops and the solo falls flat. Plug in the ES 339 and it works again.
How can a higher output pickup cause the pedal to be softer? I don't understand this.
Also a friend of mine uses a Epiphone Les Paul with a ds-1 and a metal zone, even if he maxes out the ds-1 it is so soft compared to his clean and MT sound. I told him there is something wrong with it and swapped out his with mine and his sounded like mine in my chain and mine sounded like his in his chain, why the drop in volume on certain rigs? Is it a design flaw on the DS-1 or am I missing something.
AlanRatcliffe
At a guess, the input level is probably below the cutoff point for the diodes (or somesuch - I'm no expert in 'lectronics) with the gain down all the way. Try raise the gain a few notches to compensate, see if you hit a point where the volume jumps again.
