adventures in ampland

played with the hughes & kettner a bit this morning. the disparity in stage volumes with sir steffin i sensed on last thursday's stoogegig was prolly the result of my using too much gain in the lead channel (since a clean tone will cut through a saturated one every time). using the marshall footswitch i got between channels adds some saturation on the clean side and boosts the low end on the dirty side, which sounds excessive in the house but will prolly be just fine in a live sitch. the f/x loop requires two extra cords, and i only have one spare at home, so i'll just continue using my old analog stompboxes in-line the way i always have. all in all, a ballsy little amp. anyway, i've found the basic tone settings i like, and will spend more time tweaking it before i get to play out with it again.

ADDENDUM: found another cord and tried out the f/x loop. it makes the boxes sound muted. stick with the familiar, and have fewer cords to carry. not bad.