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The neck pickup then becomes your cleaner sound.
Try it, it works
Thanks to everyone for your replies and help.
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My standard approach would be:
Guitar >> Sparkle Drive >> LPB >> Amp.
Set the amp fairly clean, with just a little bit of crunch if you want. Use the Sparkle Drive to add dirt if you want more (but not much extra volume - just a tiny bit louder as dirt usually adds compression).
Then use the LPB as a boost only when you want the same but louder. That might add a little distortion depending on exactly how much dirt is already coming from the amp, and how much you turn up the booster.
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Another problem has reared its ugly head - a cyclical ticking sound from my guitar amps. I swapped an old bass amp in place of my Stinger and my wife confirmed that it too was ticking even though my hearing is almost shot and I could not hear it. But turning up the amp and there it was, loud and clear. I have the feeling that it is pulses fed into the mains supply from an electric fencer nearby. Hope to confirm this tomorrow or the next day. The ticks are especially noticeable when the LPB-1 is engaged, I thought the problem was guitar leads but it looks like mains borne noise. I will report back. Sorry about garbled text, feeling confused and annoyed at the same time.
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Or your pacemaker...
Actually an electric fence is a likely suspect, if the clicks are more widely spaced. It may not be mains-borne though, it could be getting in through the guitar pickups. If the fence zapper isn't properly suppressed (and I wouldn't expect it to be, really...) it will radiate an electromagnetic spike over a wide area.
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No watch.
Further progress to report, the ticking is not from the electric fence energiser. It is not caused either by the two electronic rodent repellent devices that are plugged in (in the attic and in the boiler house). I ended up with everything In the house unplugged or switched off and the amp still emits the ticking sound. I tried the amp in different rooms, no change.
The amp is well over twenty years built, still has the original valves. The preamp valve is a Fender branded GT 12AX7 and the power valve is a Harma 6L6 (which looks a bit black at the pins end). I will get one of each from Karltone and see if new valves cures the problem. I had a look under the hood yesterday and none of the components look burned or otherwise stressed.
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1. Less compression on the rhythm.
2. Change channel, or some other amp setting.
3. EQ pedal with a midrange hump, and a bass cut
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People are always banging on about how multi-channel amps arent needed but this is an example where everything else is a compromise.