Don't know which version of the ISP Decimator to buy and I'm not sure if
this is complicated by running through a Moen GEC9 Switcher? Ideally
I'd want to have it before or after the GEC9 so I can keep the 9
programmable loops for other pedals.
The best version is the G-string and should be after dirt then through amp's effect loop with delay/reverb etc. right?
I have a few Dirt pedals (EQ Palisades, BAT Pharaoh), then a mixture of
delay/reverb/chorus/phase/tuner/compressor and my amp is an Orange
OTR120. Which Decimator would suit this and where?
About to set up my pedalboard but won't have the chance to try things with my amp yet.
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That being said, the g-string costs almost what two standard decimators cost, and you have more control with two. And personally I found the bog standard one in the loop cut more or less all the noise I needed, anyway.
Yet another of my patented, "That was absolutely no help and actually confused matters further" posts...
I've got a G-string (lol) and I find it useful because I stack overdrive into my amp's distortion, so I have noise/feedback from both my preamp and pedals. If you're running into a clean amp then I would perhaps say just go with the bog-standard Decimator and put it in front of your amp, after your dirt.
The G-string works differently to the NS2, in that the ISP is actually designed to work like the NS2's x-pattern (run in both the loop and front). The Boss is probably more suited to pedal noise as it has a loop in itself that you connect your dirt pedals into. It cuts noise pretty well that way.
But this is all speculation on my part. I would go for the G-string as it really is incredibly good at what it does, and you don't HAVE to run it in both the loop and in front. I replaced my NS2 with it because the Boss just killed my clean channel. If you go with this, I would put it at the end of your chain in front, and before your verbs and delays in the loop.
Correct, although the board is stripped right down at the moment. I used both the Boss NS-2 and MXR Smartgate, but had them both outside of the switchers loops.
so it (effectively) was
Guitar -Wah - Moen - Gate - Amp The loops of the Moen are then outside the signal chain, but when switched on they are in line.
So switching on loops 1/3/5 it becomes
Guitar - Wah - Moen1 - Moen3 - Moen5 - Gate - Amp.
With a bit of ingenuity you can also put pedals to the front of the amp, and in the F/X loop, and switch from clean-dirty on your amp.
Before the board was stripped it was
Moen loops 1-6 Gain boost, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Low gain, high gain
Loop 7 Amp clean/dirty
Loops 8 & 9 different delays
Using the matching Moen Power Station you can use (effectively) make your board a multi F/X, with a socket for guitar in, Fx Loop in, Loop Out, And to the front of the amp.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
(I've kind of gone off the idea of getting one because I don't really use noise reduction that much any more, and when I do the bog standard one does the job, but it'd be nice to know all the same, just in case I change my mind. )
Also LOL at the "I've got a G-string (LOL)" bit.
Yeah, I can deal with a bit of hum at home levels, but with a band I have an issue with feedback and this does the job so well.