dougharps
1945 posts
May 03, 2019
10:45 AM
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OK...
I have mentioned this pedal before as a cheap pedal that got reasonable results through a PA, though with the usual challenges of thinish distorted tone and feedback that go with guitar distortion pedals, even with the gain set at minimum. I posted a video of a gig, using a Shure 585SAV mic into the Bad Monkey to the PA. It was OK, but on the edge of feedback.
The sound was not optimal for what I wanted and it just wasn't worth the hassle for me to keep on adjusting it. Recently I considering selling it to a guitar player, so I researched online. I found that this pedal is valued by guitar players for its twin outputs. One output is made to go to an amp, and one output with amp/speaker emulation was made to go to the PA.
Edit: it is supposedly not a digital emulation, but analog.
In reading up on it I learned that some guitar players really like it. They used it as a last step AFTER their pedal board just before the PA, but with the pedal powered and TURNED OFF. So I decided, "What the hell, I will try it again while using my CM Brown Biscuit to a powered monitor and see what it sounds like." (The powered monitor was easier than setting up the PA.)
I tried it out first with the pedal turned ON with low gain, adjusting volume bass and treble: still the same previously noted thinish distorted tone with hints of feedback if I turned up.
Then I tried it again with the pedal OFF, but still powered, so that the buffer and speaker emulation were functioning, but not the volume, EQ, and gain knobs.
HOLD THE PRESSES!!!
The CM Brown Biscuit sounded fantastic with deep resonance, good mic breakup, and no hint of feedback!
I now have my rig for playing to a PA: My Brown Biscuit mic, a powered Bad Monkey pedal TURNED OFF, and a passive DI.
If you have access to one of these pedals, give it a try.
P.S.
The Bad Monkey pedal is also a good signal splitter, so you can run the emulation output to a PA and the other to your amp. This way you can use your small amp as a stage monitor and the PA can boost your level FOH.
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Doug S.
Last Edited by dougharps on May 03, 2019 10:48 AM
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