Effects pedals with ID amp

[Garhel]

Hi Jerry,I've just bought a ID30 TVP and want to add my own pedals.How did you link yours?With no effects in/ out,and even with the output lead into A effect and then to guitar will not work for me.Again,how did you work it?
Regards, Tony.

I do as Jerry suggested for live gigs...

Guitar -> input socket of Wah, Wah output -> input of boost pedal, boost pedal output -> Amplifier input

There's no reason that shouldn't work, unless I'm missing something obvious. If your amp works with the guitar plugged directly into it, then it would likely be either a dodgy pedal or lead, unless you've accidentally got the inputs and outputs the wrong way round...

[blues_n_cues]

I'm contemplating the ID:60 head.
so a clean boost (for leads) works well out front & doesn't clip or does it work in the "loop",or either way works well?

[Garhel]

I'm contemplating the ID:60 head.
so a clean boost (for leads) works well out front & doesn't clip or does it work in the "loop",or either way works well?

I haven't tried it in the loop, but works very well for me out front with no clipping. I use What I would consider vintage/medium output style humbuckers (Bareknuckle mules, prs 57/08s etc) with it and have no problems at all. I have an Ibby RG with higher output V pickups as well and still good. Not sure if using some of the ultra high output modern pickups would be any different

[blues_n_cues]

I'm contemplating the ID:60 head.
so a clean boost (for leads) works well out front & doesn't clip or does it work in the "loop",or either way works well?

I haven't tried it in the loop, but works very well for me out front with no clipping. I use What I would consider vintage/medium output style humbuckers (Bareknuckle mules, prs 57/08s etc) with it and have no problems at all. I have an Ibby RG with higher output V pickups as well and still good. Not sure if using some of the ultra high output modern pickups would be any different

on my guitars I have 57's,P90's,SD 59's,& a medium output 'bucker on my HSS.the other guitar is a standard strat- no active modern high output mumbo jumbo here.lol

[whiskybreath]

The whole point of the ID amp is;
a) it has built in effects, and
b) you can create infinite variations of effects by downloading patches or creating your own.
c) you can use a footswitch to swap between patches and modes.

If you prefer pedals why not buy a 'straight' amp?
Alternatively, buy an ID amp and you won't need any.

[Garhel]

The whole point of the ID amp is;
a) it has built in effects, and
b) you can create infinite variations of effects by downloading patches or creating your own.
c) you can use a footswitch to swap between patches and modes.

If you prefer pedals why not buy a 'straight' amp?
Alternatively, buy an ID amp and you won't need any.

Doh, must have missed the wah effect in the amp... Great point though

Sorry, being a bit facetious! In all seriousness though, for my live gigging situation I just find it really convenient to have a nice clean boost pedal so that I can boost any of the channels without having to "waste" a preset which is essentially just a duplicate of another with a higher volume. In reality using the FS-10 to swap between banks mid-song isn't straightforward (for me anyway, too much tap dancing and not enough time!), so this set-up gives me 4 presets, all with a single button boost via the pedal, plus a wah pedal on each. I usually get through 2 to 3 hours of live music just using 2 banks of 4 presets and these 2 pedals. Works for me...

[captainnemo70]

From my experience ive not found a boost, clean or otherwise that works well with the ID amp.

i use them with My series1 200w head and they work as youd expect, giving a push for solos and driving the amp harder, on my ID 100 head though, they make very little difference

[Garhel]

From my experience ive not found a boost, clean or otherwise that works well with the ID amp.

i use them with My series1 200w head and they work as youd expect, giving a push for solos and driving the amp harder, on my ID 100 head though, they make very little difference

To be honest, I keep the gain on the pedal fairly low and just use it to give me a volume boost. In that application I get what I need. It's the vox boost pedal - can't remember the name, a big yellow thing I got free when I bought an AC30?!?

[patr]

I have the ID:60TVP-H with FS-10 footswitch. I use several external pedals between my guitar na ID:60TVP-H:
1. Tuner (TC Electronic PolyTune Mini). The tuner built-in the ID:60TVP-H/FS-10 is not accurate enough and its LEDs are badly visible in the sunshine.
2. Clean booster (Mooer PureBoost). I use it primarily for to balance of volume if my HB pickups are switched to SC mode on my guitar, but it also supports solos and adds some dirt to the sound (if set out of its clean range).
3. Compressor (Fender Micro Compressor). I miss a compressor built in ID:60TVP-H for cleaner sounds, so this is the solution.
4. Overdrive (Blackstar LT Dual). I owned LT Dual before I bought ID:60TVP-H, so I have tried to combine it with ID:60TVP-H. Now I use it as an external tool for adding ad-hoc lower distortion to cleaner sounds. I use primarily LT Dual's channel 1 set on crunch. In general, I have to say that Blackstar LT Dual is not well compatible with ID:60TVP-H, especially channel 2 (higher-gain distortion) doesn't sound good on ID:60TVP-H. So, if you are thinking about some external overdrive/distortion pedal, I recommend to look for pedals of other manufacturers.

Note: Tuner, booster and compressor pedals I use are true-bypass and LT Dual is a buffered-bypass pedal. So, LT-Dual also works as buffered-bypass unit allowing me to use longer instrument cables.

Question: I'm looking for a solution of overall volume control. I think it can be solved by an external volume pedal connected to the FX loop. But I'm using emulated output of ID:60TVP-H, so I cannot use FX loop. Is possible to control overall volume of the amplifier via MIDI? Do you have any experience with that? I use FS-10 footswitch, so I'm interested in a separate volume control only and volume pedal in a signal chain in front of the amplifier is not the right solution for me.

[vitalitask+1960]

ID:60TVP-H excelent cooperating with Beringer FCB1010, also wolume pedal.

More for example here:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4627&hilit=fcb1010

But...
It is no possible use together external midi 5-din and original IDFS10 Footswitch. When you connect mono jack footswitch it is disconect 5-din midi.