[sdiy] slightly OT: dilemma: where to put tremolo - in amp or alone in a box?

[anthony]

Because I want the specific sound of power tube's distortion. The preamp 
distortion on this amp is pretty minimal. When that 50L6 output tube breaks 
up it sounds just like pricey highly sought after classic amps. Now if that 
sound and tremolo was all I wanted, I'd stick it right there in the amp, but 
I'm connecting the output to a dummy load to send it to another amp with 
flangers and phasers in between. It sounds awful when you add the distortion 
AFTER the flangers and such...

> Depends on the amp. If you plug straight into the amp to get your regular
> sound (clean, gained out, whatever) then you'd have to insert the trem
> circuit between the preamp and power amp. Why not just add a loop there to
> patch in whatever effect you want? Its not that hard....
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