I spent  a good part of 4 days swappign different WGS speakers in and out of my morgan 2x12 cabinet. I found that the punch mids in the veteran 30s gave the overdrive channel what i was looking for with all switches down and the "boost", or eq delete, engaged. The veteran 30s are slightly different from the celestions - they don't have the upper mid "peak" that you hear in the new v30's - they are much smoother like a broken in v30.

What I don't understand is: Why can't I modify this passive fx loop to be similar to my early (series I ptp) budda SD30 passive fx loop? Everything worked fine in that amp...

I'm thinking a footswitchable second master volume may be the best solution...similar to the early JCM 900 in functionality. A footswitch uses a relay to switch between two MV pots.

I constantly leave the eq gainstack bypassed ("boost") on.

Any thoughts?

I'm thinking maybe modifying the loop to take a clean boost pedal better. Any thoughts?

Alright, let me explain further.

I use the overdrive on the amp. I have the OD pot at about 10'oclock and have my OD settings both at noon or so, and the preamp volume on 3-4.

What I need is a clean volume boost (hence the fulltone) to boost my volume in live scenarios. No, it can't go in front of the amp. This just adds overdrive to the already pushed preamp.

I'm wondering what can be used in the loop without the kleinulator in order to boost the signal.

Cables lenghts are NOT an issue - i have good quality cables that have been measured up and loose less at 40' than a low quality 15' cable does on its own.

Thanks guys...

Not when it is overdriven...just adds gain...  Again, this is for a clean volume boost. My fulltone doesn't seem to do the job in this loop.

Has anyone had any luck with a clean boost or volume pedal in the nake fx loop (no kleinulator, etc), to boost the volume of an overdriven signal in this amp?