Pete Cornish SS-3

Used together by 1 artist

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → warm)

Run Marshall Bluesbreaker after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

Comes later in the signal chain

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)

Park P50 Classic leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes later in the signal chain

Into a dynamic tone, Ampeg Rocket Watts brings a pull toward compressed that's missing

Comes later in the signal chain

Blackstar Unity Bass U250 leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Comes later in the signal chain

Orange Little Bass Thing's warm balances out the bright tone

Comes later in the signal chain

Port City Pearl Head leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

ENGL Special Edition E670 leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

Where this leans bright, Marshall 2555X Silver Jubilee answers back smooth

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)

Both lean toward dynamic and compressed respectively — close enough in character that they complement instead of clashing

Comes earlier in the signal chain

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)

Dunlop MXR Distortion Plus leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → warm)

MXR Micro Amp leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere MKII The Analog Leslie Simulator after Pete Cornish SS-3 in the signal chain, clear of Pete Cornish SS-3's own gain stage

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Pete Cornish SS-3's dynamic voice out front: Catalinbread Epoch-Set goes after Pete Cornish SS-3 in the signal chain so its warm voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Put Walrus Audio Fable after Pete Cornish SS-3 in the signal chain, clear of Pete Cornish SS-3's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes later in the signal chain

Dunlop MXR M78 Custom Modified OD, also known as the Bad Ass Modified OD leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

Dunlop MXR Randy Rhoads Concorde Distortion, model RR104C leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own