Music Man John Petrucci DiMarzio Crunch Lab Mesa Boogie Triaxis 20/20 Amp

Sound route: JP6 CrunchLab Pickup -- Boss NS2 (noise supressor) -- Maxon OD808 (booster + low overdrive settings) -- BB Plus Preamp (booster only on both A and B) -- Triaxis Ld2 Yellow (Drive 3.0, Gain 5.5) -- TC Electronics G-Major (Noise Gate + EQ + little Reverb) -- Mesa Boogie 20/20 Amp (very low volume... higher volume = better sound = Police at the door!) -- Mesa Boogie 2x12 V30's Rectifier Cabinet



Captured with camera's microphone from 2 feets away from the cabinet.

Triaxis sounds better as the volume increases. Used with no other effects pre or post, Triaxis needs a lot of tweaking but with no exceptional results, when used with 20/20 Amp. Moreover, the better the tubes in Triaxis, the better the sound; it is very sensitive on tubes and you need to find those which are good for your taste; I haven't found mine yet!

However, a decent sound may be obtained with a OD pedal in front of and EQ after Triaxis.

I use Maxon OD808 for its tube like sound coloring and feeling. BB Plus Preamp is used as a booster only. It cleans the sound in channel A and adds punch in channel B. It is also compensating low frequency loss in Maxon and channel A. Used together, these two pedals gives Triaxis a higher signal level at the input stage, therefore leaving Triaxis little job to do with low drive and gain settings. Lower drive on Triaxis leads to better tone at higher volumes.

All pedalboard effects are powered by the new, small, powerfull and inovative BECOS Pedal Fuel Cell DC power source, which can operate on it's inner high capacity rechargeable batteries as well as with outlet power, either from 110V or 220V.

Lead 2 Yellow and Green are my preferred high gain channels on Triaxis. Lead 1 Yellow seems better for cleans.

I hope this helps.

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