I don't have experience of either of the pedals' sounds, but what I can tell you is that if you get the boss, it'll never break. They're indestructib...

By any chance is this a solid state amp? If you turn them up they can get buzzy rather than smoothly overdriven.Doug

What kind of venues are you going to be playing in?If it's clubs then the hot rod should be okay I think for clean. Of course, you could get everyone...

Bigger wattage=Bigger headroom (generally)You can also increase a tube amp's headroom by changing its bias, and by changing all sorts of other technic...

Hey Big D. nice to see some locals about on here!Doug, Alvechurch

Me playing at our first gig: (you've gotta love the shirt! ;))

In my opinion, using wah makes you sound like anyone else using wah - you sound the same. Well, the most famous wah song has to be Voodoo Child I gue...

Our first gig in the little club in our village next friday (a week :shock: :D). It'll be my first time singing in public properly..

I kinda liked the way it ended abruptly :lol: :lol: Like something blew up..:lol: Sounds good but did I send you my part boosted or something? It se...

By the way, don't take the guitar back off them until you are 100% happy with the way it is set up - try it in the store before you get it home again....

It may be a badly cut nut, it's often overlooked, and it can really make some buzzing if it's too low near the headstock end.

I'll take 4 and 6 if that's okay..I'm a bit of a noobie to this though so you may have to bear with me.Doug

Depends what guitar it is, if it's a les paul type theres a backplate you have to undo, strat type you have to unscrew the scratchplate (and unsolder ...

Like a crackley sound when you twist them? It tends to be the actual potentiometer itself and not the knobs.Twist them from one end of their travel t...