Help me fix a pedal boost problem

[fenderjawsinal]

I have a problem that I need to fix tonight.

I'm playing lead with a band (www.holleycarbines.com) Friday night at a minor league baseball stadium and there will be lots of important people there to see these guys and so the show must be good.

I need to get my guitar to boost above everything else (rhythm guitar - gibson LP into a Vox Valvetronix, bass guy with 100 watt amp, and 7 piece drum kit) WITH THE PEDALS I CURRENTLY HAVE. I have tried a volume pedal and it didn't work and the EQ is great for sustain, but not for a boost. I don't have time to buy a new one before then and I don't necessarily need them all. In fact, the less the better IMHO.

I play a Fender MIM strat through some pedals and into a Crate Vintage Club 30 (with a 12"). I love the distortion on the amp (it sounds really great), but I can't seem to get the pedals to help me get that solo boost I need, and now I am running out of time. I know the band will have a PA, but it will be one fo those "set it up and leave it" situations, so I won't have soundman help.

So, all that said, help me organize this chain (feel free to submit multiple possibilities). Thanks.

Pedals: Boss NS-2, Boss DD-3, Ibanez Bass EQ, Digitech Hot Rod, Boss SD-1.

Thanks.

[BrettV]

You could try setting the level on the SD-1 all the way up, but keeping the drive to the absolute minimum ...

I don't know what the Ibanez Bass EQ pedal looks like, but if it's anything like the Boss version, you should be able to set it to not alter the tone and give a 15 db increase.

Maybe use those in conjunction with each other?

-tk

[SKEETER]

There is a place called TORRES ENGINEERING that sells a small kit for a pitance that is nothing more than a capacitor and a resistor. You put them in parallel across the contacts on your volume control, and it makes your volume control so that when you back of on it it keeps it's punch and brightness, it makes it sound linear. I know it is too late to help you with the gig you are talking about, but it is a cheap way to make sure you don't end up in this situation in the future. That way, next time you gig with a P A, you can just mike the amp, and keep your volume down to about 7 on the guitar without loosing sound quality, and just jam the volume up to 10 every time you need to do a lead, or to stand out for some other reason