Expanding the Mustang Capability

AS i've posted recently, i'm appily staying with my 'stang for now.

But i am planning change a bit my approach.

It all started with the idea of using a boost in front of some channell/preset to change/expand what the tone availables with my feets.

An easy task, i already own a KOKKO OVERDRIVE, that is a tubescreamer clone i bought for a cheap a while ago to experiment. But i really dont use it since i have overdrive already on in most of the preset where i need it.

I have read about the usage of a TS and i think it may work for me as a boost just by rolling the drive off, also rolling the tone off the make it a MID boos and then adjust the boost with the level.

So if i have a clean and a crunch tone in the mustang foot switch, by activating the boost i should have a blusy dirt tone and a middish solo. A nice range of possibility.

I also had another situation that may be solved in a similar way. When i play Satriani and Slash/guns'n roses stuff i usually need a clean, a dirt and a (auto) wah tone. So i need 3 presets. This are actually the only 2 wah presets in the 24 stored in the amp. If i externalize the wah function i will free to memory slot in the amp and i will have better access to the thing. As a plus i could engaged the wah in any preset and experiment with this will be a lot of fun.

I choose the cheap donner dynamic wah for this. The Moer @Wah was the best choice but the Donner looks both cheap and good.

But when i started the search i found that there is much more than this that can be done to expand my tone galaxy. The next move is adding a distortion pedal. If you have a v2 'stang you have access to models of Boss DS1, ProCo Rat and Big Muff.

But i have a v1 and this is ok since i want it to be "out" of the amp.

Anyway thes led me to a complicate search to find the right distortion for me. Actually i think that a Boss DS clone will be my choice since i am actracted by the VAI lead tone and also i see i lot of options in this pedal, especially in the Keeley modded clones like the Mooer Ultra Drive and the ENO TRINITY.

In the next post i will share with you the map i made of the cheap overdrive/distortion clones, how to use stomp boxes in front of the mustang and how work the stomps i will test.

Meanwhile here is a picutre of the stomps i choose in the order i plan to use it: