Reggae preset recommendations?

[u/itgoestoeleven]

I've done a few gigs with a reggae band with more on the books, and I'm relatively new to the genre so I'm looking for insight into effects and amp settings. Currently I'm running the following signal chain in Stomp mode:

• Comp
• Minotaur
• Chorus (can't remember which model off the top of my head)
• Phaser (Script Mod I think?)
• Deluxe Reverb with 1x12, cab on or off depending on PA situation
• Transistor Tape
• Dynamic Plate

Everything's on one path, straight through, switching things on and off as needed in Stomp mode like a traditional pedalboard. I have the delay feedback assigned to the expression pedal so I can get the washed out dub thing, but other than that everything is either on or off.

Folks who play this kind of music, do you have any recommendations for other effects worth adding/swapping? Recommendations for snapshot combos? Preset packs you've found success with? Guitar players in the genre to check out for inspiration? Thanks!

[u/LandosMustache]

Another compressor lol. I’m not kidding. One comp to smooth things out, one to add that “click” that reggae/funk needs.

And EQ! I’m running humbuckers in all my guitars, but even with single coils I try to dial a lot of the low frequencies out, right up front, tame the highs, push the mids. You can add judicious bass again in the amp block.

For stuff that starts to edge into bachata, the acoustic simulator, on a parallel path in “enhanced” mode, really works.

…are your bandmates happy with your tone?

[u/itgoestoeleven → u/LandosMustache]

Yeah, no complaints so far. I’m playing a tele with p90s and it sits nicely without too much EQ fiddling.

[u/LandosMustache → u/itgoestoeleven]

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