When I'm playing guitar I either go straight into the amp (if I'm using my Marshall MA100C 100W All Valve 2X12 Combo Amp), or, I keep the amp I'm using set to it's clean channel and use a good sounding Distortion pedal, if an amp is not available to me I'll resort to using either my Digitech RP50 or Zoom G2and go straight into a mixer via a D.I. box.

For my Bass Guitar, I use my Peavey TKO 80 Bass amp (it's the one without the EQ controls), I need to do some service work on my TKO 80 amp because it has a background noise issue (there's a slight crackly sounding distortion whenever I play notes even at low volume settings), I need to get the TKO 80 amp chassis up on my workbench and connect it to a dummy load to find the cause of the distortion.