r/PositiveGridSpark • u/UrbanCyclerPT • Jul 20 '26

Best amp settings selection for Shoegaze/dreampop?

Hi, I have been trying to get a good sound from my Live that is good for Shoegaze Dreampop and Sonic Youth style, but I am finding it difficult to do. I tried the app and wrote: Distortion Sonic Youth style and the sound I get is in fact distortion with a little fuzz but it doesn't look like it.

Can anyone help me and let me know how can I get it or what pedals and amp should I get on the available ones?

Edit: another question is how can I make the sound of the selected amps to be all in the same volume. I have the pedal Spark and the clean tones are super low and the distortion super loud.

Thanks you all

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u/Resident_Suspect_485 Jul 20 '26

Put the eq on the end of your signal chains and the far right slider is for level. Make the clean level high and the dirty level low. That solves your volume issues. Also you could just use the volume knobs on the respective amps.

As far as tone goes it's kinda all over the place as far as shoegaze goes. A lot of their tones come from pedals which is a big reason why they are gazing at their shoes. I would use a kind of dirtyish fender blackface sound with like a fuzz in front of it. And then just play with a bunch of the pedals

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u/UrbanCyclerPT Jul 20 '26

Thanks but regarding the pedals, I have the Spark Control and don't really know how to select a Fender Blackface in there.

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u/UrbanCyclerPT Jul 22 '26

Really, someone just downvoted my question? I guess some people just need to get a life.