I think I'll try compressing the whole thing.. I'll run the compression through my effects loop..

I played last night and had a hell of a time getting that Blue Tube Pedal set up to sound good in a club.. I've only had it a few days so it is still a learning curve..mostly playing with the output level and matching it with the clean channel on my amp.

I changed the tube in it last night 'cause I thought it was clipping and wondered if the tube was going bad.. I had a new 12AX7 (Sovtek) in my old Traynor head that I swapped in seems to help.