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I think the best low gain boost for the front of a tube amp, especially a vox is the Beano Boost by Analog Man. The only pedal I use, it is amazing.
There are some youtube videos of the beano boost. The gearmandude (which might actually be jack black) ones are particularly good. He plays it with a few different setups.
I've been using my volume and tone knobs a lot more. Basically I turn up the amp really loud so when everything is at 10 I have a lot of gain. From there I just use the volume to get where I want. I like the idea of always having more if I need it and it being right at my fingertips rather than using too many pedals.
I've been doing this more as well lately, the last guitar I got has very responsive volume and tone controls. I need to get used to having a volume pedal as well as using my volume knob.
If you redo the wiring properly you can get it to work very well.
What do you mean?
First and foremost the potentiometers and capacitors that are put stock in most guitars are crappy so I replace them with better ones. I like 500k potentiometers, they clear up the sound quite a bit and were used in some of the best sounding guitars in the 50's, newer guitars tend to use 250k, which darken the tone a bit. Also, I replace the silicone capacitors with paper in oil capacitors. Now, I don't know what kind of guitar you play but on Gibson guitars the potentiometers, pickups, and capacitors are wired in such a way that when you lower the volume your treble reduces as well and gets muddy. When you re-wire it they way they were done in the 50's this does not happen. It works more like a volume pedal. Also the Tone knob is actually more usuable and acts as more of a "presence" knob to pull you in and out of the mix. This wiring, in my opinion, as well as many others adds much more clarity and adds much more versatility to your guitars tone.