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Oct 21, 2003 21:49:01 GMT 9
Post by mickp on Oct 21, 2003 21:49:01 GMT 9
What EQ settings do you play with your amp on. The only one I know how to do is nice crunchy heavy distortion sounds good with bass and treble right up to full and mid right down to zero (oh yeah, and heaps of distortion). Anyone else know any other tricks?? The tone I'm looking for is a nice smooth Santana type tone...can't seem to find it...maybe it'll help when I get the digitech.... Oooohhh...I've reached half a century. Double this number of posts and I'll be a lead freak...aren't I special!!!
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WayneXG95
Lead Freak
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Oct 22, 2003 7:03:14 GMT 9
Post by WayneXG95 on Oct 22, 2003 7:03:14 GMT 9
is it a tube?
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Oct 22, 2003 9:23:12 GMT 9
Post by mickp on Oct 22, 2003 9:23:12 GMT 9
no
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Oct 22, 2003 15:51:19 GMT 9
Post by petox on Oct 22, 2003 15:51:19 GMT 9
i have a shitty amp, and so when i play with the tone knobs it cuts out i can just use my pedal for tone control, but i never really adjust the tone on it. i dont really have a good ear for the tone, the only way i can really tell the difference is from one extreme to another
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buck
Lead Freak
Why's everybody always pickin on me?
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Oct 26, 2003 9:14:33 GMT 9
Post by buck on Oct 26, 2003 9:14:33 GMT 9
try mucking around with your 5 way switch if you got one and turning the tone knobs on your guitar, you'll be surprised in the difference from the lead position (bridge pick up ) # 10 on the knobs to neck pick up and #1 on the knobs. I hardley touch the eq settings on my Peavey and adjust the distortion/tone on the pedal for any variations.
But, then thats me... ;D
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Oct 26, 2003 15:13:41 GMT 9
Post by petox on Oct 26, 2003 15:13:41 GMT 9
i do occassionally do that, but meh, i just leave it on the bridge pickup, both tone knobs @ 10
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Nov 12, 2003 20:42:39 GMT 9
Post by freezex61 on Nov 12, 2003 20:42:39 GMT 9
Getting a good tone can be difficult (depending on what your idea of a good tone is. ) The guitar / pickups / amp / fx used will have an impact on trying to get the "right" sound. I mainly play a PRS through a Marshall and on my amp I tend to run my mids up a fair whack, bass up a little less and hardly any treble but when I play through my Laney, I need to turn the Bass down and the treble up (still run the mids a bit higher) to get a sound I like. I always have the guitar volume flat out and usually the tone is flat out as well The other guitarist in the band plays a Strat through a Behringer amp (used to have a Peavey) which always sounds like like a milktruck horn in a cardboard tube to me ;D(maybe I'm just spoilt with the PRS ). We've tried to tweak his amp but we can't seem to get the "right" sound. I found the easiest way to remember how tones affect your sound is that Bass gives you depth / width, Mids give you projection and treble gives you clarity. Another way of putting it is if you turn down the bass it may sound "empty" , if you pull the mids out, the sound loses its "balls" and with the treble gone it sounds muffled Freezex61
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Jun 6, 2004 12:47:40 GMT 9
Post by Troy Dann on Jun 6, 2004 12:47:40 GMT 9
hey before you knock it, try playing through a bass amp.
you just need to turn the treble up a bit and you've got a good clean tone with a good but not overpowering bass and a good rhythm-tone..., the disortion also great. i've got an 80's bass amp and it's still good, the lead tone is ok, but i suggest you use a proper guitar amp for it
i use a P.A system for the vocalist and bass, and the bass amp for my guitar, though i'm assuming you don't have a crazy dad who thought buying a p.a. system would be be a good idea in a 4m2 room... what a crazy dad. then i ask for a $200 guitar and he says no coz it's too expensive... anyway yeah so try playing through a bass amp, gives it a different tone
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