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Post by kledbet on Aug 16, 2006 23:41:28 GMT -7
We talk a lot about the setting on the amp, but what about the treble, volume, and pickup selection on your guitars for different sounds. Let us know what works well on your axe. You can let us know the amp settings as well.
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Post by prowler on Aug 17, 2006 4:20:45 GMT -7
How I set my guitar depends on where I'm playing. When doing low level practice I set my guitar as follows-
Humbuckers Middle position (Neck & Bridge) Tone Full Volume Full Rt 66 tone controls at mid way & volume to taste
For gigs it's -
Humbuckers Bridge position Tone Full Volume full but sometimes I lower it down a touch depending on the songs dynamics
Rt 66 controls to 3 O'clock & I use one of those sound shields to help control the overall stage volume & not have the sound guy want to kill me.
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Post by chrisgrainger on Aug 17, 2006 5:46:52 GMT -7
I have an Epiphone Sheraton w/ Fralin PAFs that I work all the time. Most of my different sounds come from my volume knobs/tone knobs, pickup selections, and splitting my coils (I have push/pull pots set up). My Rt66 is ont he way, but I'm sure it will be the same, if not moreso with the Rt66 because it's such a touch sensitive amp.
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Post by rcrecelius on Aug 17, 2006 12:40:53 GMT -7
Heck I just twist the knobs till I like what I hear Tele...If my bridge pup is too bright, I turn the tone down...if the neck is too dark, I turn the tone back up. Volume...this is the magic knob as far as I'm concerned...turn it down for clean, up for gain or stop anywhere along the way for varied shades of dirt...that is as long as the amp is cooperating
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Post by kledbet on Aug 17, 2006 17:59:38 GMT -7
What prompted me to ask this question is the famous Woman Tone used by Clapton. On a ES-335 you are on the neck pickup and completely roll down the tone. The amp (Marshall) is dimed on volume, treble, and bass. Anyway it gets a great sound, I just don't think I would have thought of that combination. So it made me wonder how many of you just run wide open on your guitar in terms of treble and volume, and how many of you have tone you like with the guitar settings rolled back.
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Post by Bill on Aug 18, 2006 6:52:45 GMT -7
For me it depends on which pickup is being used. Tele bridge will start with volume on 7 and tone about 6 or 7. I may run the volume wide at some point, but the tone won't go past 8 unless its an all out rocker and the drummer is hitting real hard. On the neck or neck/bridge, the starting point is volume 7 and tone 9 to maxed. With Z amps, there are so many good stopping points from volume 7 to max.
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Post by taswegian on Aug 18, 2006 7:18:04 GMT -7
My volume knob is my 6 channel amp! ;D The only time I ever touch my tone control is when I'm trying to coax a bit more "effect" from the Octavia. Otherwise it just stays full on.
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Post by kledbet on Aug 18, 2006 10:14:13 GMT -7
I just like the idea of using the options on a guitar to get a variety of tones. For most of my playing I almost always kept the tone controls wide open, except in a case where my bridge pickup was to bright. A Gibson 335 also has so many different tones in it due to its semi hollow body with 2 pickups and tone controls. Here is a little quote I found on the web about woman tone... I guess there is a little bit of varation on just how you can get it. Q: How did Clapton get the famous "woman-tone" in Cream? A: According to Clapton, the "woman-tone" is achieved by rolling the tone control all the way off on either the neck or the bridge pickup of a guitar with humbucking pickups and the volume all the way up. Heavy strings and a bassy-sounding amp at high volume also helps to achieve that wooing, whooshing tone. In fact, a lot of Clapton's "woman tone" was achieved this way [with a wah-wah pedal], with the pedal about three-quarters back from the forward position. (from Guitar Player magazine, Gear Guru, March 1993) Like I said when I started the thread, we talk quite a bit about how we set the controls on our amps, but very little about how we set our guitars. I like getting the info from all of you on how it works for you..... thanks.
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Post by Dr.T on Sept 11, 2006 4:44:22 GMT -7
We are talkin' about amps that give a response in frequency and harmonics more than 90% of other amps. This makes you able to play with many toys usually people forget about, for ex guitar's volume. Before i owned my R66 I admit I rarely played with guitar's volume and tones, thinkin' only about pedals. Now, I found that keeping a little crancked a DrZ and swelling with volume you can do many things: -Cleaning up your sound and have 3 -4 kind of overdriven sound, from clean to dirt -Have different volumes ( For ex using vol half way for rithm and turn all the way up for solos) -Giving trebles or make the sound darker. -Make the sound thin or bigger or with more attack -Feel the differences in playing with different dynamics (harder for solos).
I can say that this kind of amps really chenged my playing and my way to manage different styles & songs.
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