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Post by motron on Jul 1, 2022 13:02:17 GMT -7
I've been experimenting a lot with different settings and trying to find various sounds. Instead, what I seem to do is find more or less the same sound, but with different settings. I'd be interested in hearing what settings others are using. I have sort of landed on this:
Sensitivity: Between 10:30 and 11:00 Gain: 2:00 Treble: 2:00 Mid: 1:00 Bass: 9:00 Aggression: 2:00 Presence: 2:00 Level: adjust to whatever is desired.
I then adjust my guitar's volume when less gain is required.
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Post by adam on Jul 1, 2022 16:03:39 GMT -7
I think what you said is pretty interesting... it's like we all have some idea of some tones in our head, and you kind of fiddle around with the amp and how you play to achieve what you want to hear. You can then switch amps and kind of get the same sounds, but I think it's just that human part that makes people sound like they do in general.
I don't think the settings themselves really matter. You just fiddle with it until you get what you want to hear. For me, I usually wind up with the sensitivity around 12-1, gain 2-3, aggression around 9pm, then fiddle with the eq to get some kind of curve that I like, and that depends on the cab and guitar, or what I'm going for. But that's just me.
Side note - once had a friend over and he was playing through one amp and then had him plug into another, and the amps sounded exactly the same. I took his guitar and played through both amps and they sounded night and day different. I was kind of dumbfounded, but it goes to show that the player has an enormous effect on the end result, whatever those variable are. I'm kind of guessing if you played through the way I set it, you'd hate it, and the same with me and your settings.
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Post by premiumplus (Dave) on Jul 1, 2022 16:45:40 GMT -7
I find my myself doing exactly what you're talking about, Adam. What a great observation. And it goes a long way to explaining why we all sound like ourselves no matter what we're plugged into.
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Post by matte on Jul 8, 2022 11:28:28 GMT -7
I think what you said is pretty interesting... it's like we all have some idea of some tones in our head, and you kind of fiddle around with the amp and how you play to achieve what you want to hear. You can then switch amps and kind of get the same sounds, but I think it's just that human part that makes people sound like they do in general. I don't think the settings themselves really matter. You just fiddle with it until you get what you want to hear. For me, I usually wind up with the sensitivity around 12-1, gain 2-3, aggression around 9pm, then fiddle with the eq to get some kind of curve that I like, and that depends on the cab and guitar, or what I'm going for. But that's just me. Side note - once had a friend over and he was playing through one amp and then had him plug into another, and the amps sounded exactly the same. I took his guitar and played through both amps and they sounded night and day different. I was kind of dumbfounded, but it goes to show that the player has an enormous effect on the end result, whatever those variable are. I'm kind of guessing if you played through the way I set it, you'd hate it, and the same with me and your settings. Yes. Especially the part at the end about someone else playing your gear. There is a lot of tone in the player. I think that's why certain things work better for some than it does for others. Our ears and expectations also factor in, along with experience. But back in the day I was in a band with a killer guitar player. He had Mesa Dual Recto Stack. He could make it sing. One day I was at the practice room and decided to plug in to it. Yeah it was huge sounding, but still didn't sound like it did when he played it. Anyway I think that's why chasing tone is such a fun journey. And I do think over time we learn how to make just about anything work for us. But it's also why the journey seems to never end. There's always something that might work "better" for us. And definitely why we should take any opinions on gear with a grain of salt. Especially negative opinions. We need to try things for ourselves and see how we react with it.
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