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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:25 pm
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I usually set the guitar to 10, adjust the amp to the max gain I'd want, then just use the guitars volume to get the mix of clean and gain I'm looking for.

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Hey brother! Good topic and you're right on about how to get the tone that you're after. I like to turn the volume on the guitar's pickup to 10 (and I probably should just break it off there or just install an "on/off" switch) and I always take the two wires that would normally go to the tone control and wire them together, then solder them and tape them so the tone is always on 10 (if the axe has a tone knob, then I get rid of it and fill the hole). From this point on it's all on the amp (other than recording as that is a whole other ball of wax) for tone, gain, and volume settings. If you're more into blues like most players are, then you should set your low eq at 7 or 8, mid eq at 5 or 6, high eq at 5 to 8, gain anywhere that you like the sound, volume just about the same as the gain, master volume should control the whole deal, and if you have presence or ambience settings, then those are to taste as well. Settings for hard rock, metal, hardcore, punk, extreme metal :twisted: , ect. all have different starting points in order to help to figure out the sound that you're after in the end. Some settings may also change as different pickups are used (and abused) as far as some are active and some are passive and they sometimes greatly differ in tonal characteristics. Anyway give that setting a try for eq anyway and play with any other settings that you may have until you find your preferred sound.

BTW after all these years of playing...I still haven't found what I would call my "perfect" sound so good luck brother on finding yours. ROCK ON!!!!!!!!! :twisted:

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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:11 pm
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There's no right or wrong way to do it.

How you do it depends a lot on the gear you have. If you have a multichannel amp, you can switch between clean/rhythm/lead sounds with a tap of your foot.

If you use booster pedals, you can go to a lead/solo level with a tap of your foot.

If, like me, you use single channel amps and no boost/distortion pedals, about the only choice you have to go from a rhythm (lower) volume level to a lead (louder) volume level is to use the guitar's volume control.

The fact that turning the guitar's volume down also reduces the gain is a big plus!

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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:32 pm
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What I do is take the amp and find a nice loud level for the environment and then push it up a few numbers. For example, if there's a decent amount of volume for my buddies garage at 5 on the amp then I crank it up to 7 or 8. It's the Ron Popeil method, "set it and forget it." All the other magic is happening on the guitar, so the volume adjustments might as well be there, too. And the extra headroom is there if you really need it.

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i just went to a boutique amp clinic the builder said that for peak tube performance you dime the amp and control on the guitar he also had a certain way of turning the amp off and on for max tube life


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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:18 pm
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Interesting question. I've done the same things for so many years that they've become automatic. When I'm asked a question like this I have to think about what I do.

I set my amp's volume to a reasonable level, set the gain depending on what I'm playing, and I control the volume from the guitar.

There was another thread that asked if anyone used their tone controls. I set mine to 5-6 and pretty much leave them alone. If I want to change the tone, more often than not I'll just use the p/u switch. Most everyone else said they used the tone controls.

Maybe I have to start experimenting again.


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