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Post subject: How do I get the G-DEC amp to sound clean?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:09 pm
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Just wondering how to set the amp so it plays completely clean, because I cant seem to get it too.


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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:53 pm
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Use the Blackface 1 setting for the Amp,then set all of the FX and reverb to zero. This is easier from one of the Jazz presets as there are less effects in place.
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Post subject: Re: How do I get the G-DEC amp to sound clean?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:50 pm
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nashman100 wrote:
Just wondering how to set the amp so it plays completely clean, because I cant seem to get it too.


Try the "Happy Strum" patch and take all of the fx off. It's the cleanest sound that I've found so far. :wink:

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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:44 am
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Because all of the sound that goes into the gdec will pass through amplifier emulation software, there really isn't a clean as in bypassed condition.

You can select clean sounding amplifiers like blackface 1, dyna touch 1 or tweed 1. Each of these will color the cound as the amplifiers they emulate will and do.

In the presets there are clean country sounds, cleanish surf sounds, clean jazz sounds, etc.

There is no "bypass".


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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:02 pm
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My take is that the GDEC is a machine that only imitates several models of amps but does not have it's own personal tone, thus no "pure GDEC sound, clean or not" exists in fact.

The imitated amps are the Tweed (Champ or Bassman), Blackface (Twin reverb?), British (Vox or Marshall?) etc. You can ask it to imitate the clean channel of any of these by pressing repeatedly on the amp button and setting the gain to 1, volume to 10 or less, bass treble and mid to 5, effects, reverb, compression ,noise gate and timbre all set to none. You will then have an imitation of a clean Bassman, or clean Twin reverb etc.

I don't know how good of an imitation these settings are for I don't have the originals to compare with, but they do sound pretty clean.

But the real question is, for any amp: what is clean?


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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:17 am
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Hey Gang,

Allow me to offer a method that works very well for me for any kind of sounds that I might be trying to get in the G-Decs.

1) remove all effects, reverbs, compression, and timbre settings before creating an amp tone with your guitar.

2) Begin editing the "Amp" settings, while playing through it until you get the basic, dry guitar/amp tone you are looking for.

3) Add compression at this point ( if desired).

4) Add any effects (if desired), and tweak them to your liking.

5) Add reverb at this point ( if desired).

6) Give your program a name.

7) Save it.

Editing and creating guitar tones in this order, seems to work faster for me when I'm looking to write some new programs.

Harley 8)

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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:14 am
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The amp selections provide an emulation of the basic amp circuit. For example there were changes to the basic circuit between the tween covered amps and their replacement, black panneled amps. The Blackfaced amps have more highs and are cleaner.

Once you select a circuit, use the gain and tone controls to get the sound you want. This is not a plug and play like the Roland Cube. With a Cube, you select "Blackface" and get a Twin. With the Gdec, you select "blackface and you get a flavor. What you do with the rest of the controls will give you a Twin, a Tremolux, a Deluxe, etc. The Cube does sound great, but has a limited number of sounds and greatly colors the sound of your ax. The Gdec is the opposite. The sound is in there, you just have to move some controls to get whatever you want.

There isn't a "Gdec sound" or bypass or anything else; just any amp sound you hear in your head.


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