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Post subject: Re: Limited effects options one patch - Mustang 3 V2
Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 11:48 pm
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dunedindragon wrote:
I have a slightly different approach which may or may not be useful to you.

First, I set up my 2 button switch for moving up and down through presets and I set up my 4 button switch for turning on and off the individual stomp, mod, and reverb effects. I have a number of base presets developed which are basically individual amp and effects setups and I keep them stored in my lower preset numbers. Prior to the gig I copy my base presets into presets starting at preset #40 that represet the sequence of songs I'll be playing. So preset 40 is the first song, 41 the second song and so forth. As we play through the set I'll use my 2 button switch to move up through those presets and I use the 4 button switch to control the effects in that song as we play it. So, for example, on the first song I have it set to 40 and I use the second button on the 4 button switch to turn on the stomp effect I will use for the lead. That works for 90% of the songs. Occassionally I'll have a song that has a big change in the way effects are used. In that case I'll have two completely different presets for that song and I'll switch between them using the 2 button switch, but that's generally pretty rare.

I use this approach because our band covers a pretty wide range of styles from song to song. For example the first song may be more of a 70's rock style, the next one more of a jazz style, the third one more of a country, and so forth. I also frequently change guitars between songs from a les paul, to a strat, to a gretch or the acoustic, so I'll always have the right patch in place for the guitar being used.

Ideally if you don't really vary that much in styles you could simply set up 3 or 4 basic presets based on certain amps and effects and just select the one most appropriate to the song with the 2 button switch, and turn on and off effects in the song with the 4 button switch.

I hadn't considered plugging an acoustic into a Mustang.


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Post subject: Re: Limited effects options one patch - Mustang 3 V2
Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 8:51 am
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fenderfan wrote:
I hadn't considered plugging an acoustic into a Mustang.


It actually works pretty well using the StudioPreamp for the amp model. Plus I can add a bit of depth with Reverb and some slight echo. I've honestly moved away from the acoustic a bit since I got my Gretsch 5420. Mostly on acoustic I do fingerpicking and with the 5420 it comes out with a bit more of a Chet Atkins feel to it using a very clean Deluxe Reverb or a Twin. There are still a couple of songs I do that will undoubtedly still benefit from using the acoustic.

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Post subject: Re: Limited effects options one patch - Mustang 3 V2
Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 11:00 pm
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dunedindragon wrote:
fenderfan wrote:
I hadn't considered plugging an acoustic into a Mustang.


It actually works pretty well using the StudioPreamp for the amp model. Plus I can add a bit of depth with Reverb and some slight echo. I've honestly moved away from the acoustic a bit since I got my Gretsch 5420. Mostly on acoustic I do fingerpicking and with the 5420 it comes out with a bit more of a Chet Atkins feel to it using a very clean Deluxe Reverb or a Twin. There are still a couple of songs I do that will undoubtedly still benefit from using the acoustic.

I have a chambered Tele with Filtertron style pickups and it has a Gretsch sound that is good for Chet's music. In the shop now having acoustic pickups put in. Hoping it will be able to do a realistic acoustic sounding intro and then kick in the humbuckers when the song gets going.


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