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Post subject: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:14 am
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Hello all,
Having just picked up my Mustang GT100 two weeks ago I have barely scratched the surface of what this amp is truly capable of. Being able to change amps, cabs, pedals, and every setting of all the above is truely an infinite database of possible sounds. I also see a lot of negativity on here towards GT line so let's try and get some posistivity in here showing your favorite tones and settings!

Currently my favorite tone is using:
'65 Twin Reverb - All Eq's at noon, bright switch ON, noise gate SUPER, Tube Bias at 40 (this trick if found really brings home a true tube amp sound)

'65 Twin Cab
Green box - PreFX (Level 6, Gain 7.5, Tone 6.5, Blend 10)
Orange box - PreFX
Small Hall - PostFx

Try it out if you wanna hear!
https://www.fender.com/tone/presets/twi ... 1106321715


Can't wait to download the new update and try it out later!


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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:34 am
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I tried to get a Brian May tone and I think these settings work quite well with a strat on the second (bridge/middle) pickup setting :

Ranger Boost - level 10 / gain 9.6 / low trim 2.9 / high trim 5.2

60s British - gain 9.3 / volume 10 / treble 8.1 / middle 10 / bass 6.6 / master 10 / bright On / cut 50% / cab 2x12 blue / noise gate Super / gate Pre / sag Matched / bias 0%

Sine Chorus - level 10 / rate 0.67 / depth 1.9 / delay 1.9 / phase 5.5

Small Hall Reverb - level 2.8 / decay 4.3 / dwell 4.9 / diff 5.5 / tone 6.1 / bypass Post


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Post subject: Re: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:44 am
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I also tried for a Mike Oldfield 'Songs Of Distant Earth' type tone, again with a strat on second pickup position :

Overdrive - level 5.5 / gain 3.7 / low, mid, high all at 5.5

Touch Wah - mix 10 / sensitivity 10 / min 3.6 / max 8.0 / type Baby

Compressor - gain +14.5 / threshold -50 / ratio 12.9 / attack 2.03 / release 318

65 Twin - gain 3.2 / vol 7.9 / treble 5.8 / middle 8.0 / bass 7.0 / bright On / cab 65 twin / noise gate Medium / gate Pre / sag Matched / bias 0%

65 Spring Reverb - level 8.3 / decay 5.9 / dwell 3.6 / diff 10 / tone 5.5 / bypass Post

Stereo Echo - level 6.7 / time 682.4 / feedback 4.6 / freq, res 5.5

Tri Chorus - level 7.2 / rate 0.67 / depth 2.1 / delay 1.9 / phase 5.5

I've not used the Tone App otherwise I would post it there! :D

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Post subject: Re: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:14 pm
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LOVE this thread, RonJesse! Would be awesome to see more folks submitting posts of this nature here. And ... it's great that you've linked directly over to your Tone preset as well for easy access. I'm captivated by your description on this one as it's right up my alley ... going to grab it later and give it a shot! :D

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Post subject: Re: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:02 am
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I have been trying to get the Eric Clapton 'Unplugged' tone from my Martin GPC-28E and up until now, I have been using a Fishman Platinum Preamp (flat EQ) into the PA (flat EQ). No settings in my Mustang GT-100 came anywhere near – until now.

To make a Mustang GT-100 behave like a PA, you need to use the Studio Preamp with NO speaker sim, but the output from the Studio Preamp was always too low to be useful. Thanks to the new Parametric EQ effects, I have another 12dB of gain to play with.

Today, I set up my usual Fishman Platinum/PA to AB with my Mustang via a Fender ABY pedal. I adjusted the Parametric EQ settings on the Mustang until they were as close as possible to the PA. The PA still has a slight edge on transparency but the Mustang is now in the ball park. I think it would need a piezo tweeter to get it there (and that is possible as a project as a piezo tweeter has little or no effect on speaker impedance in series).

Here are my Parametric Settings...

Bass: +8dB
Mid: -6dB
Freq: 200Hz
Q: 1
Treb: -2dB
Gain: +8dB
Reverb: Small Hall on level 2

These are a long way from 'level' EQ, quite a mid range scoop going on, but it is the sound I was trying to achieve since I got the Mustang and now I have it ;?)

I have uploaded this a 'Acoustic Clean' by JOEG (11 Oct 2017)

Now, to try to get Willie Nelson's 'Trigger' sound from my nylon string!


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Post subject: Re: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:56 am
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I really like this one, maybe my fav so far. If you are a clean only or mostly player you will wanna pass. This is specifically designed for a fender with treble bleed, and it's for those who are old school and like to ride thier guitar volume for clean to scream sounds. I leave the greenbox on by default and switch it off for a less middy cleaner tone now and then. But I use it with the greenbox on most of the time and the cleans i get rolling the volume down sound really good too and the greenbox keeps the lows tight. This is set for low volume home levels, but as you turn up i suggest to tame highs, lower the 3.2k sliderin the GE7 EQ even further rather than using treble or presence or bright settings. That keeps the basic character but loses the excessive top that can happen as u turn up. Also, be SURE to put the EQ AFTER the amp. I add a little delay but i'll leave that up to you.
I love this patch but have yet to try it in a band setting but it sure sounds great at home and i think it will translate live with lowering the bright as i said, but we shall see. I have used the 70s brit now and ten but mostly use the bassman untill we got the update with the EQ's. They are really a game changer and the the key to be able to get the 70's brit model to now be a much more usable one, maybe even my fav.

70's british model:
gain: 7.1
vol: 10
treble: 6.2
mid: 4.6
bass: 8
presence: 10
bright: 50%
cab: 412GB
sag: less
bias: 0.0%

greenbox:
level: 10
gain: 0
tone: 5.9
blend: 0

GE7 EQ: (be sure to put this after the amp)
100: 3.0
200: 0
400: 4.0
800: 0
1.6: 0
3.2: -3.0 (be sure to note this is MINUS 3.0 )
6.4: 0
gain: 0


Last edited by oczad on Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:49 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Post subject: Re: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:54 pm
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oczad wrote:
I really like this one, maybe my fav so far. If you are a clean only or mostly player you will wanna pass. This is specifically designed for a fender with treble bleed, and it's for those who are old school and like to ride thier guitar volume for clean to scream sounds. I leave the greenbox on by default and switch it off for a less middy cleaner tone now and then. But I use it with the greenbox on most of the time and the cleans i get rolling the volume down sound really good too and the greenbox keeps the lows tight. This is set for low volume home levels, but as you turn up i suggest to tame highs turn the "bright" down more rather than treble or presence. That keeps the basic character but loses the excessive top that can happen as u turn up. Also, be SURE to put the EQ AFTER the amp. I add a little delay but i'll leave that up to you.
I love this patch but have yet to try it in a band setting but it sure sounds great at home and i think it will translate live with lowering the bright as i said, but we shall see. I have used the 70s brit now and ten but mostly use the bassman untill we got the update with the EQ's. They are really a game changer and the the key to be able to get the 70's brit model to now be a much more usable one, maybe even my fav.

70's british model:
gain: 7.1
vol: 10
treble: 6.2
mid: 4.6
bass: 8
presence: 10
bright: 50%
cab: 412GB
sag: less
bias: 0.0%

greenbox:
level: 10
gain: 0
tone: 5.9
blend: 0

GE7 EQ: (be sure to put this after the amp)
100: 3.0
200: 0
400: 4.0
800: 0
1.6: 0
3.2: -3.0 (be sure to note this is MINUS 3.0 )
6.4: 0
gain: 0


Sounds like my kind of tone! I'll try it out tomorrow and share my thoughts!


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Post subject: Re: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:00 pm
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Glad people are joining in with this thread! Also, looking elsewhere on the internet, it seems that the tide is finally turning - lots of positive talk about the GT now :D
PB


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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:33 pm
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Glad people are joining in with this thread! Also, looking elsewhere on the internet, it seems that the tide is finally turning - lots of positive talk about the GT now :D
PB


Whoo hoo! Yeah, hope this type of thread starts becoming the norm 'round these parts. :D

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Post subject: Re: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 2:19 pm
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By the way, i use vintage output single coils so adjust as needed. Even with vintage single coils it's still a bit too hot to get real real clean, but i do that because if you adjust the gain much lower, those in between distortion tones aren't quite as good, and i live there a lot of the time. So i'd rather kick the stomp off if i need cleaner, tho for classic rock i rarely need any cleaner than it gets with the guitar on 3-5 with the stomp on.

Brad Traweek - Fender wrote:

Whoo hoo! Yeah, hope this type of thread starts becoming the norm 'round these parts. :D


Well, as long as fender keeps doing the right thing i;m sure it will. All we wanted was a better sounding MIII but not with all the missing features that the GT is finally getting. Now that fender is listening theres gonna be a lot more positivity no doubt. I've had this amp what.....5 months i guess? Since the day it debuted. And untill that EQ update i couldn't get the brit 70's to compare favorably with my main bassman patch. Now i think it may be better. I've said it all along that the amp is desperate for a assignable EQ. And not just for the EQ function but as a transparent volume boost to even out low volume models or cabs or for a volume boost for solos or any number of fixes. It's an indispensable utility that made my jaw hit the floor when i saw fender finally gave in and added not one but THREE ! Tho not sure the 5 band is even necassary when the 7 is great and a para can hone in on a frequency you need to get to that the GEQ is missing. But i ain't complaining ! :mrgreen:


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Post subject: Re: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:08 am
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Who's complaining?????
I reckon we are all very, very happy campers now. In fact I cannot find anything about my GT100 that I don't like.
Outstanding bit of gear. Yes! Yes!......


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Post subject: Re: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:52 am
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oczad wrote:
By the way, i use vintage output single coils so adjust as needed. Even with vintage single coils it's still a bit too hot to get real real clean, but i do that because if you adjust the gain much lower, those in between distortion tones aren't quite as good, and i live there a lot of the time. So i'd rather kick the stomp off if i need cleaner, tho for classic rock i rarely need any cleaner than it gets with the guitar on 3-5 with the


I'm using a Strat with custom shop 69' pups in it so vintage single coils is exactly what I got!

Love the sound by the way, I see what you mean when you say it really cleans up with the guitar volume, works great with some led zeppelin works!

I uploaded it in case anyone else wants to try it for you,

https://www.fender.com/tone/presets/70- ... -513257600


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Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:48 am
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More thoughts on that patch....as I said, this patch is was designed at home volume so you'll need to lower the brightness as i said above. But messing with it i find that the best way to do that without changing the basic character of the patch is NOT as i said above by lowering the bright setting. Instead try using the 3.2k setting on the GE7 EQ. As you see the initial patch uses that slider to eliminate a pervasive top end that happens to be in that range, and i just found that when turning the volume up, reducing 3.2k even further seems to retain the patch's tone much better. I'll edit the original post to show this too.

By the way Ron, i looked at that link and it does show the GE7 is supposed to be on but it doesn't show the settings for it, plus it doesn't show any of the amp model's page 2 settings. (cab/bias, etc)


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Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:57 am
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oczad wrote:
By the way Ron, i looked at that link and it does show the GE7 is supposed to be on but it doesn't show the settings for it, plus it doesn't show any of the amp model's page 2 settings. (cab/bias, etc)


Hmm, must be still in the works with fender on the new EQ's if you open it on the forum. in the fender tone app it shows all the settings in there!

I'm only using your patch at home volumes I ain't no pro hahaha so it sounds good to me


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Post subject: Re: Post Your Favorite Tones
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:32 pm
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I like some tones that have subtle movement,
and some sustaining tail

Sine Chorus
Ranger Boost
Sine Chorus
Metal 2000
Ducking Delay
Sine Flanger
Large Room

This makes a subtle pulsing on a tone
for perhaps a metal ballad

Just default settings, so much room to modify and improve
switch amps etc (totally different with a Twin model)
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