Tuning Amps

Re: Tuning Amps


"Stephen Cowell" <scowell@sbcglobal,net > wrote in message
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> "Monster Zero" <someone@somewhere,com > wrote in message
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>> "Stephen Cowell" <scowell@sbcglobal,net > wrote in message
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>>> <bluedevil_1950@yahoo,com > wrote in message
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>>>> Is there an on line site to aid in tuning amps. I need to know what
>>>> all the dials do. I want that distorted rock sound.
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>>> You must read the front panel. Do you have an amp?
>>> If not, get one... and a guitar too. This will help.
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>>> Get a connecting wire, too. It's called a 'chord'...
>>> ask the salesman for an 'E' chord.
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>> Quick little semi-ot story. When I was about 19 I was in a Thrash band
>> and our van shit the bed outside the singers house (who btw was one dumb
>> dude) I sent him 15 miles on his 10 speed in 92 degree (humid) weather to
>> pick up a muffler bearing at a auto parts store..... He was pretty fuckin
>> pissed when he got back! :-)
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> Back in the day, if you asked a trucker on the CB what he was carrying,
> chances are it would be Volkswagen radiators.
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> Steve
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Both great stories. BTW, both these parts install easily if you have the
right tool.......
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a left handed monkey wrench

Re: Tuning Amps

I'm gonna try and give a straight answer. And I'm assuming this guy
just wants to rock out with total crunch style. I know that I'm
probably the only person in this group with a soft spot for a little
solid-state amp turned all the way up, but honestly I love that
sound.

Your amp probably has tone controls with names like "bass", "mid",
"treble", or perhaps just a "tone" knob. If you have bass, turn it
up. Turn treble up too. Turn tone up too, if you have it. Turn
"mid" down. "Presence" is also good for crunch. Turn it up! If you
have "pre" or "drive" or "saturation", turn it up. That'll make it
real powerful and let you hold a note a long time. If you have a
"boost" switch then, for God's sake, turn it on!

Then set your "post" or "volume" for the volume that you want.
Although for best results, turn it all the way up!

If you want even more distortion, I recommend a Boss SD-1, the yellow
pedal. It's classic. If you get one, try turning "level" and "drive"
all the way up. You might want to leave "tone" in the middle though,
cuz if you turn it up, you could get nasty high-pitched feedback. If
you do get a lot of high-pitched feedback, try turning "tone" DOWN on
your guitar. Or stand further away from the amp.

This ought to sound great in your bedroom.

If you're playing in a band and you're having trouble being heard, you
might need to turn the mids back up a bit, you'll have a little less
crunch but you'll be heard better. And if you're still at top volume,
and aren't being heard, you might lower your "pre" or "drive" or
"saturation" a little. Basically you need less distortion if you're
turned up all the way.

Enjoy your amp.

Re: Tuning Amps


<morris.slutsky@gmail,com > wrote in message
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> I'm gonna try and give a straight answer.
<snip>
You're a good fella Morris, but the OP doesn't even know how to play a
guitar. He needs to learn to play -- an acoustic, as someone else
suggested -- before he's ready to deal with the distraction of
amplification.

Re: Tuning Amps

On May 4, 5:07 pm, morris.slut...@gmail,com wrote:
> I'm gonna try and give a straight answer.  And I'm assuming this guy
> just wants to rock out with total crunch style.  I know that I'm
> probably the only person in this group with a soft spot for a little
> solid-state amp turned all the way up, but honestly I love that
> sound.
>
> Your amp probably has tone controls with names like "bass", "mid",
> "treble", or perhaps just a "tone" knob.  If you have bass, turn it
> up.  Turn treble up too.  Turn tone up too, if you have it.  Turn
> "mid" down.  "Presence" is also good for crunch.  Turn it up!  If you
> have "pre" or "drive" or "saturation", turn it up.  That'll make it
> real powerful and let you hold a note a long time.  If you have a
> "boost" switch then, for God's sake, turn it on!
>
> Then set your "post" or "volume" for the volume that you want.
> Although for best results, turn it all the way up!
>
> If you want even more distortion, I recommend a Boss SD-1, the yellow
> pedal.  It's classic.  If you get one, try turning "level" and "drive"
> all the way up.  You might want to leave "tone" in the middle though,
> cuz if you turn it up, you could get nasty high-pitched feedback.  If
> you do get a lot of high-pitched feedback, try turning "tone" DOWN on
> your guitar.  Or stand further away from the amp.
>
> This ought to sound great in your bedroom.
>
> If you're playing in a band and you're having trouble being heard, you
> might need to turn the mids back up a bit, you'll have a little less
> crunch but you'll be heard better.  And if you're still at top volume,
> and aren't being heard, you might lower your "pre" or "drive" or
> "saturation" a little.  Basically you need less distortion if you're
> turned up all the way.
>
> Enjoy your amp.

I disagree. Most SS amps have waaayy too much HF content so you need
to keep the treble down...sometimes all the way down depending on the
amp/speaker(s). If you want to cut through the din of loud drummers,
other guitar players, blah blah blah....then you need *lots* of mids.
Mids get you heard, not arc welder high end. Keeping the gain
(read:distortion) down some will retain some note clarity and keep
things from turning into a fuzzy buzzy mess.