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Topic: Adjusting and dialing in an amp |
Len Amaral
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Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 24 Nov 2016 6:58 am |
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I know this has been discussed to nausium for many years but just realized the advantage of have another pair of hands and ears to help to dial in a a tone. I thought I was in the ball park getting a good tone. However, with that said while having multiple setups with steels, amps and effects, turning around and adjusting moving dials and start playing again to hear the difference and feel of a new setting plays tricks on your ears. This may not not be a major issue with a rack setup but you still have to stop playing to make an adjustment and then get situated and start playing again.
A musician friend Ian, often drops by that is a great guitar player and technician who works at a music store and just getting into steel noticed I was getting up going over to my amp twisting dials and resituating myself to test out the adjustment. I had been doing this for so long I figured it went with the territory. He said, stay put and let me adjust your amp and you keep playing. He would make the adjustments and walk around the room while asking me for comment. What a huge difference to hear continuous various tones while continuing to play. He then picked up up a guitar and bass then we did duet on a few tunes to see how the settings sounded playing with other instruments and he did a few more minor tweaks.
Seems like a simple thing but having another set of qualified hands and ears made an effective result in a short amount of time. Thought I would pass this along after thinking how many times over the years I have been spinning dials and jumping up & down. |
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Jim Kennedy
From:
Brentwood California, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2016 11:03 am
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The sweet spot is about 10 feet in front of your amp. hard to play and be in that sweet spot. One of the reasons I went to wireless on guitar was to be able to walk around and hear how my guitar sounded in different places. Hard to do with psteel. Then thers's ear fatigue. It all sounds the same after a while. A second set of "good ears" is an excelent idea.
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Dale McPherson
From:
Morristown, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2016 2:04 pm Amp adjusting
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| I have owned a Fender Steel King amp for several months and could never get it to sound anywhere near what I wanted. I finally had my wife come in and told her to adjust the sound on this amp. I set everything flat and within 10 minutes she had the best sound that I could ever dream of. It has become my favorite amp for practicing. Sometimes it takes an extra set of ears that are not biased. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 25 Nov 2016 2:17 pm
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Now on to fiddling with the effects units..... 
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Lawyers are done: Emmons SD-10, 3 Dekleys including a D10, NV400, and lots of effects units to cover my clams... |
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Tommy Boswell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2016 4:09 am
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Last edited by Tommy Boswell on 1 Dec 2016 3:54 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 30 Nov 2016 8:51 am
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| The effects were easier to dial in as I use them very sparingly. Reverb more important than delay to me so was set first and then delay. Have been trying to use delay less and less except on a very slow song. |
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