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Topic: Reduced volume at the 12th fret |
Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 20 Jan 2020 2:39 am |
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I recently purchased a Fender Mustang 1 amp. It is used, but in very good condition. I also have a Roland Cube. The Roland plays great from top to bottom. The Fender plays great above and below the 12th fret give or take a little (11th to 13th?). Any ideas what is causing the drop in volume? BTW.......all 5 of my lap steels have the same issue, so the problem isn't isolated to one lap steel in particular. I am using a Lace Alumintone
P-90 Riffian Pup.
I'm a newbie and all help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance....
Bill
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 20 Jan 2020 3:48 am
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| I don't know the Mustang -- does it do amp simulations? Have you tried different selections? First thing I would try is to boost the mids since some Fendery sims cut the mids a lot. See if the amp settings are creating a severe notch in your affected range. Just riffing off the top of my head. I'm remembering my experience with the E-H Hum Debugger where a very narrow, severe notch creates dead spots on the guitar. |
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 20 Jan 2020 5:13 am
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Yes it's a modeling amp. I will turn up the mids. I know I have the mid and treble almost off. Thank you for the suggestions Jon, and say HI to Stu, for me.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 20 Jan 2020 5:36 am
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| I'm using one of the new Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb's which is also a modeling amp. I had to turn the Mid control to 10 to get the sound from the amp. (Bass on 6 and Treble on 4). |
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 20 Jan 2020 2:16 pm
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My amp only has treble and bass. I turned up the treble and it did the trick, although I don't care for the sound much. Thank you guys for the advice......seems to have fixed my problem.
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 23 Jan 2020 6:40 am
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| An EQ pedal may be the solution to cutting the unpleasant high end frequencies. |
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2020 2:42 pm
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If you're not muting the strings behind the bar then you'll really notice problems at the 12th fret... the better you mute behind the bar, the more consistent your tone will get.
You can get away with not muting for fast stuff, and stuff not near the harmonic points (frets 5,7,12)... but if you let energy go into the back side of the string it sounds like crap.
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