How do you get your guitar tones
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Personally I dial my tone based on the pickups I use. I use SD Invaders (You all know where this is going) With boosted treble in my amp
Treble - 10
Mid - 5 ish
Bass - 6 ish
The boosted Mids of the Invader mean I can push the treble so I can cut through and mix. I slightly raise the bass though as to make sure I have the desired beef and heaviness
Of course, dial your tones on the clean channel before anything. Good clean base = Good heavy metal edge
Hope this helps
Treble - 10
Mid - 5 ish
Bass - 6 ish
The boosted Mids of the Invader mean I can push the treble so I can cut through and mix. I slightly raise the bass though as to make sure I have the desired beef and heaviness
Of course, dial your tones on the clean channel before anything. Good clean base = Good heavy metal edge
Hope this helps
I use the AxeFX, which is the single most inspiring gear I’ve ever purchased. Within that, I use the 5153 Red amp (5150 Mk III 100wt) and one of Syn’s 4x12 cab models (I think it’s the Hellwin, but it could be the Bogner). I have a wah dialed in to turn on automatically when I step on the expression pedal, and I use reverb (not delay) to fill it out. I think I’m dialed at around 6.5 gain but I’d have to look at the other settings when I get home.
Well, tone is in your fingers is what a lot of people say, and while that's true, i think it should never be confused with what good gear can do because in my opinion they're two very different things.
I used to always play with pretty uninspiring tone because i couldn't afford any good equipment and it held me back a lot as a musician honestly. What changed that for me was Neural DSP - best amp plugin, by far, that i've ever used. It's so nice to always be able to just play a single note and feel excited with what you hear; now i can't believe i've played for so many years and rarely getting that feeling.
I find it hard though to tell anyone specifically how i build a guitar tone since there are so many variables that are unique to every player. But a general thing i do is try to keep compression and gain as low as possible while still getting a heavy sound, because i find that too much of it makes for a kind of lifeless and dull tone. It's just a lot of listening and tweaking for me until it sounds good, which is something i learned to do when studying audio engineering.
So in conclusion: how i get my guitar tone is by using high quality and inspiring gear, and working on my listening skills as well as my fundamental understanding of the gear i use.
I used to always play with pretty uninspiring tone because i couldn't afford any good equipment and it held me back a lot as a musician honestly. What changed that for me was Neural DSP - best amp plugin, by far, that i've ever used. It's so nice to always be able to just play a single note and feel excited with what you hear; now i can't believe i've played for so many years and rarely getting that feeling.
I find it hard though to tell anyone specifically how i build a guitar tone since there are so many variables that are unique to every player. But a general thing i do is try to keep compression and gain as low as possible while still getting a heavy sound, because i find that too much of it makes for a kind of lifeless and dull tone. It's just a lot of listening and tweaking for me until it sounds good, which is something i learned to do when studying audio engineering.
So in conclusion: how i get my guitar tone is by using high quality and inspiring gear, and working on my listening skills as well as my fundamental understanding of the gear i use.
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