What settings do you put your amp on?

[Zeke cruz]

Im mainly a heavy/thrash metal kind of player so i have gain and treble higher while my mids and bass lower but what are some settings that other people set to?

 

[Ryan Athey]

It depends man, every amp sounds different. Every guitar sounds different. Every PERSON sounds different. Play around with it until you find something you like, or sounds close to a goal tone of yours.

 

[Hector Trejo]

I personally like a lot of mids and bass. Treble is somewhat in the middle and pretty conservative on the gain.

 

[Nic Cullen]

11

 

[idssdi]

I dont know myou settings by heart but i have bass ons or 4 mids on 8 and trekken on like 6

 

[Josh Lachapelle]

I use to scoop my Mids like I’m sure a lot of us have or still may do! Bad idea. That’ll drown your guitar severely in a mix. For that reason I keep my Mids just a tad past 12 O’Clock! I like to have a good mix of Highs & Lows for a chunky yet punchy sound! To be honest, if you ever seen a rig video of Zacky’s Amp settings, mine are close to that. Not exact, but close.
Gain I used to have CRANKED. But I learnt that more gain doesn’t always equal better sound. Too much gain will make your tone sound crappy. It’s a tough balance. A guy at a local music shop once advised me to dial back my gain when he seen how cranked it was xD He advised that a lot of the heavy sound comes from your technique and picking hand. He wasn’t telling me not to have a good amount of gain, but I had way too much. Mines now around 12-1 O’clock and even then I feel like it’s a tad much. Used to have it at like 4 O’clock (or from 1-10 it was at like 8.5-9)
Moral of the story: Find a good balance between your settings that gives you a tone YOU like, but remember that too much or too little of something isn’t always better. It takes a lot of tweaking and fooling around to find something good! If you’re gonna crank something to 11, Crank the volume!

 

[Kevin Welton]

Treble 8, Bass 9, Mid 6, Gain varies (obviously) Volume all the way up to 11!!