• From: Detroit
  • Registered: 2006-06-02
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Topic: Great Article on tone controls

Talks about tone controls on a guitar amp.

http://www.myrareguitars.com/macktonecontrols.html

- Nic from Detroit... posting on JB's Forum since 6-2-2006
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  • From: Florida, USA
  • Registered: 2008-06-04
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Re: Great Article on tone controls

Cool article, that's why I love Dr. Z amps.  Minimal tone stacks allow the natural sound of the guitar to come through.  I was shocked at the tones you could get out of the first Z I ever played through ( only a Volume and Tone knob ).  Nothing is more frustrating than to try out something like a Mesa Recto with 20 knobs and still struggle to find some inspiring sounds.  I like the less is more approach.

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  • Registered: 2009-02-10
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Re: Great Article on tone controls

Decided to try out the suggested settings.
Damn good tone really. Put the mid up more and god its good sounding!
Try it everyone! big_smile

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Re: Great Article on tone controls

Interesting article. I shot an email to my amp designer (budda) and asked him how he would set to tone controls to approximate a tone stack bypass. I tried the settings from the article, and they sounded very good at low volumes anyway. Thanks, Nic! Always looking for new settings.

  • From: Detroit
  • Registered: 2006-06-02
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Re: Great Article on tone controls

Ha.

Yeah, Metallica, vanhalen, etc have always preached to scoop the mids out on the tone controls for the whole V shape EQ thing, and that really hampers guitar tone. While I still like the scooped sound for really heavy stuff, I find that mid knob creeping higher and higher with time.

- Nic from Detroit... posting on JB's Forum since 6-2-2006
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