Help with my sound

ED5150

Hi,

Just joined the forum, I've got a Peavey valveking 112, a 1988 ibanez RG550 and the only pedal i use is a Vox joe satriani ice 9 overdrive and no matter how much i try i cant get rid of the treble. I've got my treble on 0, i've got a seymour duncan JB4 in the bridge and i cant get a 'full' lead sound/ or a middle/bass rythym sound to give me that extra little bit live confidence to deliver the goods. need some help

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psyx

Welcome to the forum!
It could be that the upper mids are also a problem. Have you tried scooping the mids on your EQ?

What sound are you after? As in what band/guitarist's sound more or less?

GuitarDoge

I know that my friend's valveking has a boost or lead button (can't remember) and when I used that with my strat it got very nasally. Turning it off it became fine again. Are you using that?

AlanRatcliffe

Could be any number of things... Have you tried different guitar into your amp or your guitar into another amp, just to narrow down where the problem is? Does the tone change when you rotate the treble control on the amp (i.e. cpuld be that your pot is faulty and the treble is actually on full all the time)?

Have you played with the "vari-class" setting on the VK? That can change the character quite a bit. The clean channel can get too bright at volume if you have the bright switch engaged.

Otherwise what you may be describing is the Marshall(ish) tone of the drive channel - That has the typical M-style presence (which many just don't like - I'm one).

Then again, The JB is a high output pickup with ceramic magnets, which many find adds a harsher edge to the highs.