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Pretty nice method from:
http://www.freelicks.net/Equalisation.htm

I think it forms a good starting point and, from there, you need to tweak it to suit your own style. I, for example, prefer screeching highs so I turned the treble up a bit. Of course, you could set this on your amp and then use the tone on your distortion pedal to tweak to perfection.

Either way, nice tips ?

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How to set your Amplifier

If you want a good sound out of an amp, balancing the equalisation properly makes a BIG difference.

It's surprising how people don't know how to use the equaliser, and end up just turning everything all the way to 10 so that all the tone is drowned out, and then wonder why they still need more, to get the sound to "cut through".

Here's how I get the best from an amp. (You could give it a try, see what happens).

Turn your amp to a clean sound, with no reverb, put the bass, mid and treble on your amp all the way to 0.

Bass.
Put your guitar pick up in neck position, and strum a power chord on the low E and A string. Start turning the dial on the up up, until you hear a "swell" in sound. Leave the dail at the point that you hear the swell (you may have to wiggle the dial to locate the point)

Mid.
Put your guitar switch in the middle position. Strum a powerchord on the middle strings (D and G), start wiggling the mid dial, until you find the point where the sound "swells", leave it there.

Treble
Guitar switch at bridge position. Strum a powerchord on the B and E (thinnest) strings. Turn the treble dial until you hear a swell in sound. Leave it there.

Once you have set the equaliser at these points ( you may be surprised at how low some of the settings may be), you've optimised your amp sound for the room that you are in. If you swap guitars, you'll need to do it again. If move your amp, you'll need to do it again. But from this foundation, you can add reverb, delays, distortion, whatever, it should still have a good quality of tone throughout.

You should find that you do not have to use so much volume, to "bring out" the tone you are looking for. And you should be able to get a good "clear" (as opposed to muddy ) distorted sound, without having to resort to lots and lots of overdrive.

See how it goes.

Tank
    This should help newbies allot. I find that newbies tend to use to little bass, no mids and far too much treble. Using a fair amount of mids, along with bass and some trebble do get you a nice sound. I dont have bass/mid/treble on my amp so i cant use this. But nice info ?
      I haven't seen your new amp (or much of you or your guitars lately -- my fault) -- what DOES it have? (Show me yer knobs ?)
        Go look on the gear forum page old man!
          Ya I did look, but only briefly. You know me, I'm lazy. I like the good stuff to be highlighted for me ?
            I have a Hz ( bass ) and KHz ( treble ) knob.
              Oic, so it's like, for advanced people ?
                Nope its for old people haha. Nah its a 1973 amp man. Its old school but it works nice ?
                  Hehe, but your not allowed to take it home with you. Its my baby ?
                    I won't want to -- I'm still enjoying my Ibanez TB225.

                    I'll post pics after Tanya's exams -- so I can have pretty and professional photos ?
                      Just hear that snobbish comment ? I promise you will want to steal my orange!
                        Hehe, na dude I don't like stealing other people's stuff -- I'll just go and get my own one!

                        And I'm not snobbish, it's just true that I've barely even scratched the surface of my Ibz amp. It needs to be played much more and much louder before I get bored and move on ?
                          10 days later
                          Hi Norio,

                          Can anybody put up tips/trick/lessons in here or do only guitar teachers get to do that? And how about video lessons? I've got some interesting stuff that i'd like to dish out. Especially related to music theory and technique and speed building and improv+phrasing.
                          Let me know what u think.
                          Cheers
                            Arjun,

                            PLEASE post lessons, videos and more ?

                            If your lessons are on YouTube, you only need to past the URL in here and the video will automatically be embedded.

                            Go for it! I can't wait to see your stuff!!
                              Oh and just create a new thread/topic for each lesson so we can easily follow each individual lesson.

                              Thanks!
                                Hi Norio,

                                Thanks for the info. Will put up loads of stuff shortly. Since, most people on this forum already know their modal theory pretty well, i'll probably take things up a notch and start introducing some f#$ked up scales ? . I'll also discuss various progrock style progressions.

                                Cheers

                                Arjun
                                  Arjun, could I appeal to you to post some stuff on modal theory?

                                  The forum's very young and info like that would be like gold to someone just starting out with modes.

                                  But please post the f%cked up scales too ;D
                                    7 months later
                                    Will put up loads of stuff shortly
                                    What happened Arjun? Where's the stuff posted? ?
                                      15 days later
                                      Sorry Gray, my apologies. Since i have way too much information on the subject (even after much revising and editing the info based on relevancy, i've still got loads). However, if you're interested, send me your e-mail address and i'll mail it to you. Thanks for understanding.

                                      Cheers