help i have thin sound

[sonormetal]

www.myspace.com/precededindeath listen to this then tell me what i can do to make guitars a LOT thicker sounding , we use randall 200 watt heads 4x12 vintage 30s cabs and deathmetal pedals and it sounds really thin please help thanks alot

 

[chessrock]

1) Play with the tone controls on your amp until you get what you feel to be a fuller tone. Often this means less treble and more mids.

2) Try backing the gain off. Nothing thins out the sound of a guitar quicker than too much gain. Kills the dynamics and leaves you with nothing but white noise when mixed w/ other tracks. You might need to crank the master volume pretty loud, by the way. Less gain - more master volume.


3) Try switching to another pickup.

4) Don't use distortion pedeals; rely on the amp for that.

5) Experiment a little w/ mic positioning.


If none of these do anything for you, then you might just need a better amp.

 

[ecktronic]

To get a thicker fuller distortion you need to get your distortion and amp settings right. Listen to the monitors and not the amp to get your sound right. Try backing off on the distortion and playing about with the tone on your distortion and EQ on your amp.
Hope this helps. Getting a full distortion is one of the hardest things i have found in trying to get a good recording.

 

[giraffe]

yea, distortion can be a ho (i'm deffinately still working on my ability to record it)

i know a lot of people that never hear thier git amp at less than like 120 db
and when you mike it up they think you've magically pressed the suck button.
then i get out a earthworks and show them what thier amp really sounds like

then we change thier tone

 

[FALKEN]

what is your mic setup?

 

[FALKEN]

from the recording, it sounds like his tone is fine, it just is not being captured correctly. also the guitars were too low in the mix. I would be interested to see how he mic'd it and with what. the lack of fatness might be from using a condenser. if his mic technique seems ok, then.....

 

[Harvey Gerst]

The problem is that he's listening to the cabs from a higher position than the mic. All the high end is hitting his knees (and the mic).

Either turn down the high end, or move the mic to where your ear is, or raise the cabinet off the ground and tilt it back (so you can actually hear what the mic is hearing), then adjust your tone.