Sort of a newbie question
I am not a complete newbie, but I am new to playing electric and getting the most out of it sound-wise.
I run my guitar(s) through a Boss ME-30 for effects and so on. I often go straight into the PA through it because I usually play in a church and the stage gets too noisy if I am mic'ing my amp. Not idea, but oh well. My question is this:
I would like to get the best sounds possible, and I love my guitar's clean tone, but when I want to use effects (disortion or otherwise) I am sort of at a loss for what they all really do, and how the combinations will affect each other. Now the obvious answer is "Play them and find out" and I do that, but I am also wondering if there is a good resource or two (books or internet - it makes no difference) that I can use alongside of playing and finding out. Duh - nothing is ever going to replace experimentation, but the more educated my experimentation, the better (or so it would seem to me).
Any thoughts?
I am not a complete newbie, but I am new to playing electric and getting the most out of it sound-wise.
I run my guitar(s) through a Boss ME-30 for effects and so on. I often go straight into the PA through it because I usually play in a church and the stage gets too noisy if I am mic'ing my amp. Not idea, but oh well. My question is this:
I would like to get the best sounds possible, and I love my guitar's clean tone, but when I want to use effects (disortion or otherwise) I am sort of at a loss for what they all really do, and how the combinations will affect each other. Now the obvious answer is "Play them and find out" and I do that, but I am also wondering if there is a good resource or two (books or internet - it makes no difference) that I can use alongside of playing and finding out. Duh - nothing is ever going to replace experimentation, but the more educated my experimentation, the better (or so it would seem to me).
Any thoughts?
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