The New Tone Thread
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minerman
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Thanks man, I had the gain on both channels at 7, even on the high gain red channel, it's pretty clean using the 12AU7 compared to stock...Seems like it makes the sweep of the gain knob way more usable...
The right side guitar has a univibe on it, & I pushed the amp's high end up a little because I was using the neck p'up...
For a $75 strat copy, I think it's pretty decent myself I'm gonna roll some more tubes (GE, RCA, etc) I bought for the DSL-1, you never know, one of 'em might work better for this...
I'll throw some humbucker clips up tomorrow...
Lt. Bob
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if you don't upload it to the site then it disappears when you clear it out of dropbox.
I like the tunage .... a nice mellow rock ballad sorta sound .... maybe a little Creedence sounding. .... nice
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
Miner, aside from the weird phaser thing I like this tone a lot. Sounds like one of them tones that you can just jam on for ages. In fact, if you stuck that track on a loop and started noodling over it you'd probably go on for ages without noticing!
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Hey Greg! Lookyou ^ I also came across a photo of a vast room at Swing Studios ( SoS Oct 16, pp 114 115) with TWO 4 x12 rigs in it. Cannot make them out properly but one looks like a 100W head and the other could be the Series One 200. I shall try to get more details.
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Hey Greg! Lookyou ^ I also came across a photo of a vast room at Swing Studios ( SoS Oct 16, pp 114 115) with TWO 4 x12 rigs in it. Cannot make them out properly but one looks like a 100W head and the other could be the Series One 200. I shall try to get more details.
SOMEBODY loves us!
Dave.
Haha not bad. But hey, some people like Bugeras too, so there's no accounting for taste in this world.
Haha not bad. But hey, some people like Bugeras too, so there's no accounting for taste in this world.
Yes! Yes but! Swing House* is H.U.G.E!
*Got that wrong first time, sozz.
Dave.
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
Guys, sorry about the excess of tones this weekend but I've just started working on something else too. Haven't finished writing it yet but any input you guys can give me on how I should go about the tones or mix would be great.
I'm pretty pleased with it so far and its a good cure for the Ukulele music and blues I've been pissing about with.
View attachment MR Test Tone.mp3
I'm pretty pleased with it so far and its a good cure for the Ukulele music and blues I've been pissing about with.
View attachment MR Test Tone.mp3
Lt. Bob
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never heard of them
Armistice
Son of Yoda
I always end up eating lots of sushi in France - I don't know why, but it's usually pretty good. And there are soooo many absolutely crap "tourist" restaurants in France that you think "this looks nice" and which serve really average food... avoid! Hope you've got your walking shoes.
Lt. Bob
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for some reason this seems like a greg song to me!
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minerman
Tonetard
Ok guys, here are some clips of the EVH LBX with a lower gain tube (Tung-Sol 12AU7) in V1, using a humbucker guitar (used my Lester)...
Dropbox is still acting wonky, so I uploaded these to SC, & added the download option for those who want it...
Signal chain: LP > EVH LBX > EVH Greenback > i5
15w mode
Tung-Sol 12AU7 in V1
Blue channel
Resonance:..........2
Gain:..................first clip starts at "1", & increases from "2" to "5", 2nd clip starts at "6", & increases from "6" to "10"
Bass:..................7
Mid:....................4
Treble:................8
Volume:...............4
Presence:.............5
The 3rd clip is the red channel with the exact same setup/settings as the blue channel, but I only went from "1" to "4" on the gain knob...
Lemme know what you guys think...
Dropbox is still acting wonky, so I uploaded these to SC, & added the download option for those who want it...
Signal chain: LP > EVH LBX > EVH Greenback > i5
15w mode
Tung-Sol 12AU7 in V1
Blue channel
Resonance:..........2
Gain:..................first clip starts at "1", & increases from "2" to "5", 2nd clip starts at "6", & increases from "6" to "10"
Bass:..................7
Mid:....................4
Treble:................8
Volume:...............4
Presence:.............5
The 3rd clip is the red channel with the exact same setup/settings as the blue channel, but I only went from "1" to "4" on the gain knob...
Lemme know what you guys think...
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
Miner, interesting here a amp work its way about the gain dial like that. I'd never have the patience for that (probably why it takes me ages to dial in a tone).
I liked the blue channel until it got up to about 5 or 6, then all sounded good but I think five was my favourite - started to sound more like rock than country!. 7 was a bit weird, seemed to be quieter and less gainy - dunno why. 8 - 10 seemed like they were started to get a little mushy.
Red seemed a bit thin at first but then when the gain was turned up to 3 or 4 it started to sound really good again.
I liked the blue channel until it got up to about 5 or 6, then all sounded good but I think five was my favourite - started to sound more like rock than country!. 7 was a bit weird, seemed to be quieter and less gainy - dunno why. 8 - 10 seemed like they were started to get a little mushy.
Red seemed a bit thin at first but then when the gain was turned up to 3 or 4 it started to sound really good again.
I like the riffs. The rhythms sound pretty scratchy to me. This is one where I think you can go heavier. Remove some mids, get some tight low end punch in there.
jimistone
long standing member
It seems like the tube swap has given you more clean headroom, judging by the first clip. I like all the tones on the first clip. Every single one is useable. On the second clip the last 2 samples were losing definition from the gain saturation. Actually that is a useable tone too. The red clip sounded great too. I put a 12AT7 in V2 In my bravo tube amp and it made all 3 channels sound better. I don't know exactly why that is the case, but I'm leaving the 12AT7 in there.
I have spent hours trying to get the song I told you I was working on down on drums so I can record it and STILL don't have it yet. I think I will just leave it alone for a while and try to record something else to post here.
I think that lower gain tube REALLY makes that amp more versatile. Before, it was all gain all the time, even on 1. Now you've got actual range in the gain knob. Much better to me. And it hasn't hurt the tone as far as I can tell. In fact, I think it sounds better. Better clarity, better note definition. Those sound pretty close to your DSL clips that I remember.
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
The scratchiness seems to mainly be from the Ibanez which is on the left (from memory). They both have a slight scoop at 530 (-3db and fairly narrow). They also have a +3db high shelf on them which could also be contributing to some scratchiness. I'll have a fiddle with it. I think I've got as close as I can get with the amp EQ alone now though.
I came up with some other riffs to fit with this last night so I'll hopefully finish the arrangement this week and record it on the weekend.
minerman
Tonetard
Thanks guys, I might've stumbled onto something with the lower gain tubes... I've tried that tube in V1 - V4 (I'm assuming V5 is the phase inverter & haven't tried that slot yet), but only with one tube/slot at a time...I'm gonna try 2 of those tubes in different slots (IE: V1 & V2) to see what that does...
I like what it does with that tube in V1, only thing is on the blue channel, it sounds weak/neutered with really low gain settings...I need to experiment a little more...
Jimi: Don't give up on it, put it away for a few days then come back to it...I'm pretty sure you can do it dude...
I like what it does with that tube in V1, only thing is on the blue channel, it sounds weak/neutered with really low gain settings...I need to experiment a little more...
Jimi: Don't give up on it, put it away for a few days then come back to it...I'm pretty sure you can do it dude...
liv_rong
Knows very little
Sounds good! I really like that blue channel with the gain at 4-5 the best.