Post by Jammermatt on Jan 13, 2007 2:28:45 GMT -5
I know some of the bro's have talked about a little fizz you get when playing at low volume. It's just the nature of the beast I know - the Comp wants to crank and low vol ain't it's thang.
But, tonight I found something that seemed to work for me. I used OD1 (with any gear), dialed BACK the gain to about noon to 2 o'clock and put my tubescreamer in front, drive about 9:00 and level about 3:00 (sort of a clean boost if you will). Put my presence about 10:00 and kept the mids and treble below the bass. Using OD2, it's over-the-top fun.
Seemed like the TS gave it plenty of push for sustain, etc, and without all the gain the low-volume fizz seemed almost a non-issue. Sounded pretty d**n good I thought. On 3rd gear it seemed that cool kinda compressed sounding where you get great saturation and sustain.
Anyway, it seems to work for me... or my ears suck, one of the two.
Which brings me to a question. Even though the Comp has tons of gain, I still find myself wanting to dial back to about noon and pushing it with a tubescreamer (like I described above). It seems to suit my playing best (it's what I grew accustomed to with my Line 6).
First I thought it must be blasphemy like why would anyone ever do this with such a great sounding amp? But then I thought... well, whatever works best for you.
What thinkest y'all?
But, tonight I found something that seemed to work for me. I used OD1 (with any gear), dialed BACK the gain to about noon to 2 o'clock and put my tubescreamer in front, drive about 9:00 and level about 3:00 (sort of a clean boost if you will). Put my presence about 10:00 and kept the mids and treble below the bass. Using OD2, it's over-the-top fun.
Seemed like the TS gave it plenty of push for sustain, etc, and without all the gain the low-volume fizz seemed almost a non-issue. Sounded pretty d**n good I thought. On 3rd gear it seemed that cool kinda compressed sounding where you get great saturation and sustain.
Anyway, it seems to work for me... or my ears suck, one of the two.
Which brings me to a question. Even though the Comp has tons of gain, I still find myself wanting to dial back to about noon and pushing it with a tubescreamer (like I described above). It seems to suit my playing best (it's what I grew accustomed to with my Line 6).
First I thought it must be blasphemy like why would anyone ever do this with such a great sounding amp? But then I thought... well, whatever works best for you.
What thinkest y'all?
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