If you happen to use somebody else's amp at a gig, how do you adjust the amp. Is it the same method if you were adjusting your own amp to suit the venue?
Using an amp that I'm not familiar with:
- I start off with zero everything.
- I set the treble, mid, and bass to 6.
- With my guitar volume to 7.5 and the tone to 10, I turn the amp volume enough so I can tweak the amp's treble, mids, and bass depending on the venue. Then I add a little reverb for depth.
- Next I slowly raise the amp volume until the preamp breaks the clean sound.
I try to get a clean sound if I pick the strings lightly; and if I pick harder (for solos) the amp compresses. If I need more volume I can raise my guitar volume.
With consideration to the audience, I try to minimize the adjustment time; play one open string slowly and don't play riffs (warm up with the amp volume off or very low).
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