Hi all,
I’m on the border between beginner and intermediate so still a long way to go. But, I’m dedicated to improving.
I use a Fender Mustang GT40 with a Strat and have been experimenting with tones. I love crunchy, distorted tones and have been able to get some good results from my amp on the lower end of the fret board. However, when I’m playing high e’s and b’s on, say, frets 14-21, they seem to lose the distortion and sound almost clean.
I know my amp is low end, but it’s what I have to work with. I’ve tried maxing gain on every setting but still can’t get what I’m looking for. Any advice?
Two main questions I guess:
1). For the GT40 specifically, is there a setting, pre/post effect, or something else I should focus on to get the tone I’m looking for?
2). In general, besides gain, is there an amp setting to help with those higher notes distorting?
I don’t have the luxury of blasting my amp (neighbors) but I do crank up the amp volume and master so that distortion occurs—I adjust the loudness using the guitar knob.
Any advice would be genuinely appreciated.
Here is the tone I’m trying to match—especially the second half where he’s playing b/e on 14 and 17.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K2vEnzU2Dt0