Volume pedal string

Bud Angelotti · Post by **Bud Angelotti** » 31 Mar 2012 4:45 am

Thought this would make a good sticky - Thanks Lane, it helped me!

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 31 Mar 2012 5:20 am

If I were going to "Sticky" something in this forum, I'd do
"Guide to setting your Peavey amp."
I don't recall where I got this from, but I STILL use this procedure if I'm fighting my tone and just decide to start all over.
Lows first: while picking the strings, run this up until the bottom end gets "boomy" and back it off a bit. Note: obviously an E9 only player can run more bass than a D-10 or universal player
Mids, the most crucial (put highs and presence at 12 o'clock for this step):
Since steel pickups have a strong peak around 800-900 Hz, we need to tame them here. Set the shift just above 800, then lower the level from 12 o'clock til the "honkiness" goes away. Then slowly move the shift knob one way, then the other. There'll be one point at which it sounds sweeter. Don't be surprised if you end up with around 6 dB cut at 800-850 Hz.
Highs and Presence: Presence is basically an ultra-high. I think of highs as adding "brightness" to the sound and Presence as putting a sharp edge on it. from 12 o'clock, raise the high til you have your brightness.
Picking up around the 15th or 17th fret, run the presence up til you have your edge.
At that point, you should be done and have the sound you like

Bud Angelotti · Post by **Bud Angelotti** » 31 Mar 2012 6:09 am

Absolutely - This is the prodedure for most any amp, yes?

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 31 Mar 2012 6:28 am

For most amps, yes. If you have the good fortune to own an Evans, its knobs run 0-10. And they function weird. The bottom end will want to run almost all the way open. The knob marked "body" got designed with mid cut for steel in mind. I run mine nearly wide open for best tone.
The highs knob? I DARE you to run it above 3.
I've never run a Webb.

John Booth · Post by **John Booth** » 2 Jan 2015 4:39 am

Lane Gray wrote:For most amps, yes. If you have the good fortune to own an Evans,
The highs knob? I DARE you to run it above 3.
I've never run a Webb.

Lane, you got that right !
Boost the treble on an Evans and you can slice truck tires in half.
JB

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 2 Jan 2015 6:42 am

An ordinary shoestring does a very good job, in a pinch, and they're also pretty easy to find!

Richard Keller · Post by **Richard Keller** » 2 Jan 2015 6:47 am

What about setting the tone on a Fender amp. Their tone stack is different than a Peavey. What is the best way to set them up?

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 2 Jan 2015 7:15 am

Richard, on mine (except the Super Twin, which has both a tone stack AND a 5 band active EQ), I set the tone knobs to 10, and turn the knobs down to eliminate undesirables.
Bass/Lows - decrease til the boom/woof goes away.
Mids - decrease til honk goes away
High/treble - decrease til not shrill.
If your hands and guitar are anything like mine, you'll end up with Lows:8, mids:6 or 7, highs: 5 or 6.
I've found that as long as lows are greater than mids which are greater than highs, I CAN'T get a bod tone from a Twin.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 2 Jan 2015 2:25 pm

I tend to like a thicker sound, with more bass and body, so I usually set my Twins with the bass full-on, or nearly so, the mids at 2 or lower, and the highs between 3 and 4. The way a tone stack is designed, you can't really get good, solid bass unless the mids are dialed way down.

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 15 Jan 2015 3:47 pm

In my experience, Most problems with muddy sound can definitely be fixed by adjusting the mids down.
This also will apply to PA sets. Adjust the mids, and the mud will go away.