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What setting should I put my amp on?

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What setting should I put my amp on?

Getting a Good Clean Tone

  1. Select your clean channel or turn the gain down if you don’t have multiple channels.
  2. Turn off all amp effects and effect pedals.
  3. Bring the bass, mid & treble knobs all to 12 o’clock.
  4. Keep the gain fairly low and adjust the volume to a suitable level.
  5. Jam for a while to get a feel for the tone.

How can I make my amp sound like The Beatles?

To sound like The Beatles on an electric guitar use either a tube amp which is cranked to the point where it starts to break up or use a solid state amp and set the gain to around 2-3. The EQ should favour mids and treble frequencies as opposed to bass frequencies.

What settings should my amp be on for bass?

Getting the Perfect Bass Amp Settings Make sure the tone and volume controls on your bass are set to maximum. Turn the bass, mids and treble controls to midway. Start with the gain control. Adjust this higher for more distortion, and lower for a cleaner tone.

How do you equalize a car amplifier?

Play music through your receiver at about one-quarter volume. Turn up the gain of the subwoofer amp until the sound from your subwoofer completely overpowers the other speakers, without distorting. Turn the gain up until it distorts, then back it off until the sound is clean again.

What does Eq do on an amp?

What is EQ on guitar amps? The EQ knobs on your amp control your overall balance of tone. EQ is a way for you to shape your tone in a very controlled manner. It gives you a way to dial in Normally guitar amps have three EQ knobs: Low/Bass, Mid, High/Treble.

What amps did Beatles use?

Amplifiers

  • Three 1964 Vox AC-100 amplifiers (prototypes given to The Beatles by Vox at The Futurist Theatre, Scarborough on 9 August 1964)
  • 1962 Vox AC-15 Twin amplifier.
  • Two 1963 Vox AC-30 amplifiers.
  • Two 1965 Vox AC-100 guitar amplifiers.
  • 1965 Vox AC-100 bass amplifier.
  • 1963–4 Fender Bassman amplifier.

Did the Beatles use pedals?

The most basic FX pedal the Beatles have used, was a volume pedal. It was famously used in their b-side “Yes It Is” Apparently, according to legend, George Harrison wasn’t quite able to play his guitar part and use the volume pedal at the same time, so John Lennon was controlling it instead, with his hand!