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You are probably right and I am probably odd. I have a guitar with a six-position selector and an amp with master volume and controls for mid, bright, boost, gain and presence. I change settings often. Others probably find one sound and stick with it.
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10-03-2019 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Litterick
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My combo is an L6-S with a Princeton Reverb II. I have never had to buy a pedal.
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Originally Posted by Litterick
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I found that I could get confused by the electronics.
For example, at one point, I used a Boogie Mark III through a Yamaha FX box with an L5S and a volume pedal. The L5S was rewired -- Master volume, master tone and individual volumes.
Let's count up the volume controls. Three on the guitar, the volume pedal, the output level of the Yamaha (and I won't count volume settings within the patches) and three volume controls on the Boogie. That's eight. And, the Boogie's volume was also sensitive to EQ settings.
I could forget how things were set, or move a control by accident, and then then twirl everything to try to get back to the beginning.
So, eventually, I settled on my current rig. Guitar volumes are always full up. Neck pickup only. I do use the tone knob. I always have my foot on the ME80 pedalboard volume and I set the amp at the beginning of the gig for the loudest I'll need and rarely touch it. The pedal board has 4 preset sounds and I mostly use two, clean and lead.
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Roger is on the money, here. Set the amp volume at the level corresponding to the loudest sound you will need at the gig. Adjust your guitar volume/volume pedal back accordingly and work from there.
In an earlier post, Roger mentioned paying careful attention to your pick and pick angle. Amen. If you want a clinic on this, watch/listen to virtually any of Roger's (rpguitar) YouTube videos. He gets fantastic tones from his archtops--particularly the fully acoustic ones--by use of his deliberate pick technique.
He should give picking lessons!
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