MY b-52

Ax · 07-30-2006, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Casey

lol. Your posts are getting less on the side of irritating and more on the side of funny.

what a jerk...

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Originally Posted by Casey

The rectifier has almost nothing to do with the tone of your amp.

... are you kidding me... it's right in the manual, and right in my ears, i can hear a big difference... dude... you've obviously never dealt with one of these...

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Originally Posted by Casey

Ryan was pretty close by the way. If you look at your knobs like a clock, I would set your bass at anywhere from 12 to 3, treble anywhere from 12 to 4, mids anywhere from 9 to 12. Your contour knob is also a mid-altering device (someone correct me if I'm wrong) so tweaking that will help you out with the nu-metal tone. Also, make sure you're using the bridge pickup of your guitar.

that's pretty close to what i have already... in fact i would say what i have is right in that, except i turned the contour off, i don't like it.. it does wierd things... it's alright for like the punk stuff but i don't like it for my nu-metal stuff.... i've messed around with it a bunch and i just think it sounds WAAY better with it off...

**thesteve** · 07-31-2006, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by AXguitar

what a jerk...

hahaha!

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... are you kidding me... it's right in the manual, and right in my ears, i can hear a big difference... dude... you've obviously never dealt with one of these...

you should probably also know that SS rectification is generally the preferred type for metal and hardcore players because it tightens up the signal and reduces rectifier sag. To this extent, Casey is right...rectification has almost nothing to do with your tone. What it does affect more is signal sag.

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that's pretty close to what i have already... in fact i would say what i have is right in that, except i turned the contour off, i don't like it.. it does wierd things... it's alright for like the punk stuff but i don't like it for my nu-metal stuff.... i've messed around with it a bunch and i just think it sounds WAAY better with it off...

as far as contour goes, have you tried turning it all the way to ten? From reading the manual, that sounds like where you really are going to want it for "nu-metal" tones.

I think that to really get that "nu-metal" tone you should dime your bass, treble and contour, and set the mids at 0...then add gain as necessary.

Ax · 07-31-2006, 06:09 AM

... i played with that contour for nearly 2 hours by itself... turning it off just makes it have better 'definition' (i say this because i really have no better word for it..", and as for the rectifier, i just don't like SS, i mean i was kidding around yesterday and was playing some pantera and it sounded alright, but i like A/B better...

Ryan Freeland · 07-31-2006, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by AXguitar

... are you kidding me... it's right in the manual, and right in my ears, i can hear a big difference... dude... you've obviously never dealt with one of these...

I don't think I can count how many tube amps Casey has gone through...

We're just trying to help you, so there is no need to be ticked off.

Ax · 07-31-2006, 06:26 AM

sorry, anyways, it's all going well... i probably wont be back here for a while...

**thesteve** · 07-31-2006, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by AXguitar

... i played with that contour for nearly 2 hours by itself...

this may have been the problem in itself. The description of "contour" sounds alot like the "presence" knob on Fender amps, but at a different frequency. At any given setting, the effect that the knob is going to have on the sound is going to be different...

the same might be said for the rectifier setting as well.