Amp settings question

Hwilliams · February 8th, 2006, 02:21 PM

I use a Peavey C50. On your amp settings what do you usually do when it comes to the bass, mids, treble? I seem to have problems getting this set right. I end up with my tone control on my guitar all the way up. Where am I going wrong?

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HW

Joe-Bob · February 8th, 2006, 02:28 PM

The tone control on your guitar should be all the way up. That's the normal position. Try setting your tone controls flat and work from there...set everything at half -- on the amp -- and adjust more or less as you need it. This is always a safe starting point.

teledude66 · February 8th, 2006, 02:28 PM

what are you wanting from it ?

playing country type stuff to classic rock, I ran bass and mids about 6 to 7 and turned the treble down to about 3 or 4

Daddy Elmis · February 8th, 2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe-Bob

The tone control on your guitar should be all the way up. That's the normal position. Try setting your tone controls flat and work from there...set everything at half -- on the amp -- and adjust more or less as you need it. This is always a safe starting point.

Yep -- for guitar passive tone controls, all the way up mean the tone control is essentially out of the loop and you're getting the tone of the pickups largely unfiltered.

As for amp tone controls, I usually start with everything at zero and go from there. I've not played a Peavey Classic (20, 30 or 50) so I don't know how interactive the tone controls are. On some amps, the mids have an affect on the highs or lows, etc. That's why I typically start at zero and move things up to taste.

Wally · February 8th, 2006, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hwilliams

I use a Peavey C50. On your amp settings what do you usually do when it comes to the bass, mids, treble? I seem to have problems getting this set right. I end up with my tone control on my guitar all the way up. Where am I going wrong?

Help

Thanks
HW

As Joe-Bob said, put that tone on 10 on the guitar. For that matter, when setting the amp, have the guitar volume on 10, also. The tone controls on your amp are passive just like your guitar. That means that with the settings on 10, you have the sound of the uncolored circuit. You can only cut those selected frequencies. Generally, at low amp volume settings, you can run the tones up higher on the dial and thereby maintain 'presence'. As you go higher on the volume settings, you will encounter gain problems unless you lower the tone settings.
I tend to agree with Joe-Bob on the beginning settings...in the middle works for me as a starting place.

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Joe-Bob Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Age: 46 Posts: 3,876	The tone control on your guitar should be all the way up. That's the normal position. Try setting your tone controls flat and work from there...set everything at half -- on the amp -- and adjust more or less as you need it. This is always a safe starting point. __________________ Music is the language of God.

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teledude66 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lawndale,N.C. Age: 42 Posts: 2,750 20 Photos	what are you wanting from it ? playing country type stuff to classic rock, I ran bass and mids about 6 to 7 and turned the treble down to about 3 or 4 __________________ The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.