Fellas, I have a brand new Tele (Nashville Tex Mex) and I am trying to get a clean sound out of it. I have a Mustang I amp for the house. I have the Mustang I and I can't really seem to get a clean, rich sound. How do I accomplish this? It doesn't seem like any of the presets are completely clean.
how to get clean sound?
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ITSGOTQUACK
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That's the thing about amps that have someone else creating the presets. They are usually geared towards noisy, metal head sounds. You'll have to program you own sounds into it and pull all of the gain out of it. So, start with the gain at zero, turn up the regular volume to a very healthy position and use the gain control to turn your volume up from there. Remember, the more gain you turn up, the more distorted it will be. So, you might just start with the master volume pretty much wide open to get the best clean sound and as little gain as humanly possible. You'll notice the same thing with multi effects pedal presets. 200 presets.....198 are geared towards metal or space ship sounds and 2 try to be clean but they couldn't live with themselves by going totally clean, so they put a touch of dirt on it and then totally mess it up by throwing some chorus and other stuff on there to mask the only 2 clean sounds that came stock with the unit. You have to wonder if anybody is a real world musician that makes these things. lol
Jubal81
Tele-Meister
I imagine the sound you're looking for is that of a tube amp through some larger (12") speakers. That delivers the classic, full, sweet, big sound and is what you want to try to recreate.
I'm not that familiar with the Mustang series, but in general terms my suggestion is to use a blackface model with a good amount of spring style reverb, maybe a touch of delay. Try this with the neck pickup and play with the eq to try to dial in the sound you want.
It's never going to sound exactly like real tubes with big speakers, but modeling amps have come a long way and you should be able to get a sound you can live with.
I also see that you can download other people's presets to use in the amp. Try those out. Experiment!
I'm not that familiar with the Mustang series, but in general terms my suggestion is to use a blackface model with a good amount of spring style reverb, maybe a touch of delay. Try this with the neck pickup and play with the eq to try to dial in the sound you want.
It's never going to sound exactly like real tubes with big speakers, but modeling amps have come a long way and you should be able to get a sound you can live with.
I also see that you can download other people's presets to use in the amp. Try those out. Experiment!
Take your guitar to a shop and play it thru a twin reverb.
If it doesnt sound clean to you thru that get another guitar.
If it doesnt sound clean to you thru that get another guitar.
WaylonFan76
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Tele-Monster
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Mark Davis said:
Couldn't agree more!
Steve Pope
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Have you been spying on my multi-effects pedal? Now I'm just going to feel self-conscious next time I dial up Frieze with added EchoChorus...
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Have you been spying on my multi-effects pedal? Now I'm just going to feel self-conscious next time I dial up Frieze with added EchoChorus...
i bought the guitar because of the awesome clean sound it had while I played it at GC. And that was on the same amp I have. I just didn't pay any attention to the settings, which I obviously should have. It was not a demo guitar. I had them get it out of the box right in front of me. It had just come in.
Tele-Monster
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saneff said:
Like said above, turn off effects, set master at 10 and use the gain to set volume. That's what I do with all my amps. Master volume!?!?! We don't need no stinking master volume!!!!
Jack S
Friend of Leo's
A gain is an increase in signal to the signal chain. If you have a master volume set at, say 3 and started turning up the gain you will notice the gain will add more and more distortion to the signal, because the gain to master ratio is getting larger. if you stop the gain at 5 and slowly turn the master up you will begin to notice that the distortion becomes less and less as the master goes up and that ratio gain/master gets smaller. What they are suggesting is to get the cleanest sound start with the master all the way up and slowly bring up the gain until you get the volume you need. This will be the cleanest setting you will get for the volume you ultimately choose as a final output.
Gain is an input to the signal chain, whereas master volume is the output signal after all inputs.
Gain is an input to the signal chain, whereas master volume is the output signal after all inputs.
Longhorn
TDPRI Member
This is based on what I know from tube amps, I assume Fender set up your amp to act like one (or tried).
I would let your guitar's volume alone for now, just turn it up all the way. The Master volume on your amp is just like setting the overall volume you want to play at. The amp volume is what I assume is supposed to be like your pre-amp volume. On a tube amp you can crank the preamp volume up, causing more distortion of the pre-amp. On your amp it probably works as a 'gain' knob. The higher you turn it, the more distortion you'll have.. but at the volume you have your Master Volume set at.
If this doesn't make sense or if somebody knows that this amp works differently, please correct me. I have no experience with it.
A little reverb will help a clean sound out too.
I would let your guitar's volume alone for now, just turn it up all the way. The Master volume on your amp is just like setting the overall volume you want to play at. The amp volume is what I assume is supposed to be like your pre-amp volume. On a tube amp you can crank the preamp volume up, causing more distortion of the pre-amp. On your amp it probably works as a 'gain' knob. The higher you turn it, the more distortion you'll have.. but at the volume you have your Master Volume set at.
If this doesn't make sense or if somebody knows that this amp works differently, please correct me. I have no experience with it.
A little reverb will help a clean sound out too.
acranford9
TDPRI Member
Bass 8
Treble 10
Gain 0/1
Reverb 7
Mid 6
Treble 10
Gain 0/1
Reverb 7
Mid 6
Couldn't resist a quick look at the Fender site to see what a Mustang I was, and I see that a '65 Twin is one of the amps modeled.
That would seem a good starting point, with master volume full up, and all the guitar knobs full on.
That would seem a good starting point, with master volume full up, and all the guitar knobs full on.
Here's how saneff;
Turn the "preset" knob on the top of the amp to the 3rd amber light from the top
(not the red bank of lights or the green bank, but the amber lights)
That's a '65 Twin with a touch of reverb. If you don't want the reverb, turn the
"del/rev" knob fully counter clockwise. That's as clean a sound as you can get!
Turn the "preset" knob on the top of the amp to the 3rd amber light from the top
(not the red bank of lights or the green bank, but the amber lights)
That's a '65 Twin with a touch of reverb. If you don't want the reverb, turn the
"del/rev" knob fully counter clockwise. That's as clean a sound as you can get!
firetelestrats
Tele-Meister
you have a Mustang amp. Download the Fuse software and then sign in to the Fender Fuse page. You can follow the instructions. There are many other presets available made be other users. they have nice clean ones. Basically no gain, high volume, no bass,lotta treble, 3/4 reverb. Really though, check out the Fender Fuse program its why they created that amp.
mellecaster
Former Member
I would suggest spending some Quality Time with the Manual that came with your Amp...as in Read it.
AndrewG
Friend of Leo's
Read the manual...read the manual...read the manual.
fezz parka
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Put it on the Twin Reverb setting and turn everything off but the reverb. Turn the gain and volume knobs all the way down. Turn your master volume all the way up. Slowly dial in the volume and keep the gain knob very low. Should be clean. I have other suggestions, but...well...
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