How To Make A Really Grainy Distortion Tighter |
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Mar 9 2009, 09:55 AM
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Well... difficult to know really. A sound clip would maybe help to get a feeling for it.
But I'll give it a shot. Too much gain is often a problem, roll back on the guitar volume knob or lower the gain on the amp or both. That The volume knob on your guitar can do wonders and can really soften up the sound. Playing with an closed back cab will also give a more tighter sound. You could try different giutars or gifferent pickups i.e humbucker vs. single coils. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Mar 9 2009, 01:30 PM
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 I use this with my Mesa. Instead of using the dirty channel I run this thing through it's clean channel. Most distortion pedals make playing full barre chords impossible, however this pedal is very articulated and responsive. It also delivers singing sustain (on my Les Paul). I really can't say enough about how awesome I think this pedal is. I used to be OCD about buying pedals, this one has sorta ended my search for distortion.. |
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Mar 9 2009, 02:27 PM
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I never use too much distortion and always sounds like it's more than enough. Many factors are important. Pickups, speaker, type of amp/preamp... If your amp distortion doesn't do the job, try only 30 or 40% of that distortion plus a bit more drive from some overdrive pedal. Don't go for extreme metal distortion pedals, those are only making noise. Overdrive pedal should be good.
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Mar 9 2009, 05:53 PM
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And of course record clips of your different settings so that you can compare them.
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Mar 9 2009, 06:11 PM
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Post a clip so we can hear it - then we will know what's it all about. But as others said mate, probably too much distortion is the issue. Sound is compressing when you record it on PC and it sounds more flat and grainy. There are a lot of tricks for making a good guitar sound, so sending a clip to hear what you hear would help us greatly in determining the sound you want.
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) and it was a really cool sound. Kind of a growl. I haven't been able to re-create that sound since.
 
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