How Is This Amp Sound Achieved? |
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Oct 8 2008, 02:06 AM
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Hi guys,
A question I've been wanting to ask for a long time but hadn't an example on hand to aid in my explanation. Now I have two! So here goes... I was wondering how this amp sound is achieved. The two examples below give a good idea of what I mean. I'm not talking about the intricate details and set-ups such as gain, treble, middle, bass etc... But the sort of "ducking under" effect that these two performances seem to have. My gut instinct is that the amp's volume is naturally compressing the guitars sound, so power chords have this subtle softening and then picking runs have this effect of being "ducked under" and then releasing a little extra gain in volume after a short time, giving a very smooth and subtle swelling of the notes, which I really like  Does this make sense? Is it a product of pushing your tube's at high volume? Here's the examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVW5PIFcczo - hughes and kettner switchblade head, the beggining of this video illustrates what I mean the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn1w1Mfc47Y - v-pick promotional video Hope I've done a reasonable job of explaining myself EDIT: What the hell, check this out too... Nothing to do with my question, just an awesome demo of the switchblade!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJMOlKS6JVQ...feature=related This post has been edited by Ajmurrell: Oct 8 2008, 02:21 AM -------------------- GMC Travel Agent, at your service.
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Oct 8 2008, 11:58 AM
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I am sure I saw the 1st clip some time ago when there were not too many clips of the blade on the net,but i have downloaded the last clip and he is playing on the ultra setting with boost mode engaged-thats like as the name sugests sticking a boost pedal on an already maxed out amp-he then changes to a clean setting later.
Playing that on a big heavy LP rather than a strat will give even thicker tone The ultra setting when used with the boost gives a very creamy thick tone,and thats the setting I use when ever I have to do any lead breaks in the band I love the blade as it feels realy organic,and its the perfect match to my other musical partner in crime who uses a Mesa Dual rec-those amps sound great when using the rectifier tubes and the voltage set to spongy-you realy hear the speakers working hard when cranked! Here is what the blade sounds like in full on band mode with drums and bassBlade N Band -------------------- Ibanez geo and a line 6 spider
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Oct 8 2008, 09:35 PM
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I can't really tell how he achieve that sound on the switchblade since I don't know how the amp works, but I think there is some delay there, and that he plays on the low volume, so amp is compressing because of that. I don't think it would compress that much if he pushed it hard. Also that 2x12 gives it that nice bottom end.
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Oct 9 2008, 05:27 PM
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Well thanks for your help anyway
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Oct 9 2008, 09:20 PM
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QUOTE (Ajmurrell @ Oct 8 2008, 10:52 PM)  Ooooh that's interesting, so do you normally amp compression at low volumes on tube amps? It's not so much the settings that I'm wondering about, like delay or reverb. It's that volume swelling that it naturally achieves. Almost as if on single notes they get slightly pumped as the note rings, and with chords it stays quite compressed. Not necessarily so, but amps do tend to compress the sound if you do not crank it up a bit, specially tube ones. On very low volumes, you get less dynamics, it's that simple. THere's no natural volume swelling IMO, I think it has to do with the fact that the sound is not too good, like bad acoustics, and not so good micing of the cab, so the sound is not of a great quality so it varies here and there. Also his playing style impacts the tone a bit as well, so it is not all in the gear afteral. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Oct 15 2008, 08:30 PM
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Rotatting speaker sim possibly set to real low setting will give this sort of effect....maybe?
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Oct 16 2008, 08:06 PM
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QUOTE (Noangels @ Oct 8 2008, 11:58 AM) I am sure I saw the 1st clip some time ago when there were not too many clips of the blade on the net,but i have downloaded the last clip and he is playing on the ultra setting with boost mode engaged-thats like as the name sugests sticking a boost pedal on an already maxed out amp-he then changes to a clean setting later. Playing that on a big heavy LP rather than a strat will give even thicker tone The ultra setting when used with the boost gives a very creamy thick tone,and thats the setting I use when ever I have to do any lead breaks in the band I love the blade as it feels realy organic,and its the perfect match to my other musical partner in crime who uses a Mesa Dual rec-those amps sound great when using the rectifier tubes and the voltage set to spongy-you realy hear the speakers working hard when cranked! Here is what the blade sounds like in full on band mode with drums and bassBlade N Band Thats some mighty good playing here. Why don't you go in instructor mode and make at least a student instructor lesson. Or better apply for an instructor position ? |
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