Mesa Boogie Interactive Eq, Share your approach |
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Mar 4 2015, 12:12 AM
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I love Mesa rectifiers. Really are some wonderful tone beasts. You'll find that the EQ you use for practice settings are not the same as what you'll use for live settings, because of the tube saturation effect of turning up. It really boils down to personal taste. The manual will give you general guidelines on what aspect of the sound each low/mid/high affects, but in the end, it's best to play (or have someone else play) while you turn knobs for real-time sound feedback adjusting.
Where the speaker sits will also affect your tone. If your speaker is at your feet, the overall tone/sound will be much deeper (lower) than if the speaker were at ear-level, so be aware of that. This becomes a factor when you're mic'ing your cab for a performance. Unless you're playing a large venue, you may wish to invest in a hot-plate so you can turn up your master volume to get the tube saturation, without getting a melted by the volume  Cheerios! -------------------- The more I practice, the more I wish I had time to practice!
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Mar 4 2015, 02:40 AM
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I've had my .22 studio set about the same since the early 90s ...
-------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Mar 4 2015, 10:30 AM
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 Mesa EQ is setup a bit different. I know my old triple rectifier, when you turned the gain up you moved the bass/treble down a bit. Something to do with how it shapes the tone. I believe on the new Mark 5:25s the treble will add gain once it hits so high. The mid range adds a crazy boost after a certain point as well. -------------------- Guitars:
Ibanez S770PB (Natural Flat) , Ibanez XPT700 (Chameleon) , Sterling J Richardson Signature , Squire IV Jazz Bass (Sunburst) Gear: Neural DSP Plugins My YouTube Page. |
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Mar 6 2015, 07:09 PM
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Gotcha - but I think I was addressing the fact that the sound you dial in at 2 on the volume knob will sound different at 6 on the knob (same settings).
I think the more experienced people are already jaded in their search for a sound - they already know the basic soundscape they are looking for, so they are EQ'ing towards that goal. It's trial and error til you get close enough, then you add pedals as the final touch. Those who are trying to "find their tone" from scratch should probably set all the dials to noon high and then dive bomb the lows, then bring them up slowly, then rinse and repeat with the remaining knobs til their ears perk up. But I think basically you have to do it all by ear since you are ultimately the audience of your tone. QUOTE (Crazy_Diamond @ Mar 3 2015, 04:54 PM)  Thanks for those reply guys. My question was more aimed at the method people use to dial in there sound on a Boogie. Since each time you move a knob by :30 you have to readjust all the other knobs I suppose people have different methodology for dialing there tone. I have just heard a clean riff on youtube and dial it on my amp in 10 seconds. After that I wanted to play rock/funk a la Frusciante and Boom!! Instant tone. I love Rectos sound. It is not the kind of amp I was hoping when I bought my Nomad but the rectos are my favorite heavy amp. It has to be well dialed because I heard people using this amp pretty badly. I taught about getting a Weber attenuator for a while but I don't kno if it well worth the money. The THD plate are too expensive. -------------------- The more I practice, the more I wish I had time to practice!
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Mar 7 2015, 07:07 PM
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QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Mar 6 2015, 04:39 PM) Skip all that and just get a TUBE SCREAMER Gets the same job done essentially and much cheaper. You can get a JOYO overdrive for $35 that sounds just like a screamer. I had one and it was nice Problem solved!+1 *My Boogie is not one the super high-gain beasts. It's probably closer to a Mk.1. The tone remains really consistent no matter where I have the master volume. I will use an OD with it sometimes and I find that a TS or TS variant sounds best. This post has been edited by klasaine: Mar 7 2015, 07:08 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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