jdosher
Inspired
What are you guys doing for your clean sound(s)? Both in terms of the amp model chosen, eq settings, and compressor (if you're using one).
I'm zeroing in on a dirty sound using the Dirty Shirley, but I'm still struggling to find a good clean sound. I thought I'd gotten it when I dialed up the Divided by 13 model, but it really wasn't working in the full-band context. I love the tonality of Div 13 - that bassy, glassy, scooped and sparkly old Fender sound, but it really isn't cutting through in a rock setting. If I was doing mostly strumming it'd probably be great, but I tent to be picking/arpeggiating notes out of a chord so I think that scooped Fender sound is causing the body of the notes to just disappear. It's not necessarily a new target for me, it's just that with the Axe-Fx I can now tweak to my heart's content, and it's time to nail a good clean tone.
I'm looking for something that's more Alex Lifeson than Kirk Hammet, more jazz than metal, more vintage than modern. Er, uh, somethin' like that ;-)
Guitar is usually a PRS semi-hollow or a Gibson ES-339. Amp is a Fryette 2/90/2 into a 2x12 with (I believe) Celestion G12M-70 Modern Leads. Some people seem to love that speaker, others hate them. I recently tried a Jensen Neo 12 in my cab and found it a bit too neutral. I think I'm fine with the G12M-70's, and I'm not sure that I want to go down that rabbit hole swapping a ton of speakers around.
I'm zeroing in on a dirty sound using the Dirty Shirley, but I'm still struggling to find a good clean sound. I thought I'd gotten it when I dialed up the Divided by 13 model, but it really wasn't working in the full-band context. I love the tonality of Div 13 - that bassy, glassy, scooped and sparkly old Fender sound, but it really isn't cutting through in a rock setting. If I was doing mostly strumming it'd probably be great, but I tent to be picking/arpeggiating notes out of a chord so I think that scooped Fender sound is causing the body of the notes to just disappear. It's not necessarily a new target for me, it's just that with the Axe-Fx I can now tweak to my heart's content, and it's time to nail a good clean tone.
I'm looking for something that's more Alex Lifeson than Kirk Hammet, more jazz than metal, more vintage than modern. Er, uh, somethin' like that ;-)
Guitar is usually a PRS semi-hollow or a Gibson ES-339. Amp is a Fryette 2/90/2 into a 2x12 with (I believe) Celestion G12M-70 Modern Leads. Some people seem to love that speaker, others hate them. I recently tried a Jensen Neo 12 in my cab and found it a bit too neutral. I think I'm fine with the G12M-70's, and I'm not sure that I want to go down that rabbit hole swapping a ton of speakers around.