Lee Servis
Inspired
Hello, I'm just wondering how 'important' it is to do hi and lo cuts to the factory cabs? I'd read in various threads that some users do use hi and lo cuts... so I followed suit because it made sense. I had only been playing at bedroom level and they sounded fine at home, but when I recently played at gig volume (at a rehearsal studio) the presets I'd made and used hi cuts (back to about 9000) and lo cuts (up to about 80) they sounded quite thin and 'trebly' compared to the factory presets I also used during the same rehearsal session. In comparison, the factory cabs had lo cuts of 20 and hi 'cuts' of 20,000.
I appreciate as guitarists we'll all have differing wants and needs when it comes to our preferred tones, but the difference was SO noticeable. I may have not helped the situation by reducing the bass and upping the trebles and mids within the (various Marshall) amp blocks I used - so I will be having a look at my amp eq settings.
So, I'm just wondering if there is a general steer/ rule of thumb - again I appreciate people's settings will differ depending on the sound/ tone they're trying to achieve - when it comes to hi/ lo cutting cabs ? I've just updated my FM3 (FW 8) and FM9 (FW7) and when I look at the cabs in the factory presets, the lo cuts seem to be 20 and the hi cuts are 20,000.
Again, a cause for the 'thin' and 'trebly' sound of my own presets could have been caused by the way I eq'd the amp: reducing the bass a bit (I use manly Marshalls and have read some folks ease off the bass - back to 3 or - and upping the mids and trebles to 6 or 7).
As always, I thank you for taking the time to even read this... let alone offer some sound advice - which the very knowledgeable folks on this forum always seem happy to do so generously.
I appreciate as guitarists we'll all have differing wants and needs when it comes to our preferred tones, but the difference was SO noticeable. I may have not helped the situation by reducing the bass and upping the trebles and mids within the (various Marshall) amp blocks I used - so I will be having a look at my amp eq settings.
So, I'm just wondering if there is a general steer/ rule of thumb - again I appreciate people's settings will differ depending on the sound/ tone they're trying to achieve - when it comes to hi/ lo cutting cabs ? I've just updated my FM3 (FW 8) and FM9 (FW7) and when I look at the cabs in the factory presets, the lo cuts seem to be 20 and the hi cuts are 20,000.
Again, a cause for the 'thin' and 'trebly' sound of my own presets could have been caused by the way I eq'd the amp: reducing the bass a bit (I use manly Marshalls and have read some folks ease off the bass - back to 3 or - and upping the mids and trebles to 6 or 7).
As always, I thank you for taking the time to even read this... let alone offer some sound advice - which the very knowledgeable folks on this forum always seem happy to do so generously.