Warrior
Power User
I understand the Fletcher-Munson effect when we crank up the volume and how to tweak the lows and highs and maybe increase the mids to compensate. But there is one effect on my tone that I have not been able correct and it is driving me crazy.
It’s difficult to describe the characteristic I’m losing when I crank up the volume on a balanced, “growly” and “chewy” tone set at lower volumes. One person referred to it as “hair”.
At a lower volume I get a balanced, “growly” and “chewy” tone. But when I crank up the volume, the “growly, chewy” (hairy) tone is gets cleaned up and loses those characteristics - It's Hair.
I’ve tried tweaking based on advice for dealing with the Fletcher-Munson effect, changing IR’s and adding a drive pedal to get the “hair” back on the tone, but nothing seems to work. It’s almost as if the gain decreases. (Yes, I tried increasing the gain) Keep in mind, I’m using a CLR FRFR so I’m basically taking this good tone and increasing the volume via the CLR. It’s not like on a tube amp where the characteristic of the tone changes because of pushing the amp and engaging the power section and tubes.
What have you found that works in dealing with this?
It’s difficult to describe the characteristic I’m losing when I crank up the volume on a balanced, “growly” and “chewy” tone set at lower volumes. One person referred to it as “hair”.
At a lower volume I get a balanced, “growly” and “chewy” tone. But when I crank up the volume, the “growly, chewy” (hairy) tone is gets cleaned up and loses those characteristics - It's Hair.
I’ve tried tweaking based on advice for dealing with the Fletcher-Munson effect, changing IR’s and adding a drive pedal to get the “hair” back on the tone, but nothing seems to work. It’s almost as if the gain decreases. (Yes, I tried increasing the gain) Keep in mind, I’m using a CLR FRFR so I’m basically taking this good tone and increasing the volume via the CLR. It’s not like on a tube amp where the characteristic of the tone changes because of pushing the amp and engaging the power section and tubes.
What have you found that works in dealing with this?