Aaron Sharpes
New Member
First time posting here, so apologies if this is the incorrect sub-forum, or if this is a newbie question. (I will note that I'm new to guitar cabs and playing live.)
I'm playing guitar in a band for the first time (first and foremost a drummer!), and my band is about to kick me out due to some harsh overtones coming from my rig. I'm using:
- Carvin DC800 (Lundgren M8 bridge pickup)
- Axe FX II
- Matrix GT800FX
- Engl 4x12 cabinet
When I'm playing live, I'm using the bulb rhythm guitar preset from Axe Change. But it happens with almost all of my presets (except the clean ones).
I'm turning cab modeling OFF and tweaking the AMP block levels. I'm getting a harsh overtone whenever I hold a note to sustain it for more than 2 or 3 seconds (it starts to squeal). This also occurs frequently when palm muting and playing on the low F string. It happens more often when I'm facing the 4x12 with my guitar (so, the pickups are facing it -- not sure why but it makes a difference). When the squealing stops, muting the strings doesn't stop it, I actually have to turn away from the cabinet (so the pickups are no longer facing it). The only way to get it to (mostly) go away is to modify the DRV block of the preset and turn the "tone" knob to zero.
I recorded a small clip to demonstrate the squeal / harsh overtone. (And this is with it behaving well -- it's usually much worse):
Thanks in advance, and also perhaps "sorry" in advance, if I'm doing something idiotic and making a newbie mistake.
I'm playing guitar in a band for the first time (first and foremost a drummer!), and my band is about to kick me out due to some harsh overtones coming from my rig. I'm using:
- Carvin DC800 (Lundgren M8 bridge pickup)
- Axe FX II
- Matrix GT800FX
- Engl 4x12 cabinet
When I'm playing live, I'm using the bulb rhythm guitar preset from Axe Change. But it happens with almost all of my presets (except the clean ones).
I'm turning cab modeling OFF and tweaking the AMP block levels. I'm getting a harsh overtone whenever I hold a note to sustain it for more than 2 or 3 seconds (it starts to squeal). This also occurs frequently when palm muting and playing on the low F string. It happens more often when I'm facing the 4x12 with my guitar (so, the pickups are facing it -- not sure why but it makes a difference). When the squealing stops, muting the strings doesn't stop it, I actually have to turn away from the cabinet (so the pickups are no longer facing it). The only way to get it to (mostly) go away is to modify the DRV block of the preset and turn the "tone" knob to zero.
I recorded a small clip to demonstrate the squeal / harsh overtone. (And this is with it behaving well -- it's usually much worse):
Thanks in advance, and also perhaps "sorry" in advance, if I'm doing something idiotic and making a newbie mistake.