High gain amps that clean up with volume knob

kavoo said:
In my opinion using guitar's volume pot won't give great clean tone. If you roll down volume pot you decreasing signal from pickups and this have a huge, negative influence on your tone.
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That is really dependant on the guitar/pickups/amp. One of my LPs cleans up so perfectly when I roll back the volume, and the tone is different/better than if I just used a clean amp. The best part is that I am able to dial in the level of clean whilst I'm playing, and it goes from fat drive to really nice sparkly clean. My other LP however, sucks at this and I pretty much leave the Volume on 10 all the time. :)
 
chucma said:
That is really dependant on the guitar/pickups/amp. One of my LPs cleans up so perfectly when I roll back the volume, and the tone is different/better than if I just used a clean amp. The best part is that I am able to dial in the level of clean whilst I'm playing, and it goes from fat drive to really nice sparkly clean. My other LP however, sucks at this and I pretty much leave the Volume on 10 all the time. :)
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Could be '50s wiring?
 
Any of the amps where the master volume is, or can be maxed. So this usually means old style Brit types.
I max the master, then bring up the input gain until I reach my lead tone. Lower output pickups work best as high output pickups tend to be a one trick pony.
I play all my set with one amp setting and can go from funk to classic rock soloes, all controled from the guitar volume and pickup selection.
 
Wolfenstein98k said:
Could be '50s wiring?
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The one that cleans up is an exact replica of a 59 LP (it's the Collectors Choice series), so the wiring is probably the same as 50s. This is however something I know very little about, would this be the reason why my newer LP Studio (2010 model) doesn't clean up at all?
 
I do not use any Emgs live. I need to update my profile. Lol.
EVH Wolfgang. Prs custom 24. EBMM jp6 and a few others.
 
chucma said:
The one that cleans up is an exact replica of a 59 LP (it's the Collectors Choice series), so the wiring is probably the same as 50s. This is however something I know very little about, would this be the reason why my newer LP Studio (2010 model) doesn't clean up at all?
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Well, if the rest of the rig is the same, then either the pickups are wound hotter and more compressed, or yeah - the wiring will help. '50s wiring keeps a lot more sparkle when lower, so you keep "definition" at a lower pot setting. I much prefer it, else you dig in too much with the darker sound to get a bit of spank out of it, and push the signal back into dirt.
 
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