JRod4928
Power User
When you are tone shaping, do you ever introduce sharp PEQ cuts for certain offending frequencies?
I never took the time to do this, but on a few higher gain presets (Soldano Hot Rod, Friedman HBE, Soldano SLO) I recognized w/ headphones a sharp spike at about 3300 Hz. Didn't matter which IR I tried. Once I isolated it, I put a PEQ block immediately after the amp w/ a Notch at that frequency with high Q to cut it out. It made a very noticable difference and instantly made the tone sound more open and less stuffy/nasal.
Does anyone else scrutinize this closely?
Since this happens with multiple high gain amp models, I'm wondering if this spike is a pickup characteristic for my PRS.
I don't like doing stuff like this because of the collateral 'damage' to the nearby frequencies that I don't want to cut - but it did help.
I never took the time to do this, but on a few higher gain presets (Soldano Hot Rod, Friedman HBE, Soldano SLO) I recognized w/ headphones a sharp spike at about 3300 Hz. Didn't matter which IR I tried. Once I isolated it, I put a PEQ block immediately after the amp w/ a Notch at that frequency with high Q to cut it out. It made a very noticable difference and instantly made the tone sound more open and less stuffy/nasal.
Does anyone else scrutinize this closely?
Since this happens with multiple high gain amp models, I'm wondering if this spike is a pickup characteristic for my PRS.
I don't like doing stuff like this because of the collateral 'damage' to the nearby frequencies that I don't want to cut - but it did help.