Wolfenstein98k
Power User
So as you've no doubt seen lately, there's lots of threads popping up with people asking how to dial-in specific tones. I've noticed that at least some of these people have not had experience with the real amps, and I'm the same... I hadn't played tube amps before the Axe-Fx 2.
As such, I've seen some really great tips from the more experienced players, general tips that work across amp types. A great example was this recent gem, re: the Keith Urban Tweed, which is actually a tip about all non-MV amps of that style:
Ever since I read that, I went and tried it with the 1959 SLP and nearly wet myself. But without reading that, I never would have. It's all good and well to say "adjust the settings with your ears, not your eyes", but that's kind of like telling alcoholics to just not drink... it ain't that easy! :lol
Another great tip I picked up was Yek's very simple "Add chime to clean tones" trick. Before this, I never would have tried the model (too little time to play around, and never heard of the SDD unit before this):
So what are your go-to tips for dialing in certain tones? How do you get that high-gain sizzle, or that 110% clean sparkle?
As such, I've seen some really great tips from the more experienced players, general tips that work across amp types. A great example was this recent gem, re: the Keith Urban Tweed, which is actually a tip about all non-MV amps of that style:
Non-master amps, especially early circuits are built to be played clean. Only by accident did guitar players start liking overdrive and distortion. Once you start turning up the volume knob on a non master amp, the preamp signal into the power amp becomes very important. Too much bass frequencies and you loose all detail and punch. You overload the poweramp.
So, as a basic rule of thumb for me, any non-master volume amp, as the volume control goes up the bass control goes down. This usually results in a setting of 0 if I max out the volume.
Ever since I read that, I went and tried it with the 1959 SLP and nearly wet myself. But without reading that, I never would have. It's all good and well to say "adjust the settings with your ears, not your eyes", but that's kind of like telling alcoholics to just not drink... it ain't that easy! :lol
Another great tip I picked up was Yek's very simple "Add chime to clean tones" trick. Before this, I never would have tried the model (too little time to play around, and never heard of the SDD unit before this):
Add the SDD Preamp (Drive block). Set Drive at 1.50.
So what are your go-to tips for dialing in certain tones? How do you get that high-gain sizzle, or that 110% clean sparkle?