Members cheney50mc Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Hi there, I have a Fender Super Champ and I have to set the treble at zero and the bass at 10 to get a good sound, I've had the amp for over 20 years, I didn't think that it used to be like this...I've changed the tubes... It seems kind of the same for my Laney VC30, although there is a mid setting so I have a bit more wiggle room... Anyone else come across this problem? Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Maybe the problem is your guitar and pickups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aeonrevolution Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 All my amps are too bassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guidedbyechoes Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 are you a bass player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cheney50mc Posted November 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 No, guitar - Les Paul Classic, SRV Strat, Tele...so I don't think it's the guitars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundgardener75 Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Sounds like it's your guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cheney50mc Posted November 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 What would I change on the guitar? The height of the pickups? My guitars are all around 20 years old and they've never been worked on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kardula Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 it could be a case of the player...I have a rivera r30 and I keep the eq roughly 6/5/6 for b/m/t but I can hand my guitar to a buddy of mine right after me playing it and he will have to turn the treble down to 0 otherwise it's way to piercing, it was really strange, he'd hand the guitar back to me and it would sound muddy when I played it so i'd have to turn the treble back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundgardener75 Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 it could be a case of the player...I have a rivera r30 and I keep the eq roughly 6/5/6 for b/m/t but I can hand my guitar to a buddy of mine right after me playing it and he will have to turn the treble down to 0 otherwise it's way to piercing, it was really strange, he'd hand the guitar back to me and it would sound muddy when I played it so i'd have to turn the treble back up. There's that too. Glad to see you posting more good friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guidedbyechoes Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 or notch out some of the higher freq with your ge7. THat would be the first on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cheney50mc Posted November 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Oh ya, the GE7, but I only use that to boost the MT-2 for Metallica stuff, which isn't often, maybe I'll to use it a bit more... thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 it could be a case of the player...I have a rivera r30 and I keep the eq roughly 6/5/6 for b/m/t but I can hand my guitar to a buddy of mine right after me playing it and he will have to turn the treble down to 0 otherwise it's way to piercing, it was really strange, he'd hand the guitar back to me and it would sound muddy when I played it so i'd have to turn the treble back up. Maybe your hearing's shot? The first sign of ear damage other than the constant ringing is a perceived lack of high frequencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalhobo Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 It's your ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guidedbyechoes Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Maybe your hearing's shot? The first sign of ear damage other than the constant ringing is a perceived lack of high frequencies. no he doesn't have that. everything sounds to bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Maybe your hearing's shot? The first sign of ear damage other than the constant ringing is a perceived lack of high frequencies. Paul Gilbert'd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Paul Gilbert'd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Post clip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 no he doesn't have that. everything sounds to bright. Wasn't referring to the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Its sad for him though. He's like the only shredder I can stand listening too. Hell, I actually like listening too. Dude makes shredding fun instead of a clinic. Ok, sorry OP, Paul Gilbert has nothing to do with your amps sounding trebley. Its probably your ears though. Maybe experiment with darker sounding pickups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Its sad for him though. He's like the only shredder I can stand listening too. Hell, I actually like listening too. Dude makes shredding fun instead of a clinic. Ok, sorry OP, Paul Gilbert has nothing to do with your amps sounding trebley. Its probably your ears though. Maybe experiment with darker sounding pickups? Yeah I get how you feel. I never get tired of some PG. And yeah, if your amp's treble knob is at '0' and you still find it piercing, get some darker pups of better yet, darker speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fr0sty Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Try the tone knob on your guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kardula Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Maybe your hearing's shot? The first sign of ear damage other than the constant ringing is a perceived lack of high frequencies. definitely not the case, I recently had my ears checked for a job and I passed with flying colors. It was definitely the other guy playing, it wasn't just him and I, my gf was there too and she had the same reaction I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikey383 Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 lulz @ troll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 Maybe your hearing's shot? The first sign of ear damage other than the constant ringing is a perceived lack of high frequencies. Actually sometimes it's an over sensitivity to high frequencies. Could do with a geeky smily here, the closest I can do is by mixing these ones... :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newholland Posted November 25, 2011 Members Share Posted November 25, 2011 my guess is that your pickups are outa whack. try adjusting your treble side down into the guitar- but also try turning your tone knob down. if somebody put a 1meg pot in there-- you can come back a long ways and still have a good amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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