Members RedDeathAt6:14 Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone has ever had to zero out their amps EQ in order for a distortion pedal to sound good? I have tried putting everything at noon, but it just seems to sound way better if I put everything on zero. I am using the clean channel btw. Amp is a Marshall VS265, pedal is Line 6 Uber Metal. I guess I'm just wondering if some amps are just like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RedDeathAt6:14 Posted December 26, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Damn, Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Originally posted by RedDeathAt6:14 Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone has ever had to zero out their amps EQ in order for a distortion pedal to sound good? I have tried putting everything at noon, but it just seems to sound way better if I put everything on zero. I am using the clean channel btw. Amp is a Marshall VS265, pedal is Line 6 Uber Metal.I guess I'm just wondering if some amps are just like this? Do what sounds good. Does the amp have active tone controls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SiCkboy78 Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Originally posted by RedDeathAt6:14 Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone has ever had to zero out their amps EQ in order for a distortion pedal to sound good? I have tried putting everything at noon, but it just seems to sound way better if I put everything on zero. I am using the clean channel btw. Amp is a Marshall VS265, pedal is Line 6 Uber Metal. I guess I'm just wondering if some amps are just like this? They made a pedal called "uber metal"? It all depends on your amp/pedal, and your ears. What sounds good to you is what matters. That could be the way it sounds best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RedDeathAt6:14 Posted December 26, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Originally posted by SiCkboy78 They made a pedal called "uber metal"? It all depends on your amp/pedal, and your ears. What sounds good to you is what matters. That could be the way it sounds best. Thanks alot for the replies. I'm kinda wondering if some amps are simply made like this? Do they make it to where the eq is perfectly "flat" when all knobs are at zero? Also, how do I know if it has active controls? Clean channel is mids bass and treb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Originally posted by RedDeathAt6:14 Thanks alot for the replies. I'm kinda wondering if some amps are simply made like this? Do they make it to where the eq is perfectly "flat" when all knobs are at zero?Also, how do I know if it has active controls? Clean channel is mids bass and treb. It means they are powered instead of being passive. Big difference. Maybe the difference is that you have too much gain dialed in for running a pedal too and backing off on all the tone controls is decreasing that gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burn Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Originally posted by RedDeathAt6:14 Thanks alot for the replies. I'm kinda wondering if some amps are simply made like this? Do they make it to where the eq is perfectly "flat" when all knobs are at zero? Also, how do I know if it has active controls? Clean channel is mids bass and treb. No. Amps are not made for pedals. The Line 6 manual actually says that on most amps bass & treble at 0 and mids on 10 is "neutral." If it is the contour control, then 0 means 10, as in the old Valvestates [so that diming them all would give you a scooped mids br utal tone ]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SiCkboy78 Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Originally posted by RedDeathAt6:14 Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone has ever had to zero out their amps EQ in order for a distortion pedal to sound good? I have tried putting everything at noon, but it just seems to sound way better if I put everything on zero. I am using the clean channel btw. Amp is a Marshall VS265, pedal is Line 6 Uber Metal.I guess I'm just wondering if some amps are just like this? I would just like to know what your pedal settings are. Normaly, I set up my amp first. EQ it so it sounds good clean, then hit the distortion and adjust EQ, level, gain. That way you can switch back and forth, and both clean and distorted complement eachother. If you never use a clean sound it won't matter, but my guess is that if you do, it doesn't sound all that good EQ'ed like you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Facejackets Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Originally posted by SiCkboy78 I would just like to know what your pedal settings are. Normaly, I set up my amp first. EQ it so it sounds good clean, then hit the distortion and adjust EQ, level, gain. That way you can switch back and forth, and both clean and distorted complement eachother. If you never use a clean sound it won't matter, but my guess is that if you do, it doesn't sound all that good EQ'ed like you have it. Thats the same thing I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RedDeathAt6:14 Posted December 26, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Originally posted by SiCkboy78 I would just like to know what your pedal settings are. Normaly, I set up my amp first. EQ it so it sounds good clean, then hit the distortion and adjust EQ, level, gain. That way you can switch back and forth, and both clean and distorted complement eachother. If you never use a clean sound it won't matter, but my guess is that if you do, it doesn't sound all that good EQ'ed like you have it. Pedal settings don't really matter because I have tried probably 2 dozen different settings. It's not like I just plugged the pedal in and tried it without tweaking. Also this isn't just this pedal, it's any pedal. I have quite a few that I have tried..... I'm just wondering if some amps EQ's are flat when all knobs are set to zero. When I set all knobs at noon on clean channel, and plug a distortion pedal in, it sounds VERY ice picky sounding, like there is WAY WAY too much treble. Now if I take this same pedal and plug it into different amp, (a vox) with all knobs set at noon, it sounds normal. The only way to get the pedal to sound normal on the other amp is to put all knobs on zero... That's why I was just asking if some amps are made to have their EQ's flat when all knobs are set to zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave Owens Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 i have one of these pedals..to me its a noize maker..and i have no idea on how they set up the line 6 stuff to use it. I dont use it in the loop..what i would do is set up my amp the way i want it to sound.(what ever you like) and then add the pedal..and use the pedal to add more to the sound..not make the amp flat and run the pedal..if you do that you wasting you amp to use the pedal as your tone..not a good idea...make you amp sound hot..and then add the pedal to it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9ball Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 in my experience running "distortion" pedals sounds like ass on distortion chanels.you run those on clean chanels and get the distortion from the pedal.you'd run an overdrive or other pedal on a distortion chanel...like delay/chorus/flanger/EQ/whatever-- you dig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave Owens Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Originally posted by 9ball in my experience running "distortion" pedals sounds like ass on distortion chanels.you run those on clean chanels and get the distortion from the pedal.you'd run an overdrive or other pedal on a distortion chanel...like delay/chorus/flanger/EQ/whatever-- you dig? more then likely your trying to run the pedal to hot..you dont have to run it into the red to make it work.i use them to change the tightness and the eq a bit..but the clean or crunchy channels work with them as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9ball Posted December 26, 2006 Members Share Posted December 26, 2006 Originally posted by Dave Owens more then likely your trying to run the pedal to hot..you dont have to run it into the red to make it work.i use them to change the tightness and the eq a bit..but the clean or crunchy channels work with them as well.. i don't have any distortion pedals anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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