Need Help on Amp Set Up for my Heritages

[Bluzman54]

I am trying to get an idea of how to set the Bass, Mid, and Treble on my amp to get that sweet, warm jazz tone.  I know I may need to tweak a little, but I neeed some starting points.

 

My equipment:

 

A.    H550 Custom

       Polytone (1998) Mini Brute II

 

B.    Heritage Prospect with Seth Lover p/u's

       Polytone (1998) Mini Brute II

 

c.    Ibanez AF75

      Polytone (1998) Mini Brute II

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[tulk1]

Hi and welcome to the board. No clue how to set your amp(s). I just want to see a pic of the Prospect. It's kind of a unwritten law, you know. Say you got a guitar, you gotta back it up with photos.

 

Good luck on the amp thingy.

[big bob]

a good starting point may be to set them all to 4 and tweek from there, have my marshall at treb 4, mid 3, bass 7,  gain low/ med, master vol 7

and like it for today. 575 w/ p-rails vol 10 tone 6

best of luck

Bob

[shook494]

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[wingnut1]

As already stated and common sense dictates,  :this_thread_is_useless_withou.  To answer your question about settings, set all the tone controls to neutral which should be 12 on the dial as a starting point and make small adjustments to one at a time, play a while.  If you don't like the change go back to the last setting and try the next until you come up with a tone that you really like.

[Bluzman54]

Okay...here's some photos of my guitars........

Prospect.JPG

Prospect.JPG_thumb

H550 Custom.JPG

H550 Custom.JPG_thumb

[High Flying Bird]

I always set the treble to 10, bass to around 6or 7 and the mids are a crap shoot.  I like a defined tone and mids sometimes muddy up the tone.  A blending of the volumes is another trick depending on the amp but on almost every amp I have played through the tone channels are pretty much like I describe above. 

 

Oh, fine looking Heritages there. 

[bilbal]

I learned a little trick a little while ago when I had first bought my Mesa Boogie Triaxis. I had no idea how to set the preamp because there was so much going on with it. I would say that this method will work whether you have a multiple stage preamp or a three knob amp (ie Dr. Z)

 

Without looking at the dial, set it to how your ears hear it. In other words set your amp "blindfolded" Too often we set our amps according to where we are "use" to seeing the dials. If you don't look at the dial while you are turning it, your ears are left to decide where it sounds best. Give it a try, you'll be amazed at where you ears like the setting as opposed to your eyes.

 

I hope this makes sense. I was amazed at how my Triaxis ended up "looking" when I was done. It can't hurt to try this method.

 

Just trying to help,

Bill

[romk]

But I swear the manual for TriAxis is a must before dialing the Tone. It gives the ideas of what it is and behind it.   

[romk]

the same useful i had found the manual for Mesa Rectoverb 50.

But anyhow it takes tweaking  ;D

[tulk1]

the same useful i had found the manual for Mesa Rectoverb 50.

But anyhow it takes tweaking  ;D

 

No doubt!! The Mesa tone stack is SO interactive that each little tweak brings a whole 'nother tone! It doesn't react like say, Fender which basically cuts. I've got to agree: reading the manual just to get an idea of what is going to happen is a must with the Mesa's. But then, Bluz didn't mention Mesa. Hmmmmm. :wink:

[bilbal]

But I swear the manual for TriAxis is a must before dialing the Tone. It gives the ideas of what it is and behind it.   

 

Definitely. I agree whole-heartedly with using the manual for the Triaxis. As a matter of fact, I think it's the only manual I have ever used - I don't ask for driving directions either - LOL!!!!.

 

Some manuals are horrible and only serve to confuse me more.