Thanks to the internet I now know that a LOT of players don't have their tone controls on their amps set very high. Things like Bass 4, Mids 4, Treble 5 seem pretty common. Sometimes I even see "I turn my Bass off"
For the past 40 years I have always pegged at least one of the controls (usually Bass) and then set the others to work with that. I might end up with Bass 10, Mids 8, Treble 8 (or whatever works for that particular amp). This is over several amps, tube and solid state.
Two questions:
1) Why do so many players set them so low?
2) Why does it sound so different to have all the knobs at 10 compared to all the knobs at 1? I don't really "get" amp circuits but it seems like Bass/Mids/Treble all set really low should sound the same as all set really high but with lower overall volume?
For the past 40 years I have always pegged at least one of the controls (usually Bass) and then set the others to work with that. I might end up with Bass 10, Mids 8, Treble 8 (or whatever works for that particular amp). This is over several amps, tube and solid state.
Two questions:
1) Why do so many players set them so low?
2) Why does it sound so different to have all the knobs at 10 compared to all the knobs at 1? I don't really "get" amp circuits but it seems like Bass/Mids/Treble all set really low should sound the same as all set really high but with lower overall volume?
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