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Re: EQ in front of tube amp ?
Provided there is nothing faulty with your amp, the ways I've gone about getting extra low end:
1: Use pickups tailed towards the low end. In my case that was the SH8. Drawback: Not great for cleans, probably mostly fun if you play metal.
2: Play through a good quality 4x12. By design it should give you more low end. Drawback: Takes up a lot of space and can be pricey if you don't want to/can't buy used.
3: Connect an active EQ in the FX loop (gave me better results than sticking it in front). I used the MXR 10-band to add thump to my home rig. Drawback: It might make your tone muffled in the process.
I've never owned a tube amp that wasn't designed primarily for high gain (though admittedly one of them failed spectacularly at that job), so YMMV. Not a Marshall guy myself but my blind guess is anything with the JTM moniker wasn't designed to provide a lot of low end thump?
Best of luck, hope you find something that works for you.
Provided there is nothing faulty with your amp, the ways I've gone about getting extra low end:
1: Use pickups tailed towards the low end. In my case that was the SH8. Drawback: Not great for cleans, probably mostly fun if you play metal.
2: Play through a good quality 4x12. By design it should give you more low end. Drawback: Takes up a lot of space and can be pricey if you don't want to/can't buy used.
3: Connect an active EQ in the FX loop (gave me better results than sticking it in front). I used the MXR 10-band to add thump to my home rig. Drawback: It might make your tone muffled in the process.
I've never owned a tube amp that wasn't designed primarily for high gain (though admittedly one of them failed spectacularly at that job), so YMMV. Not a Marshall guy myself but my blind guess is anything with the JTM moniker wasn't designed to provide a lot of low end thump?
Best of luck, hope you find something that works for you.
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