This may not be a troubleshoot at all, but would like to get some advice. I bought a new Tong King attenuator for my Fender Princeton a month ago, since I live in an apartment. Always wanted to crank it but alas, my neighbors might not appreciate the sound of a wide open tube amp. Plugged it in correctly according to their instructions and triple checked it. My amp does have a number of pedals as well.
So I've been messing round with it and the sweet spot seems to be around 7 or 7.5 volume, where you can hear the breakup prominently. I heard that SRV basically cranked his amps to breakup and used his tubescreamer on a really low setting to push it, to get his sound. Which I've been doing and it sounds great, but the low E is really flabby and undefined, like someone put a fuzz pedal on it. Is this normal? Bear in mind I've never had the pleasure to fully crank an amp cause i live in the city, but I always imagined cranking it would get me that 'thump' from the bass.
Totally could be wrong here! Any advice appreciated.
So I've been messing round with it and the sweet spot seems to be around 7 or 7.5 volume, where you can hear the breakup prominently. I heard that SRV basically cranked his amps to breakup and used his tubescreamer on a really low setting to push it, to get his sound. Which I've been doing and it sounds great, but the low E is really flabby and undefined, like someone put a fuzz pedal on it. Is this normal? Bear in mind I've never had the pleasure to fully crank an amp cause i live in the city, but I always imagined cranking it would get me that 'thump' from the bass.
Totally could be wrong here! Any advice appreciated.
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