I just let my kids set my pedals and play. It actually yeilded some fun sounds once lol.
Well Done..!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe1jHYx7vuk
I just remember. Lots of things leak out of my head but pedal, amp, mixing board settings stick in there just fine.
I draw a diagram of all my settings and just carry it in a book with me. I also found the sweet spot on my amp and was so excited about it. It took me about 3 weeks to really dial it in perfect how I wanted it. Sadly my bass player walked by my amp one practice and just rolled every knob back to 0 I wanted to punch him in the throat but I couldn't stop laughing. Now I always try to diagram where my settings are.
I had never done this before until Monday night. Finally I got tired of hunting for the magical spot for the volume knob on my plexitone and I grabbed a marker and marked it. I also marked my boost knob and tone knob. Now I turn the gain to my liking but I don't have to guess over and over again with the volume knob! It's so wonderful to not spend 5 minutes hunting for that setting everytime I set the pedal up (as I have for the past three rehearsals) or even worse, forgetting to set it and then hitting it for a solo only to find that it's SUPER-LUDICROUS-MELT-YOUR-EARS-THEN-YOUR-FACE kind of loud.
Anyone else gone this route?
You can also just pull the knobs off and put them back on so that they all point at 12 o'clock (straight up) or 6 o'clock (straight down). Kind of like Nascar drivers do with their gauges - a quick glance and if everything is pointing straight up then all is good!
(Nascar drivers rotate all their gauges so that the needles are pointing straight up when the temps and pressures are all in the "good" range. Or at least they used to. For all I know they use digital thingies these days?"
I saw that on a rig rundown and thought it was brilliant. I've used that a few times and it works pretty well.You can also just pull the knobs off and put them back on so that they all point at 12 o'clock (straight up) or 6 o'clock (straight down).
I just remember. Lots of things leak out of my head but pedal, amp, mixing board settings stick in there just fine.