Good Eq Setting???

[astrozombie]

Whats a good Eq Setting for metal? you know a good face melting solo tone?

 

[Dirtyking]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

Don't laugh, but setting the low/mid/high knobs at 6/6/6 is a good place to start. Then tweek from there. Mine are at 6/6/7 most of the time for fat punch and bite.

 

[Metalman_666]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

Depends on what gear you're using and what you consider to be a face melting solo tone. Also the style of metal should be taken into consideration. Some people like scooped mids, others don't, for example.

Generally though, the type of metal tone I prefer is found around these settings on my Randall RG100SC combo:

Gain: 7.5
Contour: 9
Bass: 6-8
Mid: 6-9
Treb: 4-7

 

[dystrust]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

My tone is pretty old school, similar to Megadeth's Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?. I have my JCM 2555 set up as follows:

Presence: 5
Bass: 8
Mid: 8
Treble: 6
Output Master: Loud as you can stand it
Lead Master: 10
Input Gain: 10

 

[astrozombie]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

I dont want scooped mids.

i want like, percussive Paml Muting, Awesome pinch harmonics.
tone That CUTS through the mix man.

 

[Dirtyking]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

I dont want scooped mids.

i want like, percussive Paml Muting, Awesome pinch harmonics.
tone That CUTS through the mix man.

Then definately crank the mids. I used to EQ everything scooped 8/2/9. Then on the advise from an article on Zakk Wylde's gear, set my eg to 6/6/6 and pow. Bitchin solo tones. And for what its worth, I never really played solo's until I found this EQ setting. It really opened up my playing.

 

[SpiderVenom]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

Something else to consider is whether a boost can be achieved by cutting the other frequencies and raising the overall volume.

One of the biggest patterns of EQ behavior that people often make is that they tend to approach it by boosting the gain of frequencies rather than lowering them. It's not that there's anything actually wrong with boosting, but you can often achieve your tonal goal by negative equalization - by rolling off or reducing an area of frequencies rather than by boosting them.

Sometimes the tone (timbre) you are wanting to hear already exists within what you are hearing. The best analogy for this is to consider a stone sculpture. Think about how an artist can take a large piece of stone and then begin carving away the areas of the rock that are not needed to create the image they desire from within. This same approach can apply to creating guitar tones as well.

Keep in mind that any time you can reduce, rather than boost frequencies, you are automatically helping to reduce noise as a beneficial side-effect. Second, if you can achieve the same results with one band of cut than two bands of boost, you have saved yourself an extra band for later use, and you are helping the original signal to sound more clear and clean.

 

[Diego]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

Something else to consider is whether a boost can be achieved by cutting the other frequencies and raising the overall volume.

*Punches self for having a Boss GE7 and no FX loop* :rant:

 

[Metalman_666]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

Something else to consider is whether a boost can be achieved by cutting the other frequencies and raising the overall volume.

That's a really great point... I've never even thought about that :smack: thanks man!

 

[SeraphimTN]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

Don't laugh, but setting the low/mid/high knobs at 6/6/6 is a good place to start. Then tweek from there. Mine are at 6/6/7 most of the time for fat punch and bite.

Agreed and is also where my settings are.

 

[William Walstra]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

I generally use 6/6/6. tried it just for the hell of it, and liked the sound.

 

[astrozombie]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

I tried out that thing about reducing instead of boosting...didnt really work. lol.

 

[Metalman_666]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

I generally use 6/6/6. tried it just for the hell of it, and liked the sound.

*drum roll* :smack: :laugh2:

I tried the cutting thing as well and it didn't produce the same results... to me it sounds like it just makes the overall signal weaker to reduce the settings that way.

 

[Jay 77]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

*Punches self for having a Boss GE7 and no FX loop* :rant:

i have an eq pedal, and i run it as the first part of the chain. it works great, but it is better served in the fx loop?

 

[Metalman_666]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

i have an eq pedal, and i run it as the first part of the chain. it works great, but it is better served in the fx loop?

An EQ will have a subtler effect in front of the amp, but in the loop it changes the tone drastically as it's shaping the tone of the preamp.

 

[Jay 77]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

i may have to try it in the fx loop next practice...just to see how it goes

 

[vinterland]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

Dude the best advice is to use your ears. You can't ask a question like "whats a good setting" and expect an answer thats going to appeal to you. There's way too many variables that we don't know. If you don't want scooped mids don't scoop YOUR mids. Use your ears, and tweak everything to find what you think sounds good to YOU. That is the best advice.

 

[astrozombie]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

i asked so you guys could give me an idea of how changing certain frequencies affects the sound.

 

[Diego]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

i have an eq pedal, and i run it as the first part of the chain. it works great, but it is better served in the fx loop?

Much better. Usually.

Let's say I'm playing something with some nice thick distortion, ok? And I have the GE7 in front as a boost. Here comes the solo, I press the pedal. What do I get? Usually, just more gain and a tiiiiny wee bit more volume. It's pushing the pre-gain, but not the volume level.

Now I'm playing the same thing but with the GE7 on the loop as a boost. Here comes the solo spot again, you press the pedal... YAY! Big volume increase. It's actually boosting the VOLUME, not the pre-gain.

 

[William Walstra]

Re: Good Eq Setting???

*drum roll* :smack: :laugh2:

haha whoops, I didn't intend a punny there.