Punk guitar sound?

[Bransonf]

Hey guys, Quick question for you. I have a few pedals I was hoping to get some help with. I have the Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal, Boss C-3 Compression Sustainer, and the MXR M-108 Ten Band Graphic EQ. I play Skate Punk, Pop Punk styled music. Pennywise, Descendents, Early Blink ect. I was wondering what you suggest to put the settings at to get that type of sound? Also, what setting would I put my amp at to get that sound? I have the Marshall DSL 40 Combo.

Sorry, Im new to all of this. I just play lol. So any help or suggestions would be great.

Thanks!

 

[esandes]

Re: Punk guitar sound?

when i think of punk guitar i think of no effects. just loud natural amp clip.

 

[Inder_Cine_Mann]

Re: Punk guitar sound?

Start on your drive channel on your Marshall with your bass mid and treble set all at noon. Mess with bass. Mess with the mids and treble. For more specific note clarity run your 10 band thru the loop. Bump the mids up a little and treble up a little if u feel u need it

Just mess with the knobs till your happy really

It really only takes 5-10 to know what u dont like and when u start to get close.

Then the fun begins. Then slowly start adding your other pedals

 

[Morior]

Re: Punk guitar sound?

I played in a punk band from 2008 until recently, and for the most part, I'd just set up a good crunch tone and use my DS-1 (keeley modded) and a boost pedal to get whatever more I needed from there, and hit the strings fairly hard. A good punk sound is really just a good, slightly messy crunch tone.

EDIT: then again, that's my recipe for pretty much anything ranging from rock to death metal.

 

[El Dunco]

Re: Punk guitar sound?

Read what I said in the other thread.

 

[astrozombie]

Re: Punk guitar sound?

I used to plug my guitar into my amplifier, set tone knobs to 6, set the distortion knob to where palm muting got muddy and sludgey and then backed it off by one

this is your best bet.

if you are the only player in the band have have a loud amp you can reduce mids to 5 for a bigger sound.

if you are one of 2 or 3 guitarists or have a lower power amp dime the mids.

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: Punk guitar sound?

Take all of your pedals out of the signal chain (even when they are off they will affect your tone a bit) and get as close as possible to the tone you like with just the DSL. It has tonal flexibility and crunch in spades. Marshall amps have been serving up the goods for a long time in terms of getting a great dirty rock tone in a band setting and at band volumes. They generally don't need a whole lot of help from pedals. Those DSL marshalls are notably good amps for dialing a great modern crunch tone. Once you have a killer rhythm tone with nothing in your chain, then experiment with the ds-1 for the final push for screaming leads. If the ds-1 sounds too "80s" for you, try out an SD-1 or other tube screamer variant.
If you want to have an experiment in drastic tone shaping, you can try sticking that eq in your fx loop, but more often than not it's overkill and actually detracts from how your rig sounds in a band mix.

 

[CountFeedback]

Re: Punk guitar sound?

didn't we just do this?

sack the pedals!

set the DSL gains at medium.