VHoholic clip.....

[SoCalSteve]

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VHoholic, I always enjoy your stuff. It inspires me to keep at it. I'm working on strictly VH stuff because he's the reason I got into guitar in the 1st place.

Can you you give me some recommendations on amp settings. His early sound is so huge and expansive I can't figure out if I should increase or back off mids, gain, etc.

Please suggest:Gain, bass, mids and treble (I don't have presence)

Thanks much, Steve.

 

[VHoholic]

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VHoholic, I always enjoy your stuff. It inspires me to keep at it. I'm working on strictly VH stuff because he's the reason I got into guitar in the 1st place.

Can you you give me some recommendations on amp settings. His early sound is so huge and expansive I can't figure out if I should increase or back off mids, gain, etc.

Please suggest:Gain, bass, mids and treble (I don't have presence)

Thanks much, Steve.

Thanks SoCal. It really depends on what amp your using. I'm not sure what setup you have but the settings i use on my amps may sound different on yours. If the amp is the same it should sound pretty close. Here are my Plexi reissue settings: presence-around 9-10, Bass-slightly before 2, mid-10, treble-around 6-7, and volume a little above 6.(i change it slightly here and there depending on what guita/pickup i'm using). Here are the 5150 combo settings i've been using lately: Lead pre- little before 5, mid-4, high between 3 and 4, resonance- slightly before 6, and presence-8. Again, i change the settings depending on the guitar/PU and also for tone experiments but i usually keep them pretty close to these.

 

[SoCalSteve]

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Thanks SoCal. It really depends on what amp your using. I'm not sure what setup you have but the settings i use on my amps may sound different on yours. If the amp is the same it should sound pretty close. Here are my Plexi reissue settings: presence-around 9-10, Bass-slightly before 2, mid-10, treble-around 6-7, and volume a little above 6.(i change it slightly here and there depending on what guita/pickup i'm using). Here are the 5150 combo settings i've been using lately: Lead pre- little before 5, mid-4, high between 3 and 4, resonance- slightly before 6, and presence-8. Again, i change the settings depending on the guitar/PU and also for tone experiments but i usually keep them pretty close to these.

Thanks. Greatly appreciated.

 

[B2D]

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One word: SEXY!!!

Great stuff man! Hey in the Plexi xlips when you say there's one tube in the amp, do you mean LITERALLY one tube? like only the V1 12ax7 is in there?

 

[VHoholic]

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One word: SEXY!!!

Great stuff man! Hey in the Plexi xlips when you say there's one tube in the amp, do you mean LITERALLY one tube? like only the V1 12ax7 is in there?

Thanks man! I literally leave in one tube. It's just to get the volume down so i don't have to use an attenuator. I take out 3 EL34's not the 12ax7's, those stay in.

 

[B2D]

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Thanks man! I literally leave in one tube. It's just to get the volume down so i don't have to use an attenuator. I take out 3 EL34's not the 12ax7's, those stay in.

hmmm... i always was under the understanding that operating an amp w/out all its power tubes was dangerous!

 

[TheLizardKing]

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Vholic, I dug up this old thread to pay tribute to you, but I have a couple questions. Can you read music, and are you familiar with scales? And..how long have you been playing? You're awesome.

 

[VHoholic]

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Vholic, I dug up this old thread to pay tribute to you, but I have a couple questions. Can you read music, and are you familiar with scales? And..how long have you been playing? You're awesome.

Hey thanks man. I can read but i haven't done so in years. I'm familiar with some scales but it's been years since i've gone through any of that stuff. I have it all stored away in my guitar lesson books from when i first started playing LOL. I've been playing for about 24 years.