Where/when did "modern" guitar tone begin?

[AdrianSD]

It's been like 15-20 years, man. It's the current internet trend. The whole "you need mids to cut through the mix" thing everybody keeps repeating. The current go-to settings on 5150's are "6-6-6", (which I personally think sound bad, but each to his own).

How about 6-7-3? With presence on zero-null-nada-zilch?
That's how my 50w 6L6 is set on both blue and red, give or take. Boosted out front, of course. A lot depends on the speakers and the cab used, but still, I like my mids and I'm not playing out. I struggle to get a good, mid scooped tone, it either sounds fizzy, or boomy, or both and there's no clarity and I get tired really quickly. My tinnitus and high frequency loss might have something to do with it, cause it's just not working. I need mids so I can hear what I'm playing properly.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

How about 6-7-3? With presence on zero-null-nada-zilch?
That's how my 50w 6L6 is set on both blue and red, give or take. Boosted out front, of course. A lot depends on the speakers and the cab used, but still, I like my mids and I'm not playing out. I struggle to get a good, mid scooped tone, it either sounds fizzy, or boomy, or both and there's no clarity and I get tired really quickly. My tinnitus and high frequency loss might have something to do with it, cause it's just not working. I need mids so I can hear what I'm playing properly.

Yeah, each to his own. You gotta dial in the sound you like.

For me, I don't think I'd ever run the mid knob on any 5150 past 3 or 4 at max. I used to have the 50W 6L6 too and the LBX. I didn't boost them, personally. A t least not on red. I didn't feel like they needed it. But then again, I also used mid heavy pickups, mid heavy speakers, and a mid heavy mic, so I got my mids off somewhere else. My tone stack settings were just a balancing act.

But my point is the "modern" or at least the current thing people are doing with their 5150's is dial in the 6-6-6 settings. Wether I like it or not, that's an extra comment I decide to thrown in, LOL.