perfect sound
I am probably like every other guitar player in the world. Are we all happy with our tone one day, and the next day, we are ready to burn everything we own? I know that I am on a quest to get the perfect tone, if there is such a thing. I went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert last night, and the tone of Al's guitars is perfect. I have a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 100 watt head, a couple of 1960 4x12 cabs, a Digitec GNX1, a Charvel with active pickups, and a new Jackson SL3 with seymore duncan pickups. My Charvel rules, and the Jackson sounds great on rythum, but on lead, I loose sustain and tone. My dirty channel on my head sounds great at times and not so great at others, and hisses. My clean channel is just very plain. How do I get that perfect proffessional sound? Do I need different equipment or do I add to what I have? I need help.
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"Professional" tone that you hear is often the product of a lot of recording techniques, mixing, and coloring. Pro's use things like Protools and other programs to take out hisses and other noises like string noises and ambient noises that aren't needed.... Some equipment that you might want to look into is a soundgate... but yout GNX1 should have one built into it already... maybe read over the manual for it about how to set your soundgate...
The JCM amps aren't known for their clean tones... quite simply... I have a JCM 800 and it's clean tone ins't anything to gravel over. For this I own a Fender Blues Deluxe.... To make matters worse for you... you have two guitars that aren't made for superb clean sounds... Active pickups aren't made for clean tones... Your Jackson Soloist is in the same boat... High output pickups aren't made for clean sounds... If you're looking for a great clean sound you've got the wrong axes for it... sorry to say. Some things that you can do to make it sound a little better is get an EQ pedal that will allow you to smooth your tone out. I'm sure you're finding that your clean tone is harsh and brittle with very little warmth... even when you're using the neck pickup.... Another solution is get a chorus pedal... A light chorus can color a clean tone enough to bring your clean tone to life.
Just a few things to look at.
The JCM amps aren't known for their clean tones... quite simply... I have a JCM 800 and it's clean tone ins't anything to gravel over. For this I own a Fender Blues Deluxe.... To make matters worse for you... you have two guitars that aren't made for superb clean sounds... Active pickups aren't made for clean tones... Your Jackson Soloist is in the same boat... High output pickups aren't made for clean sounds... If you're looking for a great clean sound you've got the wrong axes for it... sorry to say. Some things that you can do to make it sound a little better is get an EQ pedal that will allow you to smooth your tone out. I'm sure you're finding that your clean tone is harsh and brittle with very little warmth... even when you're using the neck pickup.... Another solution is get a chorus pedal... A light chorus can color a clean tone enough to bring your clean tone to life.
Just a few things to look at.
# 2
The guy you're talking about probably has top of the line equipment, a sound tech and a mixing engineer tweaking his sound. Basically, lots of money can get you the sound you want. On the cheap, you can still improve some things. Better pickups, new tubes, new speaker cabinet, compression pedal... & a whole lotta years of experimenting.
Even when you find a sound you like though, you end up changing it cause you want something different.
Even when you find a sound you like though, you end up changing it cause you want something different.
# 3
try a BBE sonic stomp and EQ for your tone shaping i just got those and they improved my tone alot my old tone sucks now
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