Rock sound
I can't seem to get my guitar to make that rock sound that Chris has in his instructional videos. What pick ups should I be using and what settings should I put my high, mid, and low at? I have a 3 pick up guitar, kind of like the Fender strat, they're single coil I believe. Any advice would be appreciated, and try to avoid the change the brand, type, etc, I'm not that advanced yet. Thanks in advance.
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What equipment do you have? What is the amp, do you have any effect pedals. What kind of guitar is it?
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Real hard to say given the lack of specific detail on the setup (probably hard to find out the exact pickup model etc and I have no experience with either you're amp or make of guitar).
However, for a very general setting for rock... try putting everything to about 3/4 then start tweaking from there - also, you the bridge pickup (the one furthest from the headstock). Distortion doesnt have to be up at full either, it took me 15 years of playing before I realised and accepted what older players were saying - rock sounds heavier and cleaner when the gain/distortion is up to a max of 2/3 on the dial.
You'll probably get better results by getting a Boss distortion or overdrive pedal - they're pretty cheap too at around $30 on E-Bay.
Hope that helps!
However, for a very general setting for rock... try putting everything to about 3/4 then start tweaking from there - also, you the bridge pickup (the one furthest from the headstock). Distortion doesnt have to be up at full either, it took me 15 years of playing before I realised and accepted what older players were saying - rock sounds heavier and cleaner when the gain/distortion is up to a max of 2/3 on the dial.
You'll probably get better results by getting a Boss distortion or overdrive pedal - they're pretty cheap too at around $30 on E-Bay.
Hope that helps!
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Alright thanks for the help. I have one more question however. My amp has a pre-gain dial and a post-gain dial. Should one be higher than the other?
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Originally Posted by: OMFG its DaveAlright thanks for the help. I have one more question however. My amp has a pre-gain dial and a post-gain dial. Should one be higher than the other?
Typically you will set the amount of Gain (distortion) with the "Pre" control and the actual volume with the "Post". For a Hi-Gain "Rock/Metal" tone during a typical, low-level practice session at home w/a 30watt amp...You would most likely be cranking the "Pre" gain anywhere from 6-10 (depending on how much gain you want) and the "Post" gain down in the 2-4(5) range (depending on how loud you can be).
That's just for your basic, straight up preamp distortion, as your primary source of gain. If you are using any Overdrive/Distortion pedal in front of the amp as you main source of Gain, then you would probably be dropping that Pre-gain considerably and maybe bumping up the Post a bit. Again...totally depending on the pedal/amp setup that you are using.
Hopefully that's a little bit on the helpful side for ya.
Don
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