Sweet blues sound
I can't seem to get that 'sweet blues' sound I hear all the great blues playing doing. What am I missing? I have a Les Paul Traditional on a Fender Mustang III, but have tried other amps.
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Hi Steph600,
Check out this great lesson from Anders that may be able to help you out!
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Check out this great lesson from Anders that may be able to help you out!
http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=15668
Best
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Originally Posted by: steph600I can't seem to get that 'sweet blues' sound I hear all the great blues playing doing. What am I missing? I have a Les Paul Traditional on a Fender Mustang III, but have tried other amps.
I've found that modeling amps like the mustang can be confusing as there a lot of options to play with. You may want to do a search on the web where you can find some downloadable presents for the mustang.
I recently bought myself a Balckstar HT1r. Very simple little tube practice amp. I've found that I can get some warm bluesy tones with this amp. I normally up the gain for an overdriven (but not distorted) sound and a little bit of reverb. Then adjust pick up settings for the tone I need.
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A nice place to start is to use your neck pick up.
Then on your amp put your sound the cleanest you can, then add distortion to your desire. Using the normal or birght channel is usually a good place to start. The "blues sound" is usually pretty clean. Some guitarist will add a lot of distortion (Stevie Ray Vaughan for exemple) but the sound will still be fairly clean. You can hear all the notes very well.
Personally ,after those steps, I will put the bass around 6 on the amp and trebble to 10. After that I would play with the knobs on my guitar until I have the sound I want.
Playing with knobs and switches to get the sound you like is a life long task :p Your ears and your style will keep progressing and you will always find new inspiration. So you will never be 100% satisfied with your sound. The best you can do is try to hit that 99% :)
Oooh also. I dont know your amp but tube amps helps to get that warm sometimes dirty sound that blues player have.
Then on your amp put your sound the cleanest you can, then add distortion to your desire. Using the normal or birght channel is usually a good place to start. The "blues sound" is usually pretty clean. Some guitarist will add a lot of distortion (Stevie Ray Vaughan for exemple) but the sound will still be fairly clean. You can hear all the notes very well.
Personally ,after those steps, I will put the bass around 6 on the amp and trebble to 10. After that I would play with the knobs on my guitar until I have the sound I want.
Playing with knobs and switches to get the sound you like is a life long task :p Your ears and your style will keep progressing and you will always find new inspiration. So you will never be 100% satisfied with your sound. The best you can do is try to hit that 99% :)
Oooh also. I dont know your amp but tube amps helps to get that warm sometimes dirty sound that blues player have.
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