hunterlevi Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 i am currently althe rhythm guitar player in my band and I am in search of a great classic clean tone. I am playing my podhd500 through my vintage music man 2x12. I love the clean tone of the amp, and am basically using the pod for effects. I am having the common problem of having a great bedroom tone, that comes off very thin with the whole band, and sometimes disappears all together. I'm looking for suggestions to keep my tone relatively in tact, that is still present with the whole band. Volume is not the simple fix because were blessed with a sound system and I am able to mic my amp. Thanks in advance for any suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneman2121 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 musicman i had one back in the 1970's. can't for the life of me think why i sold it. to my brother no less for $100. boost the mids. are the tubes ok? something that old may need a cap job. where's spacealt when you need 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDProJohn Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Invert your EQ (seems like you're playing at home scooped). Also, have you had someone dial your board in when you all play (FOH type of sound man)? The name of the game is making a pocket for each member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenSLR Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 It's usually when you scoop the mids, sounds great on it's own but when you have high treble and bass these get absorbed by the cymbals, bass guitar, etc. Then when you're on stage and you need the mids to cut through the highs and lows of the other instruments, where are they .... low on your settings so nobody can hear you. s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjnette Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Whoever is on lead might be hogging all the frequencies. What is the line up? General not too broad EQ boost of 6k Presence should have you cutting thru. The lead can get a little narrow 4k treble boost. On your amp you cut the treble and increase the presence. The lead should cut the presence and boost the treble. That'll fix it. You have a perfect right to own 6k. cymbols are at 13k and above plenty. Vocal is at 9-11k depending if male or female with an 8k scoop against silibance That'l clean things up FOH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneman2121 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 how are you adjusting tone, with the amp or are you using the pods eq's? effects on the pod also have tone controls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel_brown Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 May as well say it too. Boost the mids but make sure you're not boosting the low muddy mids. Also reduce treble and bass. Another thing is the bass player. Sometimes they will stomp all over a guitar's frequencies. Even if they are boosting their very low freqs it can still stomp all over you. Sometimes getting the bass right will help more than anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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