sgrain Posted December 1, 2024 Share Posted December 1, 2024 Hello everyone, I hope you are all well. a question, with the following gear: les paul, stage 170 ,2x12 vintage 30 harley benton and helix LT only with global EQ and without amp or preamp. Isn't it possible for me to get a guitar sound good enough to serve as a platform to build a sound I like from scratch? just with Global eq and a new patch, shouldn't you get a good clean sound?? best regards Sgrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted December 2, 2024 Share Posted December 2, 2024 On 12/1/2024 at 12:18 PM, sgrain said: Hello everyone, I hope you are all well. a question, with the following gear: les paul, stage 170 ,2x12 vintage 30 harley benton and helix LT only with global EQ and without amp or preamp. Isn't it possible for me to get a guitar sound good enough to serve as a platform to build a sound I like from scratch? just with Global eq and a new patch, shouldn't you get a good clean sound?? best regards Sgrain In a word, no... You've not mentioned a genre, or exactly what kind of tone you're looking for..."clean" means different things to different players. Regardless, with nothing but a power amp boosting a raw instrument signal you're not going to get much. The unaltered sound of any electric guitar is never particularly breathtaking on its own no matter what kind of guitar it is, and relying on an EQ block alone to create whatever it is you're looking for is a recipe for failure. Tone comes from an amp model, not an EQ. Pick an amp (or a preamp model if you prefer), start tinkering, and leave the EQ till the end, and use it sparingly. EQ is for fine tuning your "platform" once you have it, but ifyou rely too heavily on it, it's super easy to ruin an otherwise good tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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