Can someone help with my high volume guitar sound problem?
Submitted by admin on January 20, 2010 – 3:22 pm2 Comments
Kimmy asked:
I play mostly heavy music, Tool, Deftones, Helmet, Alice in chains etc. When playing with my drummer muted notes are just thundering, but when I want to ring out the volume and “impact” just drop out. It’s loud but loses its “balls” I want the muted lines to not be so overpowering. Some song examples would be Deftones My Own Summer or Tool’s Undertow. I’ve tried rolling the low end on my amp and lowering the volume on my guitar when playing muted lines. I have a late 80′s(?) charvel mopdel 4 with active pickups and a mid-boost circuit. Could this be the problem? Am I driving the preamp too hard with this guitar even when the volume is way down?Would a compressor/limiter help? Thanks
if you are using a pedal or footboard , thyat may be your problem..your amp has a pre amp built in and so does your footboard,,the interference between these tow things can be causing the problem..id try playing without a pedal or footboard and jsut go straight into tyhe amp and if it stops then theres your problem, if not then its something else
does your amp go to 11? see, it’s one louder. so if you’re playing with some other blokes and you need that extra push over the edge . . .
Use a compressor during the muted notes and a volume pedal. The unleash the beast when you need some thunder.