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As per title, a few months back I bought myself an electric guitar and a small amp.
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Anyway, the guitar was used and the previous owner had it from new( I think it is a 2008)and told me it still had the original strings on it.
Anyway, yesterday I finally took the guitar over to the music shop to have it checked over and set up. I thought that the action was too high especially at the nut area and to my ear it was being thrown out of tune..
Guitar tech assures me that it is an intonation issue and the action is spot on and cant be lowered any more…so, job done and guitar back at home I decided to have my practise session on the electric instead of on one of my acoustics….But once I had the amp plugged in, i didnt have a clue where to start with the settings
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So, some tips, pointers or just taken by the hand for me to get the best sound or the basic settings I need to build on would be a great help.
Thanks.
Billy..Billy..
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That’s a beautiful guitar Billy. Is it an Ephiphone Les Paul? As for the amp and the settings…imo that’s really easy. judging by the knobs that i can make out…..squinting…..you have several good options. Just go with you ears. I prefer to have some “reverb” almost always, but less sometimes is better than more unless you want some surf rock music. congrats.
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That’s a beautiful guitar Billy. Is it an Ephiphone Les Paul? As for the amp and the settings…imo that’s really easy. judging by the knobs that i can make out…..squinting…..you have several good options. Just go with you ears. I prefer to have some “reverb” almost always, but less sometimes is better than more unless you want some surf rock music. congrats.
Thanks Bill, yes it is an Epiphone Les Paul “special 11”, Thanks for the advice. Too late at night, wee small hours here now to have a guitar and amp mess about but i will do once work is finished later today… thanks again.
Billy..Billy..
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Billy, one other thing i might suggest is this. I started with an amp similar to the Squire 15 (Mine was a Fender SP-10..10 watt), in fact i still have it. I then upgraded to a 40 watt (which had more effects options in it) and it gave my guitars a much richer sound. I believe I paid $200 USD. I don’t know your situation but you might look into that down the line. A 40 watt sounds like a lot of sound for a small setting (I play in the house) but I keep the volume at no more than apx 35 %. There’s no need to “crank” it to the max and in fact that generally is not good for the amp or my ears. But the sound of my guitars is so much richer. Best wishes!!
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First thing I would do is pick a favorite lick, or song, or group of things, to use as a test. Then, on the amp, set everything to 3 and go through your test. Then change the settings on each control, one at a time. And do the same with your test. It will give you a much clearer idea of what all the nobs do.
I don’t see a reverb, tremolo, or chorus nob, so your variables are pretty simple. You basically have volume, tone, and gain (distortion). The tone controls are actually nothing more than volume controls for a certain range of frequencies. The goal there is to get the balance from bass to treble the way you like it. So that leaves gain, which is entirely a matter of taste, and what is suited to the material you are playing.
Hope this helps.
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