| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3280 |
| Total number of notes: | 61432 |
Well I bought a BOSS ME6 the other month and very impressed I have been
by it. At least I have been impressed playing at home level and when
using it with headphones. However, lately I have been cranking up the
amp and now I'm finding real problems....
I have a Fender Champ 12 (Valve/Tube) amp. Using the ME6 with the amp
turned up 3/4 then I find the overall sound extremely harsh. The sound
(no matter what effect) just lacks any degree of warmth. Plugging the
guitar straight into the amp results in a much warmer sound with or
without the amp's overdrive in.
Sooooo, have I stumbled across the "You can't beat the warmth of a
straight valve sound" debate? Is it just that the digital circuitry in
the ME6 is resulting in a harsh sound? Is this just a fact of life with
such kit? Or is it a question of cost? I have an ALESIS Microverb III
which (digital circuitry and all) produces a nice warm delay/reverb.
However, the cost of this unit was not far short of the ME6 with its
8/9 effects.
Or, have I just not discovered which effect combinations/setings should
be turned up to give a warmer tone?
Richard
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| 2621.1 | TECRUS::LONELY::ROST | Bassus Ophelius | Mon Nov 09 1992 07:22 | 10 | |
My own experience has been that most solid state units whether analog
or digital get harsh at high volumes, my tendency is to roll back the
highs a bit (distortion boosts highs anyway). The warmest sounding
solid state sound I've heard is the Scholz units (OK, sue me) but they
are still not super warm.
Anyway, most of the FX units today seem to be voiced for metal type
sounds, which tend IMHO towards harsher sounds.
Billy Lorenzo
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| 2621.2 | CHEFS::BRIGGSR | Four Flat Tyres on a Muddy Road | Tue Nov 10 1992 10:56 | 7 | |
I wold agree with your last statement. Certainly if I want to sound
like Metallica or similar then no problem. But I can't, for instance,
get a nice warm distorted bluesy sound or even the warmth of the famous
Honky Tonk Women riff.
Richard
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| 2621.3 | TS10.... | NAVY5::SDANDREA | gwadlluB cixelsyD | Tue Nov 10 1992 11:04 | 4 |
get an Ibanez Tube Screamer...tubes in a box....I swear by it...turned
my Dean Markley solid state 35watter into a 435 watt tube amp.
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