I played two seconds of my new EQ pedal. Amazing! Ive been in a cave

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I use it first in the loop.
Last in front of the amp.

Immediately after a distortion or fuzz pedal.
 
Start with the GEQ flat.
Starting from the bass end slide up or down one notch on each band.

After doing all of them repeat and move them all up or down one notch again.

Usually by this point it should be done or very close. I don't usually move the sliders more than two notches up or down.

Basically fine tunning. Not drastic change of the sound.
For a completely different sound you can move them a lot more.
 
stephen sawall said:
Start with the GEQ flat.
Starting from the bass end slide up or down one notch on each band.

After doing all of them repeat and move them all up or down one notch again.

Usually by this point it should be done or very close. I don't usually move the sliders more than two notches up or down.
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What amps do you typically use with this? I am using this with my Orange Super 100. Obviously the Orange tone is packed with mids so I'm using it to tame those a bit but has been great adding some low end since it is a solid state combo.
 
Welcome to the club :yes:

I guess I missed it but which one did you get and what prompted you?


My loop:

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romanianreaper said:
What amps do you typically use with this? I am using this with my Orange Super 100. Obviously the Orange tone is packed with mids so I'm using it to tame those a bit but has been great adding some low end since it is a solid state combo.
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I have done it with all my amps that have a effects loop. Mesa Tremoverb being the one I did it most. Mostly because it was the amp I was using most at the time.

I have also put it in the effects loop of my Fryette PS-100. So I could use it with amps that do not have a effects loop. Like my Deliverance or NMV amps.

I don't usually use a GEQ. But as I mentioned before a overdrive or boost in front of the amp and a GEQ in the loop can get about any type of sound. The Tremoverb is the only amp I own that I feel the need to tighten the sound with a overdrive and noise gate.

I do have friends that use a overdrive or boost, noise gate and GEQ in the loop of every amp.
It's really the method to get that modern sound with any rig.
 
stephen sawall said:
I use it first in the loop.
Last in front of the amp.

Immediately after a distortion or fuzz pedal.
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Interesting

After an OD pedal is what Steve Stevens does. It’s why his rockaway boost has the eq in the circuit but after the actual OD part. He said in the old days he’d have a million pedals because he needed an EQ after every boost in his rig.

I’ll have to try one in the loop…so I guess most would recommend it first before reverb and/or delay ?
 
stratjacket said:
I have a Perfect 10 by Whirlwind as my first pedal before the amp. Have had it about 7 or 8 years. And a Mesa 5-band for post. But about a year ago I switched to a Source Audio EQ2 for stereo programming options post. But really just about anything will work.
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I've been looking at the Source Audio. I'd like to cater to each guitar and have a simple EQ pedal vs deep-diving and creating 10 new patches. My Ibanez Prestige is low-mid beef, and my SG is higher-mid aggressive and punchy.
 
napalmdeath said:
I've been looking at the Source Audio. I'd like to cater to each guitar and have a simple EQ pedal vs deep-diving and creating 10 new patches. My Ibanez Prestige is low-mid beef, and my SG is higher-mid aggressive and punchy.
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It’s a cool little pedal. Accepts midi for changes so was able to put it on the chain and go for just that. It also has a basic app that you can connect to over usb, it’s makes it easier for setting the EQ, building patches and some global parameters around it. It’s not a complicated app, just the basics to make edits easier. You can run it in stereo with the same EQ curve or separate curves for Left and Right (sum it or stay L/R) or just 2 separate mono EQs. So it could serve as a pre and post EQ in 1 box.
 
For anyone who likes a frothing/boiling-over HM-2-maxed type tone, try the mxr 6-band in front of your amp with all the sliders maxed!
Of course it generates big noise, but it actually does sound cool imo. I wouldn't use it for an everyday tone, but as an effect it rules.
 
the only thing I'm using in my amps loops is the ms3. I still have not played with the 10 band or parametric models on it.
 
romanianreaper said:
What are your settings? I have a slight smile with the sliders.
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pretty flat actually, a very small cut in the 500 and 1k, a little off the 2 lowest (like 30k i think??). it's weird...it sounds good when you push your mids on the amp and then turn around and cut them a little with the eq. I don't know why it works but I love the way it sounds.
 
stratjacket said:
It’s a cool little pedal. Accepts midi for changes so was able to put it on the chain and go for just that. It also has a basic app that you can connect to over usb, it’s makes it easier for setting the EQ, building patches and some global parameters around it. It’s not a complicated app, just the basics to make edits easier. You can run it in stereo with the same EQ curve or separate curves for Left and Right (sum it or stay L/R) or just 2 separate mono EQs.
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stratjacket said:
So it could serve as a pre and post EQ in 1 box.
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This is what I do with the EQ2.. I also use a SA Reflex to send Midi to do a volume boost which applies to both channels… giving a gain boost in front and a volume boost in loop for a progressive lead channel.
 
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