ZEN Amps
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I backed off the presence to about 7, feels like a nice compromise between raw and controlled.Loving that. It made me try something similar on my MKIII, presence fairly high, GEQ had the highest bands around the middle. Quite like the mids low down to keep the squishiness under control. The Soundcloud clip has a little bit less of that upper mid squelch compared to the youtube video, no idea if thats down to their ridiculously lossy compression, or whether that tone just pairs with the guitar a little nicer for my tastes.
Really useful to know that the presence control is more like a negative feedback, its definitely how it sounds. Theres some cool tones to be had with the presence lower and the MV and graphic EQ working a bit harder but I generally always prefer less NFB and a looser feel. Even fully cranked, it sounds really good to me, you just have to make sure the rest of the amp is ready for it
I really want to get in there and EQ the tracks as would be commonplace for any other recording project, but for what we’re doing on the channel it’s straight up. Makes it tricky as I know I can get it ‘better’ with a good parametric. Reduce a little honk, get it tighter, touch more bite etc. but I’ll have to save that for another time!
