People with multiple EQ pedals: why don't you just buy gear that sounds good?

[DanTravis62]

Something we agree on . Throw Clapton in there too

100000% agreed

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

I dont have an eq, but i used to run one before the amp and one in the loop. It was the one time where I chose to have multiple custom guitars and had a rg150 SS head that sounded damn near blasphemous. I decided then that no matter how great your guitars are, you gotta have a great amp for solid tone.

 

[Shask]

Waitaminute....
You think Gilmour has awful tone and sounds like shit?
Really?

To be fair though, Gilmour doesn't really use the EQs to alter the tone. He mostly uses them to correct issues with the vintage pedals he uses, like when the Flangers have volume drops and such.

 

[Jimty]

I only use an EQ with one of my amps - in the loop of the Stiletto - just to give it some low end thump, which the amp doesn’t have a tonne of naturally. I like the fundamental tone of the amp, so everything else on the 10 band is dialled in to match the tone of the amp without the EQ engaged

 

[Mike Oxhuge]

I really like some of Gilmour and Clapton's live tones from way back, such as Clapton with a Bluesbreaker, and Gilmour with Hiwatts and Plexis. Album tones are a little stale in comparison. I much prefer JTM45/100 for those type of tones or a Twin flat out.

 

[VonBonfire]

I really like some of Gilmour and Clapton's live tones from way back, such as Clapton with a Bluesbreaker, and Gilmour with Hiwatts and Plexis. Album tones are a little stale in comparison. I much prefer JTM45/100 for those type of tones or a Twin flat out.

I never cared for Clapton's strat tone but his John Mayall rig sounded awesome. LP into a Marshall is a killer sound though IMO it's more of a rock tone than a blues one.

 

[rstites]

if you need MULTIPLE eq pedals to "fix" your rig, im sorry but either your gear sucks or you suck lol

Yeah, never had much use for EQ pedals. It's easy enough to swap pickups that I just do that if I need something different going into the rig. I guess I'm blasting the front end of a tube amp with pedals rather than getting all my dirt from them, but there are plenty with a full T/M/B setup on them that can surely be dialed in if you go that way.

Maybe I'm a bit hypocritical though as I also really enjoy my Mk Boogies but only with the EQ which they need to "fix" the fact that they have the tone stack assbackwards in their inherent design.....lol. (I love them, but there's a reason nobody copies them for other high gain amps, and everyone goes back to Marshall circuits for inspiration.)

 

[Sick Michael]

Im a heavy user for Metal but nothing else. Mark Series Boogie syndrome I guess.

 

[DanTravis62]

To be fair though, Gilmour doesn't really use the EQs to alter the tone. He mostly uses them to correct issues with the vintage pedals he uses, like when the Flangers have volume drops and such.

Honestly that makes a ton more sense than gilmour being a complete dumbass dipshit like the guy in the OP

I don't have a problem with an eq pedal here and there but at some point youre just bad or your gear is bad

 

[RaceU4her]

i like eq's, my mesa 5 band is great in the loop of a marshall or 5150 if you want a shot of mesa and a different vibe. If you like super scooped AJFA tones like i do, a parametric works wonders. I dont use them all the time, but they are definitely tools i want to have around

 

[DanTravis62]

i like eq's, my mesa 5 band is great in the loop of a marshall or 5150 if you want a shot of mesa and a different vibe. If you like super scooped AJFA tones like i do, a parametric works wonders. I dont use them all the time, but they are definitely tools i want to have around

No shit

The post is talking about having multiple eqs not one

 

[VonBonfire]

The post is talking about having multiple eqs not one

Buncha Freqs.

 

[DanTravis62]

Buncha Freqs.

I don't know how i could possibly be more clear that i "Get" having an (single) EQ pedal around

I've said it 500 fucking times in both the OP and in comments on the thread

and motherfucking INEVITABLY some dumbass shows up not having read any of it saying "I dont know man youre stupid not all EQ pedals are bad"

Ah yes, because I was talking about EQ pedals being pointless and having no use, of course

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU FUCKING RETARD JESUS MARY MOTHER OF GOD DIE IN A FIRE YOU FUCKING IDIOT

I seriously don't know how I could possibly communicate this any more clearly

 

[VonBonfire]

I don't know how i could possibly be more clear that i "Get" having an (single) EQ pedal around

I've said it 500 fucking times in both the OP and in comments on the thread

and motherfucking INEVITABLY some dumbass shows up not having read any of it saying "I dont know man youre stupid not all EQ pedals are bad"

Ah yes, because I was talking about EQ pedals being pointless and having no use, of course

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU FUCKING RETARD JESUS MARY MOTHER OF GOD DIE IN A FIRE YOU FUCKING IDIOT

I seriously don't know how I could possibly communicate this any more clearly

You're preaching to the choir here bro. I made a thread about guys who still appreciate and want analog gear, and asked people not to sing the praises of digital stuff in the OP. End result, everyone was talking about their damn modelers, lol.

 

[DanTravis62]

You're preaching to the choir here bro. I made a thread about guys who still appreciate and want analog gear, and asked people not to sing the praises of digital stuff in the OP. End result, everyone was talking about their damn modelers, lol.

I think analog gear is superior to digital gear, but digital gear certainly has it's place. Unfortunately, the problem with digital gear isn't the gear itself. It's the laziness it engenders in kids who are coming up learning guitar. It's the bad technique habits they learn. It's them not learning to control a loud tube amp on stage. That's the problem with digital way more than anything to do with sound or whatever. It creates bad, uncreative, uncurious, unmotivated habits in musicians.

But I mean, I would rather use a modeler than 6 EQ pedals on my pedalboard because I wouldn't want the bands I play gigs with to think I am fucking retarded.

 

[VonBonfire]

But I mean, I would rather use a modeler than 6 EQ pedals on my pedalboard because I wouldn't want the bands I play gigs with to think I am fucking retarded.

I doubt that the dude in the OP gigs in any real capacity just going by his 3 EQ pedals but I suppose stranger stuff has happened. There are a lot of idiots on stages every night. My gig starts at 7 this evening.

 

[DanTravis62]

I doubt that the dude in the OP gigs in any real capacity just going by his 3 EQ pedals but I suppose stranger stuff has happened. There are a lot of idiots on stages every night. My gig starts at 7 this evening.

I've seen WORSE than that at a gig before - MUCH worse.

I know a guy who uses 7 boss EQs on his board into a marshall MG half stack. He sounds like shit, obviously.

 

[VonBonfire]

I've seen WORSE than that at a gig before - MUCH worse.

I know a guy who uses 7 boss EQs on his board into a marshall MG half stack. He sounds like shit, obviously.

The same sort of guy who shows up to blues jams wearing tan cargo shorts sporting Marty Friedman hair wanting to play All Along the Watchtower. I think we know the same people.

 

[DanTravis62]

The same sort of guy who shows up to blues jams wearing tan cargo shorts sporting Marty Friedman hair wanting to play All Along the Watchtower. I think we know the same people.

I think the most obnoxious music gear corporations plant at least one of those dudes every square mile just to annoy me, and so that I can't move somewhere else

God knows he's got to have EQ for his EQ before his EQ after his EQ

Brother your gear sounds like shit

 

[Shask]

i like eq's, my mesa 5 band is great in the loop of a marshall or 5150 if you want a shot of mesa and a different vibe. If you like super scooped AJFA tones like i do, a parametric works wonders. I dont use them all the time, but they are definitely tools i want to have around

AJFA is a normal amount of mids in my book