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Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:45 am
by univalve
goroth wrote:univalve wrote:i don't set my knobs visually. I listen to it and turn until it sounds like i want it to do
Aaaahhh... you're playing gigs where they let you soundcheck? Cool!
mumble mumble shitty gigs we're playing are shitty... mumble mumble
yeah. And we are only two persons in the band. So i have plenty of time to tweak my two amps to the sitation. And i just run loops and then turn the knobs without playing. Helps a fast setup / dial in process.
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:47 am
by AxAxSxS
goroth wrote:univalve wrote:i don't set my knobs visually. I listen to it and turn until it sounds like i want it to do
Aaaahhh... you're playing gigs where they let you soundcheck? Cool!
mumble mumble shitty gigs we're playing are shitty... mumble mumble
Even when we have time to do that, I prefer to keep it to making sure shits working. I hate it when bands sit up there and fine tune their sound for half an hour before playing thier 115 minute set.
Anything I can do to make stuff sound right with minimal fuss I'm all for. Stickers work great. I love the gold star idea
not commenting on anyone here, just a pet peeve.
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 5:21 am
by backwardsvoyager
Is it weird that i can remember pretty much the exact position for every knob on every amp and pedal without ever having to mark it?
But yeah, for gigs i never get time to do much more than make sure the volume is ok
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 5:36 am
by Greenfuz
Ben79 wrote:....or just take out the pots and replace them with fixed value resistors. By the same token, I've actually removed most of the frets on my guitar leaving only my favourite three notes.
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:18 am
by Ben79
He's made a grown man piss himself and a woman let him up her skirt. If that's not the aim of playing the guitar, I don't know what is. Get them strings and frets off!
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:46 am
by univalve
Ben79 wrote:He's made a grown man piss himself and a woman let him up her skirt. If that's not the aim of playing the guitar, I don't know what is. Get them strings and frets off!
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:28 am
by coldbrightsunlight
Ben79 wrote:He's made a grown man piss himself and a woman let him up her skirt. If that's not the aim of playing the guitar, I don't know what is. Get them strings and frets off!
One of the best things I've read in my life!
univalve wrote:i don't set my knobs visually. I listen to it and turn until it sounds like i want it to do
Yeah this is how I work it. Stuff sounds different in different rooms and band contexts so I don't like to rely on knowing positions. Plus when it comes to gigs, tbh I'm not really that fussy about my sound, so long as it's loud and bright enough to melt some faces.
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:41 am
by DarkAxel
theavondon wrote:I tend to turn everything all the way up and just learn to enjoy how that sounds.
just tried turning my EQ all the way up...
the bad thing is that this 1x12" combo has too much bass when i do that - and i don't mean the good kind, i mean MUD... the good thing is once i keep it back a bit (tiny bit above half, lol), the rest is fucking awesome
turned off the bright switch again when doing this, it's pretty similar with the treble and mid all the way up, just a bit less noisy
anyway why not got he Larry LaLonde way and not make yourself stickers for your knobs with painted arrows pointing up? Easy to get rid of
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:01 am
by goroth
- lil elements.jpg (252.25 KiB) Viewed 624 times
The advantage of this is that it's really hard to actually bump the stickers, even if you shove your cables or whatever on top of your board. It's a bitch getting them on but they are super easy to peel off, and I haven't had one move on me in the year or so I've been using them. They're pretty unobtrusive as well - from normal playing height you don't even notice them.
Obviously trying some new shit in this photo - which also means that you can easily find favourite settings again!
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:42 pm
by Jero
backwardsvoyager wrote:Is it weird that i can remember pretty much the exact position for every knob on every amp and pedal without ever having to mark it?
Same here. Photographic memory...for stuff I actually pay attention to
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 9:39 pm
by Forrrest
goroth wrote:lil elements.jpg
The advantage of this is that it's really hard to actually bump the stickers, even if you shove your cables or whatever on top of your board. It's a bitch getting them on but they are super easy to peel off, and I haven't had one move on me in the year or so I've been using them. They're pretty unobtrusive as well - from normal playing height you don't even notice them.
Obviously trying some new shit in this photo - which also means that you can easily find favourite settings again!
what are those pancake connectors you're using?
the ones that i have are too wide for the top of my pedals (like the elements) and they get in the way of the power supply.
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:20 pm
by Ghost Hip
Jero wrote:backwardsvoyager wrote:Is it weird that i can remember pretty much the exact position for every knob on every amp and pedal without ever having to mark it?
Same here. Photographic memory...for stuff I actually pay attention to
Same.
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:28 pm
by greyscales
PumpkinPieces wrote:Jero wrote:backwardsvoyager wrote:Is it weird that i can remember pretty much the exact position for every knob on every amp and pedal without ever having to mark it?
Same here. Photographic memory...for stuff I actually pay attention to
Same.
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:37 am
by behndy
FUCK THAT DIGITAL MEMORY BRAIN SO YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE PATCHES AND NEVER REMEMBER ANNNYYYYYTHINNNNNNG.
.... i like the idea of the stars and markers and shit but i'm such an idiot about how my shit looks it would freak me out.
'cause i'm a GOOBER.
Re: All knobs at 12:00
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:46 am
by pelliott
Greenfuz wrote:Ben79 wrote:....or just take out the pots and replace them with fixed value resistors. By the same token, I've actually removed most of the frets on my guitar leaving only my favourite three notes.
Fuckin Jeff the Brotherhood gets it, man