Your Digital Guitar Tone Sounds Bad.

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  @SteveSterlacci · 1 year ago · pinned

  Hey. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't  :face-orange-raised-eyebrow:

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• BB

  @bbdill · 1 year ago

  The Fletcher Munson scale is the reason a sound guy will say "turn up your mids" instead of "turn up your amp"

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• SA

  @samizdat113 · 1 year ago

  &quot;I need more bass, I need more bass&quot;<br>No, that&apos;s what the bassist is for.

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• DE

  @devonmiller8255 · 1 year ago

  Another thing many guitarists forget when they make presets at home is, at home you are just hearing you. The guitar is the only thing taking up the sonic space, so the tendency is to fill all the frequencies to make it sound full. Then at the gig, The guitar is fighting with the drums, The bass, keyboards, singers, other guitarists, etc for that sonic space. <br><br>So as a guitar player, it&apos;s helpful to learn where your frequencies are in the sonic landscape. If your mids are too low, you&apos;ll disappear in the PA and then turn up your volume which will make the highs ear piercing and the lows uncomfortable. Don&apos;t shy away from the mid range frequencies. It may sound nasally at home, but in the band mix, you&apos;ll punch through at a more reasonable volume.

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  @robertdenney-cq9vt · 1 year ago

  People need to remember also that many headphones, unless designed for monitor use, will boost the low end for music enjoyment. So it may sound great in phones but be thin in the mix. According to the Bonamassa vid you referenced our great studio sound is lost in the house mix and needs to generally be brighter anyway. Thanks.

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  @My_Los_Angeles · 1 year ago

  Truth. Most people don&apos;t even scratch the surface of modeler abilities and tone shaping.

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• DM

  @dmac3316 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Really helpful. Thanks for posting!! PS the Fletcher Munson info for varying volumes was great 👍

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  @derwood7305 · 2 weeks ago

  Dude at this stage I feel like I&apos;m just taking advantage of you. I&apos;ve enrolled in a Master Class on my Tone Master Pro. Thank you!!

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  @PhilLangworthyMusic · 2 weeks ago

  Steve, hope you’re having a great weekend! Just wanted to say thanks. I revisited this and saved myself a ton of grief. Great tips and a great reminder. It’s like I totally forgot how sound perception works at non-gig levels and have been seriously frustrated lately with some new gear going through the PA in a larger venue. Thank you 😎🙏🎸<br>I made a mistake too with a Headrush flex prime and had the line selected into a direct box 🤣<br>Almost sent it back then after watching this again, thought it had to be me!

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  @Mr.Lamb-Rocker · 1 year ago

  I just got my first “modeler” (the Nano Cortex). There is SOOOO much to learn, but this is by far the best video I’ve found yet. Thank you for doing such a thorough breakdown. It was a HUGE help to a tech noob like myself!

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  @jimamsden · 1 year ago

  Excellent video Steve. You touched on all the key tone parameters, with simplicity, clarity and good paractical advise. The only thing that could be added is that there&apos;s a tendency to set gain/saturation too high with modelers, because you can and still control the overall volume. A highly scooped and distorted tone might sound good to you when you&apos;re by yourself, but it may get lost in the band mix. Good advise is to use the minimum amount of distortion needed for the song to maintain clarity, dynamic range and cut throught the mix.

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  @jaredt3985 · 1 year ago

  As a long time tube amp guy, the learning curve for modelers/profilers is always what holds me back from getting one.<br>I’ve never come across a tube amp I couldn’t dial in on the fly in minutes or even seconds, and get the sound I want.<br>BUT, I am getting very tired of carrying those things and not being able to hit the sweet spots anyways because I’m always told to turn them down.<br>So I’ll be making the jump soon, and videos like this are super helpful.

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