consistent tone needed

[lachiplo]

I dont really like the idea of bringing my pedalboard into jamming room and the sound is completely different from my home even though the setting is the same what should i do? i invested in a yamaha dg stomp which have quite excellent clean but again some amp simply turn those gem into ****. what other solutions are available? Bringing my amp head along? Its really irrating to have inconsistent tone leh, go to the studio must set set set again ZZ. had quite a bad time few hours agao dam pek chek lah

 

[dric]

eh....its not easy tohave consistent tone when you jam at different without the hassles of adjusting the amp and pedal settings dude. its inevitable that you have to always adjust when you change amp, or change guitar, change pedals or change venue. different amps sound different with different pedals and guitars. even if you do bring your own amp head, it'll still sound different through another cabinet. the same amp played through a 1x2, 2x12, 4x12, 1x10, 2x15 would sound different. even the same speakers of different size would sound different. or different speakers of the same size would sound different.

so yea, its quite difficult to maintain your sound without adjustments. adjustments are inevitable. however, if you always go to the same studio, and use the same amp, what you could do is write down your favourite settings for that particular amp. that way, the next time you go down it'll be so much faster to set up.

cheers dude! we all face the same hassle. haha

 

[Crawldaddy]

hmm.

dude, that is the reality of the jamming musician. You gotta just take it in your stride man. One way is to try out different studios and tweak the amp's EQ and gain settings to get a sound close to that which you hear back home.

Once you can find the studio which you can accept the amp's sound readily, then just stick with that studio. Amp tweaking is an art, really. Just gotta be more flexible.

 

[subversion]

this is why some players invest in amp emulators; despite not being the real deal, it offers a preferred voicing rather than being compliant to what one dislikes.

 

[thor666]

Unfortunately, even amp emulators sound best - only if you spend time tweaking it in the studio, not at home. There's a big problem when your practice amp and the actual studio amp differs widely in tone and headroom. Do NOT ever expect whatever you play at home to sound exactly the same as when you go jam - rarely happens.

Your best bet for a consistent tone:
1. Bring your own amp, cable, pedals, guitar to the studio. The only difference is your mood/playing, the environment, other smaller factors.
2. Cut down on pedals, book the same studio and room, use the same amp over and over. In my experience, generally amps with good amounts of headroom are easiest to work with if you want to introduce gain pedals. If you just rely on amp gain then just pick one you like, mentally note a good setting and work from there.

 

[subversion]

this is why i believe in a plug-&-play set up, pedals just get in the way 8)

 

[kentheman2000]

sound in equals sound out. Keep it simple for many reasons.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

i use shit loads of pedals and messy rounting, but i still get a consistent tone that i want, even if using a practice amp to combo and beyond...

Sometime, it aint the pedals, but knowing what to put in and how the chain of effect works together to get the thing we want that matters.

 

[gsonique]

consistent tone = multieffects + byo amp !