The Digital Doubt

[FuzzyAce]

Haha! Clueless!

I am one of the longest standing Tree Huggers I know of. I lived in the woods with
an intentional minimalist lifestyle for nearly a decade. I know my surroundings well,
thanks.

Lots of things I don't shoot. Far more than I do. Forced removal of a problem is a last resort.
When nothing else works and you live trap, and the problem children still want to eat their way
into your home and maybe expose some electrical wires and spark some real tragedy you better
fucking do something and fast.

But hey, I appreciate the ignorant ass judgments and accusations you threw my way. Very wise
and fair of you.

You could even feel free to come around and manage my existence for me properly. Do it for free,
too. Do it for the Squirrels.

Do you at least fry them up and dip in honey mustard?

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

@la szum My apologies, fellow guitar nerd, tree hugger and food for something.

 

[ᛗᛜᛜᚺDᛜᎶ Ꮤᛨᚳᚴ]

Do you at least fry them up and dip in honey mustard?

Too much buckshot! Now if he had used some brine salt loads in that shotgun, and then put that red monster in a freezer bag to marinate, he might be on to something!! May even be able to skip the honey mustard if he does it right!!!

 

[riffy]

For me, the heavily distorted rhythm guitars are the hardest thing for me to judge. I can always dial in a lead sound to go with what I have that cuts through and usually isn’t too sharp. But for some reason, the rhythm sounds I like, tend to be a bit too dark With a heavy drum kit with a lot of high hat and a big snare sound. I end up having to go back and redial those so they don’t get swallowed up by the high end. They say guitar is a mid range instrument, which it truly is. But I find I still need a lot of high-end to cut through a dense mix for rhythm guitars. Just turning them up, doesn’t help me at all.

 

[KingsXJJ]

For me, the heavily distorted rhythm guitars are the hardest thing for me to judge. I can always dial in a lead sound to go with what I have that cuts through and usually isn’t too sharp. But for some reason, the rhythm sounds I like, tend to be a bit too dark With a heavy drum kit with a lot of high hat and a big snare sound. I end up having to go back and redial those so they don’t get swallowed up by the high end. They say guitar is a mid range instrument, which it truly is. But I find I still need a lot of high-end to cut through a dense mix for rhythm guitars. Just turning them up, doesn’t help me at all.

I think this is precisely why many amps offer a presence knob or bright switch.

 

[riffy]

I think this is precisely why many amps offer a presence knob or bright switch.

You are absolutely right there. I tend not to like bright switches, because they tend to make my amps, at least the one that has it sound too strident. The presence knob works, but I find I have to dial out more of my lower mids, which I tend to really like for the grind.

 

[ian_dissonance]

Back on topic slightly, I don’t overthink my tones, but I do have to overthink my live setup when it comes to trying new stuff because of some of the convenience factors of the Helix Floor/LT. If I want to integrate a new modeler I need things like one output at a constant mic level and another that can be controlled on the device. I need something with two XLR outs and at least one additional out (IEM, FOH, stage monitor). I need something with a global eq that can be assigned to the third output only. It seems like whenever I want to try something new in a band context it falls apart somewhere in there without going to the rack Fractal or start adding a bunch of shit that will end up going on a bigger, heavier board with more PSU needs, cables, etc than I’m already dealing with. So thanks L6 for making something so useful there isn’t much comparable and basically locking me into this platform.

 

[la szum]

@la szum My apologies, fellow guitar nerd, tree hugger and food for something.

 

[la szum]

Do you at least fry them up and dip in honey mustard?

I always recommend a nice Sriracha Mayo.