tom schelfaut
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Hey guys, long post sorry!
I've been on something of a tone quest lately... since recently I play in a metal band as the only guitar player, so my sound has to be pretty in your face.
I use an Axe Fx 3 with matrix PA setup. I'm partial to the EVH5153 amps, blue channel, 50 and 100 watts.
I've got a pretty good sound dialled in, with plenty of mids because that's how I like it d it cuts through.
My problem now is that I want my sound to be 'angrier, nastier' and I would like to achieve that without adding a ton of gain. Are there specific EQ tricks that get you an angrier sound? Certain areas in the midrange to push or cut? Whenever i play around with midrange eq it ends up sounding boxy...
I kind of like the cranked hm2 chainsaw sound, but it doesn't work in a live mix (seen that too often with other bands) and it's too much for what I'm going for, but maybe I'd like just a touch of that chainsawness..
I've been on something of a tone quest lately... since recently I play in a metal band as the only guitar player, so my sound has to be pretty in your face.
I use an Axe Fx 3 with matrix PA setup. I'm partial to the EVH5153 amps, blue channel, 50 and 100 watts.
I've got a pretty good sound dialled in, with plenty of mids because that's how I like it d it cuts through.
My problem now is that I want my sound to be 'angrier, nastier' and I would like to achieve that without adding a ton of gain. Are there specific EQ tricks that get you an angrier sound? Certain areas in the midrange to push or cut? Whenever i play around with midrange eq it ends up sounding boxy...
I kind of like the cranked hm2 chainsaw sound, but it doesn't work in a live mix (seen that too often with other bands) and it's too much for what I'm going for, but maybe I'd like just a touch of that chainsawness..