With any talk about amp settings and tone there’s never a uniform right answer.įender amp settings are no different, even within the context of one brand. It’s perfect for heavy overdrive or a saturating distortion pedal. With treble holding steady and your mids coming up a bit, that should be enough to meld with the higher bass and give you a nice driving tone. Treble: 7 / Mids: 5 / Bass: 8 / Reverb: 0 Try the following configuration for a heavier tone: You’ll want to be careful not to muddy things up but an easy metal EQ is to push your mid-range and bass knobs a little higher. This makes heavy rock and even metal a particularly strong spot for Fender’s tone. Low End Settings: Fender Amp Settings for MetalĪs I’ve been saying, Fender amps are smooth and provide a lot of thickness to your tone, so it is possible to push the bass up and take advantage of that. I also think that having the bass and mid a bit lower can really help on Fender amplifiers, even though I’m typically a fan of more bass in a guitar tone. Some guy on a forum said it was like having Spock dial in the perfect tone, and I would agree.īut all you need to know is that it works and makes for a great blues tone. If you read what the guy had to say from the single coil website (link posted above) it’s a lot of math and technical jargon that I don’t think is necessary to understand. Okay, so what are the magic six settings? It balances out the smoothness of the tubes and adds some bite on the high end. Balancing treble: Having treble a bit higher than mid and bass gives your Fender amp that bright appeal that Marshall’s are so popular for.Cuts the mids: It’s complex but cutting the mid-range down (particularly with distorted sounds) will help to balance out volume and intensity between higher and lower strings.Cutting the bass can help even things out. Cuts the bass: Fender amps (which are usually tube amps) are smooth but, often push a lot of low end.I do know that the magic six works great for Fender amps for the following reasons: To be quite honest, I don’t know for sure if that’s true. This guy says it originated with a fella by the name of Bjorn Juhl, from posted the settings back in 2002. The Magic Six: Fender Amp Settings for Blues
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