johnnyseven wrote:From your description I think what you are trying to do is something I do quite a lot in the songs I write and play with my band. I think more than being a guitar or amp problem it may be something you need to work on in your playing technique. If i'm picking the strings when playing a riff I would play the lower string and then mute that string with my thumb on my picking hand in order to stop it ringing when I play the higher strings. If it is a riff where i'm strumming the low string together with the higher strings then I would hit the low strings with less force and apply more force when hitting the higher strings. It's something that with a fair amount of practice becomes quite easy. Alternatively you could play upstrokes therefore hitting the higher strings first and hitting the lower strings second, hopefully with less force.
The recordings I did with my band at the weekend include examples of both of these techniques but as they are not quite finished yet they're not yet on myspace so I can't direct you to them to have listen to how I do it.
If you could link me to them that would be great . Yeah I think it may be a technique thing
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
I haven't posted the tracks up onto the 'net yet as they aren't quite finished, however if you send me your email address I can send you the MP3's of the tracks as they are now.
i've noticed a capo can help with open strings booming out too much, it feels more like you're barre-ing and there's less ring. Give it a bash and see if it helps. Certainly don't pay attention to the chap suggesting you buy expensive new pickups, that's just silly.
It's odd, though. Noob idiots buy one thinking that they are getting a tube amp, veteran idiots dismiss them as solid state rubbish. Both camps get them wrong.
They don't sound like an all valve Marshall, but then, there's not much that does apart from an all valve Marshall. They are excellent for what they are, and are great for gigging. Really versatile. The digital reverb is great too.
BacchusPaul wrote:Yes indeed. They really are awesome.
It's odd, though. Noob idiots buy one thinking that they are getting a tube amp, veteran idiots dismiss them as solid state rubbish. Both camps get them wrong.
They don't sound like an all valve Marshall, but then, there's not much that does apart from an all valve Marshall. They are excellent for what they are, and are great for gigging. Really versatile. The digital reverb is great too.
Exactly, they are just really good hybrid amps...
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
BTW everyone, I: angled my pickups, boosted the mids (slightly) and used our bassist's orange guitar speaker for extension. Now the problem is almost completely gone... thanks everyone
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
. Yeah I think it may be a technique thing
