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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:00 am
by ohyeahfuzzbear
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
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:54 am
by johnnyseven
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.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:09 am
by stewart
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.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:48 pm
by Bacchus
Jahsoul wrote:The AVT is a "tinny" sounding amp from all my encounter with it, clean or distorted.
Nope.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:53 pm
by Mike
I'm fairly sure those things can be dialed in to be very dark and thumpy with the EQ controls, even moreso with a 4x12"
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:56 pm
by Bacchus
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.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:19 pm
by robroe
Cougar1000 is a hybrid amp too. <3 it 4eva
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:35 pm
by ohyeahfuzzbear
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...
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:13 am
by Skip
i vote compressor
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:54 am
by hotrodperlmutter
mage wrote:everything doog
i don't think so
no, i don't think so
i don't believe that doogfest is dead yeah
i don't believe that doogfest is dead yeah
[/rossdale]
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:18 am
by Doog
hahahahaha
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:36 pm
by ohyeahfuzzbear
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