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Originally Posted by Bluesyzep
Thought I would give this a try but when you say "set the neck for a good soloing tone" do you mean it should sound like the bridge
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Truth is amp setting are still quite a mystery to me but set my Marshall tube for clean w. gain 8, treble 7, middle 5 and bass 3. Still have a little necky sound to it. Am I on the right track or am I way off?
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What I meant by 'good soloing tone' is that it has enough treble and high mids to be heard through the mix. Like the sound Gary Moore uses for Still Got the Blues. The beginning and a fair bit of the solo are neck pickup sounds. So what I am getting at is that your neck pup is darker than the bridge. The sound you get with the bridge vol and tone at 10 is the brightest sound you can extract from your guitar. If you EQ your amp so the
brightest possible sound you can get sounds balanced, the neck pup will be muddy. This is problem a lot of people complain about, which is why I wrote this.
With the tone control you can cut the treble. But you can't
add it if it's not already there. So...
EQ your amp so it's as bright as you need it to be on the neck pup. Then your bridge will seem too bright and harsh, but you can tame that with the tone control for the bridge. That's what I meant when I said you can cut the treble, but you can't add it if it's not there.
So in its simplest terms, EQ your amp bright enough for your neck to sound good, then turn down the tone on your bridge. The rest will follow from there.