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Old 05-15-2005, 06:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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i recently bought a new crate glx 212, 120 watt guitar amp. a steal too i only paid $380 which is about half the retail price. i love the thing. the only problem i have with it, is that i cant seem to get enough high end treble out of it. part of the reason for this i think is that i play a guitar with double humbuckers (which are built to give a warm smooth sound). but ive noticed that it does that with a lot of guitars that have three single coils too.

im thinking about having the speakers replaced with ones designed to give better tone.

anyone have any suggestions as to what i might be able to do about this that may be a little cheaper?
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Old 05-16-2005, 02:15 AM   #2 (permalink)
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i recently bought a new crate glx 212, 120 watt guitar amp. a steal too i only paid $380 which is about half the retail price. i love the thing. the only problem i have with it, is that i cant seem to get enough high end treble out of it. part of the reason for this i think is that i play a guitar with double humbuckers (which are built to give a warm smooth sound). but ive noticed that it does that with a lot of guitars that have three single coils too.

im thinking about having the speakers replaced with ones designed to give better tone.

anyone have any suggestions as to what i might be able to do about this that may be a little cheaper?
Weird. I'd change the speakers in a heartbeat just as an excuse to upgrade. It will almost definititely improve the overall tone of the amp and it certainly won't make the problem any worse. You could also purchase an EQ pedal (check out MXR's M-108 ten band EQ - @ $120 orBOSS's GE7 7 band EQ -@ $90) untill then make sure youv'e gone through every control configuration on both your amp and guitar (drop the bass EQ out on the amp and make sure you have the guitar's tone control turned all the way up - sorry if that sounds like the most obvious thing in the world).
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Old 05-16-2005, 02:07 PM   #3 (permalink)
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yeah thats exactly what i do. turn the treble all the way up on both and knock the bass down to about 6 or 7.

usually i get this problem mainly on the high gain channel. which of the metal distortion pedals would you recommend? (ie: digitech death metal distortion, boss metal zone....etc)
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Old 05-16-2005, 02:11 PM   #4 (permalink)
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yeah thats exactly what i do. turn the treble all the way up on both and knock the bass down to about 6 or 7.

usually i get this problem mainly on the high gain channel. which of the metal distortion pedals would you recommend? (ie: digitech death metal distortion, boss metal zone....etc)
Both of the pedals you mentioned are good, but the Boss Metal Zone especially, because has a built in parametric EQ which allows you to really fine tune your tone. That maybe a good solution for you.
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Check out the Digitech DF& Distortion Factory pedal: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/...se_pid/150838/
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buy an electro harmonix big muff. best distortion ever. as far as speakers, check out celestions. they are expensive but well worth it.
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buy an electro harmonix big muff. best distortion ever. as far as speakers, check out celestions. they are expensive but well worth it.
I was going to recommend the big muff, but i figured he was looking for something a little more "edgy". It is the best though.
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i was looking for speakers today, and celestions to seem to get the best reviews so thats what i will look into in the case of speakers. as for the distortion, are there websites where i can listen to some of the sounds these pedals make. i know one company has that on their website but im not sure which one.
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i was looking for speakers today, and celestions to seem to get the best reviews so thats what i will look into in the case of speakers. as for the distortion, are there websites where i can listen to some of the sounds these pedals make. i know one company has that on their website but im not sure which one.
www.musiciansfriend.com usually allows you to listen to effects online. You may also want to try the homepages of effect manufacturers.
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go to a guitar shop and check out all the pedals. then, when you find the one you like... go home and buy it online for cheaper.
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