What a difference an EQ Pedal makes after your gain pedals!!!

[jayjay]

I use a Boss GE-7 after my RAT2. Makes a world of difference. I love Rats but find the frequencies need more than a little tweaking. I personally find them too bright, so I dial up (yes, on Rats it's up not down to mellow it up) and boost the mids and a little bass after.

[Razor]

What I thought sounded good to my ears before EQ, now sounds OK but lacking bottom end and crunch, compared to when I kick the EQ in. It sounds like I'm switching to a Mesa Boogie.

If I was starting out all over again, I'd buy an EQ before any other pedals.

[treardet]

Originally Posted by cerebro911

The guy I'm talking about is a Morello fanatic, had all the same pedals to a great extent (he used a grunge pedal instead of amp distortion and some other small differences) and can do probably 95% of Rage's material. He had the same EQ I think. So does that specefic pedal have a volume slider? I've always thought of picking up an EQ pedal for that purpose is why I ask.

And if not, is there one that does?

ha I can't imagine collecting all the same pedals, and then thinking a grunge pedal will help approximate Morello's sound.

[Motorhead]

Originally Posted by Prime

+1 to republic, I purely use my GEB-7(bass version of the GE-7) to shape my signal with for more bass and treble definition and less mids, as well as a volume boost the overall volume, after the enhancer of the LMB-3(compressor mode is off) this is ideal for when both guitars in my band are playing hard with distortion, so the bass can be heard with out being to rumbled and muffled.

Especially usefull when the lead goes into a solo, lets me fill that void thats left.

I tend to use my GEB-7 (Sniper modded also) more often then any other EQ.

[cerebro911]

Originally Posted by treardet

ha I can't imagine collecting all the same pedals, and then thinking a grunge pedal will help approximate Morello's sound.

Strangely he pulls it off almost exactly. A new amp cost too much (with all the pedals to buy), so instead he pushes a bass amp hard. The proof is in the pudding though, and I'd bet that he could fool alot of people into thinking a recording of him was a recording of Morello. What I can't imagine is how much time it took to tweak the amp and pedal settings to get the sound right.

[Doctor J]

Originally Posted by cerebro911

Strangely he pulls it off almost exactly. A new amp cost too much (with all the pedals to buy), so instead he pushes a bass amp hard. The proof is in the pudding though, and I'd bet that he could fool alot of people into thinking a recording of him was a recording of Morello. What I can't imagine is how much time it took to tweak the amp and pedal settings to get the sound right.

Let him write something orginal and have people think it's Morello, and I'll be convinced.

[jm417]

Originally Posted by Razor

With the Boss EQ20, you can toggle between a manual setting and a saved setting with your foot.

yeah, I know, but you can't adjust the EQ's without having them on can you? When you play in as many different venues as I do, you need to be able to tweak the EQ a bit.

FYI I usually leave the clean channel on my amp set flat and use the EQ to bring up the low, mediun and high, and drop the frequencies in between. and then with the muff I like it with more bottom and low mid, and the high mid cut and a slightly boosted high. I haven't found any certain setting for my drive pedals (DLS and Flexdrive) I am leaning toward a mid boost for the DLS, and the flexdrive doesn't need anything. I only use the dirty channel of the amp on its own so I have the most different drive sounds possible. I think I counted 7 or 8 different tones depending on combinations.

[Razor]

you can't adjust the EQ's without having them on can you?

You can save 9 different ones. Then, with the pedal on or off, you can skip forward through the 9, but you have to do it by hand. The EQ-20 lets you use the right pedal to alternate between the currently selected saved EQ setting, and the current manual EQ setting. The left pedal switches the EQ-20 on or off.

I use a Saved setting as my Rhythm EQ, and the Manual setting as my Solo Boost. I can toggle between the two quickly and easily. It's my EQ and my boost.

[cerebro911]

Originally Posted by Doctor J

Let him write something orginal and have people think it's Morello, and I'll be convinced.

Haha, touché.