Tube Freaks Guitar Forum http://www.tubefreaks.net en Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:14:39 GMT vBulletin 15 http://www.tubefreaks.net/images/misc/rss.jpg Tube Freaks Guitar Forum http://www.tubefreaks.net TubeFreaksGuitarForumhttp://feedburner.google.com <![CDATA[Calling all Florida Jammers - Let's Have Us a Summer Jam]]> http://www.tubefreaks.net/general-music/453-calling-all-florida-jammers-lets-have-us-summer-jam.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:39:16 GMT For those of you who may need a hotel room while attending the jam next weekend, here's a list of places within 10-15 minutes of the church where the jam will be held:

Hampton Inn
http://www.hamptoninn.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=TPATSHX

Holiday Inn Express
http://www.holidayinn.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/clwts?&cm_mmc=mdpr-_-googlemaps-_-hi-_-clwts&dp=true

Tarpon Inn
http://tarpon-inn.com

Please let me know if you plan to attend. We have a nice line-up of about 30-40 people who plan to attend and the amp list for our backline (and just to try out to hear some great tones) is stacking up nicely. Hope to see ya' there! ]]> General Music mmcquain http://www.tubefreaks.net/general-music/453-calling-all-florida-jammers-lets-have-us-summer-jam.html Which tube amp? http://www.tubefreaks.net/amplifiers/459-tube-amp.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:16:26 GMT I have a Blues Deluxe, and it is a good amp, but the VOX and Egnater are better sounding amps to my ears....especially in the upper registers (brightness or top gain on). EL84s have a "tighter" sound to them tha 6L6s (power amp tubes that are in the Fender). ]]> Amplifiers adaptable http://www.tubefreaks.net/amplifiers/459-tube-amp.html Bit of gain ? which pedal to buy http://www.tubefreaks.net/digital-effects-signal-processors/457-bit-gain-pedal-buy.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:29:10 GMT
Quote:
Originally Posted by gazaboy1 (Post 2375)
Why dont you want to boost the mids and what do you mean by contour( excuse my ignorance) ..
Because guitars are mostly mid range tone....By sweeping the mids, the EQ de-emphasizes the guitars natural tone and gives you a tone that is quite different. Coupled with an overall boast in signal can give you a great lead or hard rock tone. You can do the opposite and give your guitar a mid-boost that will further drive the overdrive.

Contour is the shape of the EQ with the mid "scooped". Here is what it looks like on a 5 band EQ:

.Lows --......-- Highs
............--..--............
..............--..............
...........Mids............

The contour control on Mesa Boogie amps controls how deep the mids are cut and how high the lows and highs are boosted. By switching the EQ from a contoured setting to a flat (off) setting should give you a dramatically different tone. ]]> adaptable http://www.tubefreaks.net/digital-effects-signal-processors/457-bit-gain-pedal-buy.html Blue October http://www.tubefreaks.net/bands-artists/458-blue-october.html Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:26:20 GMT Hey guitar lovers! Blue October has a new music video out! It's for their single "Say It." It definitely adds to their hard and rock style from their previous singles. What would you say, would you pump this up in your car? y/n? YouTube - Blue October - Say It ]]> rockitmarty http://www.tubefreaks.net/bands-artists/458-blue-october.html Vox Ac4 http://www.tubefreaks.net/tube-amps/407-vox-ac4.html Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:09:32 GMT That's true about any of the Fenders I've played through my AD30VT. The guitar provides the dominant tone and the different amp models color that tone. ]]> Tube Amps badger809 http://www.tubefreaks.net/tube-amps/407-vox-ac4.html Roland (Cube) 60 http://www.tubefreaks.net/amplifiers/452-roland-cube-60-a.html Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:48:04 GMT I played with a Roland Cube 80x at Norman's Rare Guitars in LA last week, and it is a cool little solid state amp with DSPs and controls that are more simplified than the VOX AD or Line6 Spider series. All of the tones were pretty useful and authentic sounding. It's got a 12 inch speaker, so it has plenty of bass response. I had fun toying with the looper. I would have to hear it side by side to the VOX AD to really see which one does a better job. The Roland certainly has more bells and whistles. $400 for this lightweight practical amp. ]]> Amplifiers adaptable http://www.tubefreaks.net/amplifiers/452-roland-cube-60-a.html