Quote (Derkaderk @ Feb 4 2012 08:46pm)
crank the pre gain, balance the lows and highs, cut the mids...for the rhythm tone anyway. There're more mids in the leads obviously
Whatever you do don't crank the pre gain, or cut the mids out..... that's how to get shitty fizzy metal tone that will never cut through a mix and result in massive amounts of feedback. I use a mesa triple rec and I get amazing heavy tones with this set up
This is with the knobs ranging from 1-10
Gain - 6, Bass - 6, Treble - 7, Mid - 8, Presence - 8
As you can see you don't want to get too extreme with any eq'ing, especially in a live setting where the bass is going to be carrying a lot of the low end, your guitar is going to be playing a big role on how "heavy" your tone will sound as well as a lot of the heavy tone is with palm muting and strumming technique, it's not some shitty thing people say to be douches but a lot of the tone is "in the fingers". Here is my band and you can hear the guitar while not very technical in this song sounds very heavy and I am using the exact settings posted above which a lot of people wouldn't believe.
http://www.facebook.com/GrimmMusicNow also your equipment is going to make a HUGE difference in how to make it sound heavier, so some details would be killer.