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Topic: Mxr 10 band eq for U12 |
Scott McRee
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2015 2:43 pm |
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So I saw someone on here mentioning that they play a u12 and when they got a mxr graphic 10 band eq it made their lower strings really come through and the tone was much better. I bought one and just got it in. How would you all suggest arranging the settings of all of these sliders? It has a volume slider then bands from 31.25-16khz then it has a gain slide. If you all could, please give me your opinion on if this would be good for my Carter u12 and if so what it does exactly, and then how to set it, as well as where to set it up in my signal chain. After volume pedal or before? After my fever, delay, overdrive or before etc...? Thanks in advance.
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Scott Duckworth
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Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 28 Apr 2015 3:49 am
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As for settings, there is a general rule of thumb I use. If a section of frequencies is to hot, cut it, don't boost something else to compensate, because pretty soon you will run out of headroom and have a mess. Start with everything "flat" or centered. Work from there.
An equalizer is not a "boost" device. It us used to equalize the frequencies of a given source.
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 28 Apr 2015 4:07 am
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I'd put it after a buffer, before anything else.
Its purpose is to shape the frequency curve to make sure it puts out "your tone." It makes sense to feed your effects "your tone" to start with, rather than try to adjust the effects' output to your tone.
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James Hartman
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2015 5:56 am
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This is another "no right answer" question. Proper placement in your signal chain is where it sounds best to you. I don't use an EQ pedal with steel, but on my big pedalboard for conventional guitar it's placed after everything but delay and reverb. Placed earlier in the chain as Lane suggests would sound a bit different, not necessarily better. If you place it before an overdrive, for example, it will change the way the overdrive responds to your playing - whether that's a good or bad thing, only you can tell.
EQ settings depend on your particular guitar and amp, and mostly on your personal sense of what you want to hear. Start with everything flat, as already suggested, and experiment from there. I'll disagree with Mr. Duckworth and say that a graphic EQ can be and often is used as a frequency selective boost device. Which frequencies you might choose to boost or cut is entirely subjective. |
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