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Mine only have bass and treble...but yeah, definitely this. Use your ears not what someone else tells you will sound best!
And don't be afraid to use them (full amount)...that's what they're for!
Can just about believe someone didn't know what treble meant but he must have heard of the instrument bass.
Dave Friedman says that people might not want to hear it but there's no formula to follow, you just have to listen and use your ears.
Not only that but it's obvious that when they tweak they are just turning knobs and flicking switches, hearing what it does then adjusting.
Zero the Bass Middle and Treble controls. Set the volume and gain if you want it.
Play a first position open E chord and turn the bass knob until you here the peak where the sound seems jump into focus.
Then do the same for the middle control but play an A chord and for the Treble but play a D chord.
That should give you a good basic sound which can then tweak to fit the situation. For instance you might want to reduce the middle in a band mix if you are playing rhythm guitar parts.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Weird.
I suppose it would seem easier if someone followed "after steps 2 and 3, now turn the bass control clockwise until the bass sounds like *adjective*". Then they're moving a specific control with a specific goal rather than not knowing which knob to turn first or when to stop turning it.
It really does just take time to get used to what the knobs each sound like though.
It might not necessarily give you the sound you want - not helped by there sometimes being more than one point where the control does a lot - but as a quick way to get a workable sound and see what the amp inherently 'wants' to do it's extremely useful.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Maybe it's because I only have bass and treble controls...but I do still have pedals with tone controls.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
I set it to the classic Mark series settings
Bass 1-2 Mid 3 Treble 7-8 huge V in the graphic EQ and there it was, instant Petrucci (well tonality wise anyway)
I’m guessing they had been setting it with everything on 5 and wondering why it sounded so flubby and mushy.