How to find an amp's sweet spot

Not sure. Interesting though...

Presuming many amps have highly interactive controls, where you start and what order you go about the controls would affect what he did in the video. Probably?
 
Mr Grumpy said:
Not sure. Interesting though...

Presuming many amps have highly interactive controls, where you start and what order you go about the controls would affect what he did in the video. Probably?
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That is another thing I found interesting. I was waiting for him to say that, but he did not. He presumably believes that the point where the pot is most responsive is static for each. This is also something I will look for.
 
IT can be--- however I leave the amp dimed and then adjust/set tone with the Tube Overdrive pedal ......typically on the Panama not the Little Sexy is at nine --- and as I look across the room it is currently on 10 --- same deal-- adjust with the tube Overdrive when using it...
 
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Yeah I wasn't too impressed with the video but I do think that starting with the lows and highs before the mids is sensible

Then you have the whole issue of how 'presence' affects tone, 'bright' switches, etc ... not to mention the 'resonance' control on Peavey 5150/6505 series amps (although I mainly use that to adjust for different cabs). Resonance is quite interactive with the low EQ in my experience.
 
I'll try that tomorrow.
Should be easy with this.
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Dave Sloven said:
Yeah I wasn't too impressed with the video but I do think that starting with the lows and highs before the mids is sensible

Then you have the whole issue of how 'presence' affects tone, 'bright' switches, etc ... not to mention the 'resonance' control on Peavey 5150/6505 series amps (although I mainly use that to adjust for different cabs). Resonance is quite interactive with the low EQ in my experience.
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I think the videos assume a sense of independence between the parameters and that the most responsive section of the pot is the best section to be in. I doubt the validity of this theory, but it is so easy to test that I must!
 
Too simplistic to apply to all amps. This method is fine with a Fender or Marshall style tonestack, but if you try this with a Mesa or a Bogner (or many others) you are going to get mud. It's, I believe, the reason that many people say they don't like those amps...players have learned to dial in a Fender-style tonestack their whole life and then they apply the same thing to a Mark 5 and they leave thinking the Mark is a terrible-sounding amp when in reality a lot of the method for dialing in great tone with those amps is counter intuitive to someone used to the Fender.
 
I just tried it on my Marshall and Panama and...I think it has merit! On the Marshall, I even applied the concept to the presence and resonance knobs. I will play it this way for a while and then see if I can get a tone that I deem significantly superior.
 
I recorded the "sweet spot" settings. The I put the dials in the approximate location I had them for years until I thought they were "right" and recorded again. I then played them back. I preferred the settings as determined by the above method. AT minimum, I will use this as a reference point going forward
 
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