slybird
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I own several guitars with different pickup arrangements and output levels. They go from quiet single coil to a very high output active pickup.
I was using a Mesa Triaxis and had presets for every guitar with levels and tones relatively equalized for all the basic sounds I needed. It made a guitar switch onstage really easy. I would just bring any two guitars I wanted for a particular gig.
This year I moved to using a single channel amp and pedals. This is causing me problems. Now my quiet guitars are too quiet when clean, my active pickups are way too loud when clean, some guitars are way too bright, and others are way too dark. If I forget to move the knobs on amp and OD pedal things just don't always go as I want. Solos can be way too quiet or loud depending.
How do you manage guitar changes onstage without turning knobs? Just use the volume and tone knobs on the guitar? Some of my guitars only have a volume knob, wouldn't take care of tone. Maybe use a volume pedal? Just use the same type of guitars with similar output and tone?
Thanks.
I was using a Mesa Triaxis and had presets for every guitar with levels and tones relatively equalized for all the basic sounds I needed. It made a guitar switch onstage really easy. I would just bring any two guitars I wanted for a particular gig.
This year I moved to using a single channel amp and pedals. This is causing me problems. Now my quiet guitars are too quiet when clean, my active pickups are way too loud when clean, some guitars are way too bright, and others are way too dark. If I forget to move the knobs on amp and OD pedal things just don't always go as I want. Solos can be way too quiet or loud depending.
How do you manage guitar changes onstage without turning knobs? Just use the volume and tone knobs on the guitar? Some of my guitars only have a volume knob, wouldn't take care of tone. Maybe use a volume pedal? Just use the same type of guitars with similar output and tone?
Thanks.