Twiddlin' the knobs?

[Roger...]

Hi All,

I have my amplifier set up clean, with the following settings:-

Bass @ 25%
Middle @ 75%
Treble @ 40%

All the tunes I play, I tend to use the above settings, and only change the settings on the guitar (ie pickup selection, vol, tone etc), and the MagicStomp. I suppose I've always done it this way from the days (long, long ago) when I was in a band, and once set never to be touched.

Just a thought, as some of the tunes I like to play have very different sounds and do not appear to be totally managed by guitar tweaking alone.

Am I alone in doing this, or do most of you change the amplifier settings to hone into the particular tune?

Guitar: Stratocaster US 1979
Amplifier: Roland Cube 30X
Effects: Yamaha MagicStomp Mk2
Patches: Charlie's EFTP
Backing Tracks: UB-HANK

One for Charlie:
Does Hank have one set of amplifier settings on stage, or are they tweaked for different instrumentals by someone remotely off-stage?

Kind regards
Roger

[Charlie Hall]

Hi Roger,
Even when playing live, I am adjusting my amp for almost every number, mainly when I am changing pickup selections on the guitar. I use more bass when using the bridge pickup and have to back off the bass with other pickup selections. I can't work with just one setting. This is probably necessary as my amp has limited clean headroom so I can overdrive it when required, but even with more powerful amps I do the same, although they are too loud to use the amp's natural overdrive.
Hank has always used a single setting on his amp when playing live as far as I know.
Regards,
Charlie

[Roger...]

Hi Charlie,

Many thanks for the info. I think I'll have to start twiddlin' then.

Kind regards
Roger