Wall of Mouths

Awesome! :D

What sounds good in the bedroom is not what sounds good with a band. The mega distorted scooped sound that sounds good when you play by yourself will get eaten up by the bass, kick and cymbals with you band.

You should try decreasing the distortion/gain on your amp (ignore the zoom for now) and have the master volume up as much as you can get it before your neighbours/bandmates complain. You want to get the balance of pre-amp, power-amp and speaker distortion right, this should give you a thick and powerfull sound, that will fit in with the other instruments. If you bassist has a trebley tone, try increasing your bass and mid tone controls, if he is bass heavy try decreasing your bass and increasing your mids and treble. You want the band as a whole to sound loud and together.

Also, sounds that work live are not the smae as sounds that work on record- on a recording bands use a lot of EQ and panning to make things fit. Try seeing some local bands you like, and see how their guitarists have their amps set up too. :)

Title: Anyone here from Colchester? What’s the music scene like?

I hadn’t lived in Essex for 6 years. Got a job in Colchester starting in a few weeks, and I want to know if there’s any decent rock clubs, and if there’s any point looking to start a band there.

WTF happened to the Army & Navy pub? :mad:

Dave Grohl used to use them too.

At the time they were one of the most expensive guitars Gibson made, the artist series had active electronics designed by bob moog but they sold poorly.

I’ve got an RD Artist bass. It’s ugly, but I love it.

Holowon Static Egg, Fulltone 70s, Big Muff pi, Visual Sound Route 66, Colorsound Fuzz ToneBender and an Ibanez PD7 and Fulltone Bassdrive. :D

Sadly, as I just moved back to the UK from the US I only have 2 old amps to play them through. :(