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What's good guitar EQ for worship? Where do you set your lows, mids and highs for faster songs? For slower songs? What pedals or effects do you like to use?
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Try asking those questions 1 at a time.
It all depends on what guitar/amp/effects/size of the room/ who you're playing with/ church PA system/style of music/etc/etc.
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I keep it simple, generally speaking. As a guitarist, I only employ 1 pedal (a Boss Blues Driver) and the 2 modes of my amp (basically, clean & crunchy). If there are times where it's good for the guitar to "cut" through the mix more, I'll dial my tone knob in for those sections. During verses or real wordy singing, I dial the tone back out so I don't "cut" as much and that generally allows the vocals to be the lead (which IMO is what they should be when they're singing). It's relatively easy to do that because I play a Telecaster and there's only 2 knobs - it's not like I have to go hunting for the tone knob to find it.
Nate
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I use a Marshall 2x12 combo with a POD XT Live and a Gibson SG. I use the JCM 800 distortion setting (saturated high gain) for fast songs, and a sparkly clean with delay and a bit of chorus for slower jams.
depends on the style/room/etc completely..
*anathema*
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Oh man, my tone varies soooooo much. Even in the course of just one service, I might use four or five totally different tones.
This morning would be a good example. (Also note, I'm using a Gibson SG Supreme with a Vox Valvetronix and VC12 Floorboard)
I started out with a bassy AC30 tone and kicked on an mild overdrive on the choruses of the first song.
Then I used that same patch settings for the EQ (except for the gain, which was moved to halfway) and changed the amp model to a blues model. Left the OD on.
Next song, same EQ and amp model. Turned off OD and turned on chorus. On the last two choruses I turned the OD back on and played some lead.
Next, I switched to a patch that is has more mids and treble (and is based on a Blackface 2x12). Turned on a wah and used that. Also applyed a little reverb.
Next, bridge pickup, and switched to a patch that's based on a 80's Marshall stack. Compression and delay were used, but the delay was switched on and off.
Next song, switch the pup back to the neck and went back to the Blackface patch and turned on a chorus and delay and played through that.
Last song, rolled back my tone knob on the neck pup to about 5 and went through the AC30 model with the mild OD kicked on between verses to play some jazzy lead lines.
I'm all about variety. Ya never know what's next.
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Originally Posted by grand_master_d What's good guitar EQ for worship? Where do you set your lows, mids and highs for faster songs? For slower songs? What pedals or effects do you like to use?
Definately need more info here.
Acoustic or Electric?
What kind of guitar?
Do you run through a direct box? What effects? Do you use an amp?
What other instruments are in the mix?
How many singers?
How good is your sound tech?
How big is the room you play in? ... and what are the wall/floor coverings?
Where do your services fall on the traditional to modern scale?
... unfortunately, there are so many variables to consider, you can't just ask a general question like that.
HOWEVER... there is hope for an answer: In most cases, if it sounds good do it (just keep in mind that a guitar sounds very different in a mix with other instruments than it does alone, so EQ while you're playing with the full band).
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I don't switch my tone as much, just the pickup's volumes and switch, overdrive or not, and different effects.