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Electric Guitar Sound

Unread post by TheDreamingTree » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:30 pm

I just got my first electric guitar the other day. It's a Schecter S1 Elite Series.
At guitar center it sounded good but thats because I was playing it on a good amp. I have a crapy 15 watt amp at my house. Whenever I play it the sound is not that good, it's too twangy and snappy, is there anything I can do make it sound like an electric guitar.

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Unread post by guitardmb » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:44 am

You might have the overdrive on. Look for a white button and press it and see if it does anything. You can also play with the knobs a bit until you get a good sound.

Are you looking for a clean undistorted sound or a heavy metal kind of sound?
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Unread post by TheDreamingTree » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:31 am

Overdrive is off. I'm looking for the sound like in "Fool to Think"
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Unread post by fatjack » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:36 am

TheDreamingTree wrote:Overdrive is off. I'm looking for the sound like in "Fool to Think"
that aint happening on a 15 watt (and im guessing solid-state) amp
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Unread post by Davy28 » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:15 pm

you might want to look at a stomp box or several processors (such as digitech) to get the kind of sound you want on any amp.
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Unread post by TheDreamingTree » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:10 pm

I have a 15 watt crate amp, but i was also playing on a 15 watt Crate amp at guitar center and it sounded better. On my amp it sounds to cheesey and twangy. There's also a blue knob with effects and I have it on bypass
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Unread post by DT » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:16 pm

You are definitely gonna have to suck it up and either buy a new amp, or an assload of effects. Practice amps just dont give very good sound, or have much versatility.
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Unread post by mangold » Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:34 pm

i think its the schecter, i dont like em... also check and see if you have flourescent lights in the room because that can interfere with pickups and amps
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Unread post by TheDreamingTree » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:02 pm

I do have a florescent light but even when it's not on it still sounds like shit
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Unread post by jeffro » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:23 pm

Mess with the tone controls and pickup selector on the guitar, it may not be the amp.
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