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Huw Price

Not changing your amp settings when you leave your rehearsal space for the stage? You're doing EQ wrong

Fender amp control panel.

Many of us put considerable effort into perfecting our tone, often spending hours carefully dialling in our guitar amps. But things can go pear-shaped when we venture beyond the bedroom or rehearsal studio. Tight lows begin to boom, sweet treble becomes shrill, and there’s way too much reverb. Or maybe you can’t hear yourself properly in the mix.

Maybe you put a strip of masking tape across the top of your amp’s control panel with all your settings carefully marked, so could it really be your fault? Unfortunately, this is what happens when perfectly honed tone butts up against unfavourable room acoustics. 

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