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Asimpleturnfromonedottothenextcreatesadifference.Rememberthatalittlecangoalong
way.
♦ Therstknobisoftenassociatedwith“Solid”,especiallyinthe50Hzarea.Atlowervolumes,
youmaywishanincreasetolloutthebottomend–similartothe“loudness”controlonyour
stereo –while at louder settings, consider a cut here. This is also a good knob to help out less
thanfullrangecabinetdesigns,addingbackthe“-3dB”oftenseeninspecications.Since“-3
dB”ishalvethepowerof“0dB”,acabinetdesignedforthefullrangeoftheinstrumentwill
always sound better.
♦ Thesecondknobhasbeenfoundtobeusefulforllinginthedeadspotsocommononmany
necks –the one about ½ way up on the “G” string. The top three bands control frequencies
whereyoursoundstartstogetdenedashumanhearingstartstosharpen.Therightamount
of midrange gives you clarity and punch, but be careful: too much can sound harsh.
♦ Fingernoisemaybefoundbetween500and1000Hz,andthethirdknobcanbeusedtosub-
tractunwantednoiseandoptimizethengereffect.Thoseusingaslaporpopstylewillnd
this useful to eliminating harshness by adjusting upper midrange frequencies. This is also a
useful range to adjust the “honk” prevalent in some speaker cabinets.
♦ The fourth knob can help add a top end “snap” that dull-sounding speaker systems or pickups
lack, as well as compensate for an old set of strings.
OpenStrings:“B”@31Hz,“E”@41Hz,“A”@55Hz,“D”@73Hz,“G”@98Hz,“C”@132Hz.