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anyone think there can be too much gain

like weight gain? yes no fatties

Your username is fretless, but there are frets on the guitar in your avatar.

fretless wrote:like weight gain? yes no fatties

Never

Dropsix wrote:Your username is fretless, but there are frets on the guitar in your avatar.

I'm not worried about those

yes

paisteguy wrote:anyone think there can be too much gain

thats what i like about forums

Yes there can be too much gain... I've been hanging weights from my dong and now it drags on the floor.

Placemat Jackson wrote:Yes there can be too much gain... I've been hanging weights from my dong and now it drags on the floor.

So does mine, now that I lost both legs to a shark attack.

High gain amp chasing kicked my ass over the years but there were some very cool moments looking back.

less is more

moar is betterer.


Never enough.


Unless you're playing with others. Then yeah...it's EASY to have too much.

If you're just playing with yourself in your room, more gain is more better.

You can never have enough gain. I use a 5150 lead channel for cleans.

Gain for prez

Less is moar

how can less be more. that's impossible. more is more.

Placemat Jackson wrote:Yes there can be too much gain... I've been hanging weights from my dong and now it drags on the floor.

I donut care. Jus tell me who is your avatarrrr!!

for my tastes, lower gain in a full band sounds heavier.

wrongnote85 wrote:for my tastes, lower gain in a full band sounds heavier.

I think there's kind of a sweet spot, especially in a two guitar band where there's another person fighting for space in your same frequency range. Too little gain means I have no sustain in the mix and I find myself hitting the guitar waaaaaay too hard, especially with single notes. Too much gain means I fill the mix, which means I become the mix, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna be the carpet while other people are dancing.

benjamin801 wrote:

wrongnote85 wrote:for my tastes, lower gain in a full band sounds heavier.

I think there's kind of a sweet spot, especially in a two guitar band where there's another person fighting for space in your same frequency range. Too little gain means I have no sustain in the mix and I find myself hitting the guitar waaaaaay too hard, especially with single notes. Too much gain means I fill the mix, which means I become the mix, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna be the carpet while other people are dancing.

the way i do it is keep the gain low on both guitars, have the bass take care of the low end, one guitar take care of the low mids/ mids, and the other guitar take care of the upper mids/highs. setting it up like that and then having our cabs arranged properly onstage helps make things sound big and full as fuck without anyone instrument taking over someone else's space. it kinda sounds weird, and it took me a long time to get it all figured out, but it's pretty cool now.

Gunslinger wrote:how can less be more. that's impossible. more is more.

Not if you divide 'more' by 3.72 and then subtract the coefficient and then add a handshake

my biggest gripe about peoples tone is usually there isnt enough gain and the tone sounds dry and bland, i cant ever remember once saying a tone has too much gain.

The answer is yes

~Abstract~ wrote:Unless you're playing with others. Then yeah...it's EASY to have too much.

If you're just playing with yourself in your room, more gain is more better.

This.