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Re: Some thoughts on "mixing"Funny you said what you did about the lead player! My preferences and experiences have been the opposite. When I attempted to play guitar in my original band I came from a long history of playing with top notch guitar players, who came up before digital pedalboards. These great players with great tone ALL used the guitar volume knob. When I set up my rig I had a Tube Screamer, a delay and a modulation pedal. And did a lot of tone stuff by switching pickups and changing the guitar volume knob. This process, IMO leads to smooth transitions, more character in the overdrive sounds and gives some headroom if I needed it. Many guitarists I mix "dime" their guitar, and the rhythms are too loud and the leads are thin and wimpy and they can't adjust because it is a preset. With a digital pedal and guitar on 10 the gains might be 'even' but I rarely find that the sound is "even."YMMV. There are many ways to skin a cat.
Re: Some thoughts on "mixing"
Funny you said what you did about the lead player! My preferences and experiences have been the opposite. When I attempted to play guitar in my original band I came from a long history of playing with top notch guitar players, who came up before digital pedalboards. These great players with great tone ALL used the guitar volume knob. When I set up my rig I had a Tube Screamer, a delay and a modulation pedal. And did a lot of tone stuff by switching pickups and changing the guitar volume knob. This process, IMO leads to smooth transitions, more character in the overdrive sounds and gives some headroom if I needed it. Many guitarists I mix "dime" their guitar, and the rhythms are too loud and the leads are thin and wimpy and they can't adjust because it is a preset. With a digital pedal and guitar on 10 the gains might be 'even' but I rarely find that the sound is "even."
YMMV. There are many ways to skin a cat.
