Friday, March 14, 2014

The Basic Settings Of Jazz Tube Amps

By Gwen Lowe


If one is into playing soft music like something that is somewhat like blues or jazz, then he would need an amplifier that can actually produce a very clean sound that this kind of music would require. Of course he would be needing some jazz tube amps if he would want to play this type of music. If one is a musician, then he would probably be interested in this.

Now when one would want to play jazz music, he has to make sure that he has an amplifier that has tubes that can let out a sound specifically for this. So before he would play anything, he should first research on the amplifiers that are good for this type of music. Once he has bought it, then he can make some adjustments to get a nice tone.

Now the settings are extremely important simply because the settings are what would make the sounds. So the key here is to make sure that everything has the right settings so that it is possible to have the right type of tone. Now one of the important things that he should take note of would be distortions.

Unlike rock and roll or metal wherein both use a lot of distorted sounds, jazz or blues do not make use of such sounds. So the key to handling this is to make sure that there is only a little bit of distortion that is present. What one would want is to make sure that he has the smooth tone.

Now if one would want to add a little bit of distortion in order to add variety, then he may actually do so. However, he has to be conscious to make sure that the distortion is only very little and very subtle. There are actually some jazz bands that use the distortion effect but only on a very minimal level.

Now distortion is one thing but there are actually the other settings that one must actually take note of too. In this type of music, one has to make sure to adjust the bass and the treble levels. He has to make sure that the bass is more and the treble is less.

Now the technique here is to put as little treble as possible and a lot of bass. So up the bass level quite high probably level seven and above. Now the treble should be put either at number five or a little bit less but never less than three otherwise there will be sounds that will be missing.

So if one is a musician who plays this kind of music, then here are some ways to use the amp to get the sound that he wants. Now he would of course have to experiment with the sounds a little to get the correct tone. However, these settings are the basic ones that guitar players in this genre would take note of.




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