Guitar Amp Controls Explained! How To Use Gain, Tone & Effects Knobs...
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- In this beginner's guide, Sam explains what each control knob on a guitar amplifier actually does, and gives us a few tips on how to use them to achieve a better tone...
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Intro - 00:00
Channel Switching, Gain & Volume Controls - 01:20
EQ & Tone Controls - 07:41
Reverb & Effects Controls - 16:30
So you’ve just got your first guitar amplifier, and you’re ready to plug in and start rocking out, recreating some of the classic tones that you’ve heard from your favourite guitar heroes. The only problem is, you’re a little bit confused as to what exactly each of these little knobs actually does!!! But don't worry, PMTVUK are here to help!
In this video, we take an in depth look at the most common types of amplifier controls and how best to use them. We'll be looking at the difference between volume and gain, and how these controls work depending on whether you're using a solid state transistor amp or a valve or tube amplifier. We find out how to use EQ and tone controls to find your amplifier's tonal "sweet spot" and take a look at the differences between reverb, modulation and delay effects...plus much more!
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Thank you so so much for this, I can’t tell you how helpful this was.
It’s actually hard to come by this information I feel
I’ve had my Boss Katana 100 for nearly 18 months and I must admit I haven’t actually made the effort to find the sweet spot. I tend to dial in as I go. I’ll have a play round with it later
Rob Nicoll the thickness of your strings and the hotness of your pickups would also shape how you decide to divert from everything set at 12’clock.
Play with the katana and your going to be amazed at it's capabilities
I got the Katana Artist mkII and I am completely baffled by the sheer configuration combinations. The Boss Tone Studio really helped me. I installed some community based patches and tweaked them. I asked my wife and kid to run some errands for the afternoon and I cranked it. My house rattled off the foundation!
The Fender Mustang GT200 that I recently purchased surprised me by not only outdoing the Katana I used as my primary amp at home in the range of effect options and vintage amplifiers plus cabinets but also having an all around better sounding speaker and tone overall. The Katana is the shit but I'm extremely impressed by Fender's constant updates that improve the amp every time they release a software patch.
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Really well done video. A great tool for a dad trying to help his 11 year old understand his amp. Thank you.
Useful video, thanks guys 😊😊👍
Explanations are mega. Thanks
Great help. Never did know what those EQ settings were meant to do. Thanks for the help and merry Christmas to all at PMT!
I liked how all control settings are demonstrated with successive detail, and with comparisons that use evenly played and similar riffs so you can definitely hear exactly what the controls do. I especially liked how the presenter didn't use this video as a vehicle to show off how awesomely they can shred, although it's clear that they're an excellent guitar player.
"they're"? There's ONE person and HE is clearly a man.
This video is fantastic. So helpful and easy to understand. I have now dialled in such a sweet tone on my Amp. Thanks!
Fantastic video. Extremely helpful and very well explained. Thank you.
I've been playing for 20 years and still love these kinds of helpful vids.
After glancing over some videos I see that you are the best. I know it must have been a lot of work but I am truly grateful. Thank you.
Fantastic video. Super informative. Well paced description and demonstration of each of the effects and how to manipulate them with the amplifier controls. The section on finding the sweet spot for the EQ controls on your amp has made a tremendous difference in the sound I can pull from my amp. Thank you!
This is exactly the hands on demonstration/explaining I needed!! You are a wise man
My first amp is arriving tomorrow. This is exactly the video I needed to see. Well done, sir.
Bravo! I've looked at dozens of videos on this topic and this one is the best. Straight forward, common sense descriptions, with a lot of helpful demos. Thanks so very much for adding some clarity to a very complex topic.
Well done. Sam does outstanding reviews on everything. Great info, clearly presented without all the silly bullshit on other sites, like Anderton's. Just good, helpful, concise information. Well done.
This was so helpful! I recently bought an electric cello for traveling, and I was struggling to get a sound I was happy with on my practice bass amp (I didn't even know what the drive control was doing). You've made my practice much better!
Very informative and well presented without all the showing off seen in many guitar videos - thanks
This is so incredibly helpful. I purchased a Fender mustang GT 40 modelling amp and have been playing with it, but this clears up so many things and now I can play with eq settings and create my own presets.
Excellent video! As a beginner trying to understand how to use the amp is as daunting as learning the guitar itself !! My Fender GT 40 has got so many options to change everything makes me want to have amp lessons as well as guitar lessons!
very helpful video, love the way he explains it as he goes
Thank you so much I definitely feel I have a better understanding of how my amp works
Exactly what I was looking for. Really well explained, thank you
Great video!! Thank you mate
Very clear explanation thank you. Especially the gain and volume section, eye-opener!!!
Great vid, found this really helpful
Great video, just bought my first (used) THR10C amp. Adjusting the knobs while playing notes really showed how each setting would affect the sound. Thanks!
Great video for a rookie like me. I have 2 amps, a practice Amp that only has volume, treble and base knobs and a button when pushed in is O.D. and not pushed in is clean. I think that's pretty simple stuff, yet I can get some different sounds out of it. The other Amp is an acustic Amp and has more knobs: gain, low, middle, high, reverb, chorus, and master. It's a 2 Chanel, instrument and microphone.
Your video has been very helpful in setting both of these amps up. Thank you!!!!!
Very inspirational and informatively focused lve learned a lot in a short space of time...Thankyou
Finally, Gain explained! Clearly, simply and demonstrated. Thank you so much.
You are awesome. You and dagan are the best at PMTV
Very good lesson! 🙏 thank you ! Subbed
Thanks for this well made video. Very helpful!
great informative video thanks
Great video and very helpful.
The dialing in the EQ sweet spots was very informative. Thanks for that.
Excellent and well explained video. Thank you.
What an incredibly helpful video man I’m very adhd so it’s really hard to grasp some of these things in a way I can understand it I’ve been playing for 8 years now but did mostly acoustic because I understood the instrument but was completely baffled by the amp and all it’s settings knew how to play what I heard in my head but had no clue how to get the tone I had in mind you’re a great help!
Same here my guy 😅 shits very helpful when broken down in such a basic way.
Exactly the same for me too. Been releasing music for the last year and a bit and finally want to start doing live music. However, I know nothing of tones so literally learning from scratch. Annoying because I’ve had a bit of success with my music online but that’s because other people have mixed it and picked the tones for me lol
Thanks heaps. Just the vid I was looking for👌 subbed👍
PERFECT. I have a Marshall amp and as soon as I clicked it, it was what I wanted.
Great video. Thanks PMT
Nice video, well explained.
Very interesting and helpful, thanks!
Great learning experience! Thank you so very much!
Amazing video for a begginer!! Definetly helped me
Good session mate...very informative.
What an excellent video! Thanks a lot & rock on!
Excellent tutorial on how to adjust different frequencies!!! Exactly what I do with any sound frequency/knob/equalization!
Except, I'd recommend starting with all knobs at 0 (except volume, somewhat low). Then gradually increase each. This way you hear each frequency/part better how it sounds by itself.
Get ur own channel
this is really helpful! Thanks a lot
all the info i needed. thanks!
Amaizing! Actually hearing the difference is perfect
Realy Great Video! Now I have an idea, how to find the sound I‘m searching for! Not oversimplyfying and not too much technical details, just the „Sweet Spot“ of explanation! Thank you very very much! Robert😉😎👍
This helped me a lot, thank you.
wow this is so helpful. thanks so much
Great video mate!
Simply the best video Ty
Really helpful post thank you. I have a Boss Katana II 100 and could not get it to sound right. Its awesome this amp was one of the featured amps in your video. thanks again !Boss
At last a clear explanation for a beginners - Thanks
Brilliant video. Thanks
Very informative! Thanks!
super helpful... thank you!
Brilliant explanation, thank you
These kinda videos are the reason why I love youtube man!
Such a Great video cheers!
Very helpful video! Thank you!!!
This video was awesome!
Gain is how much you are amplifying a signal....volume is the amount of energy one puts out.think of it in this way.you are controlling a river by a dam and a gate.increasing gain will increase the wave heights.increasing volume will open the gate and thereby let more water to flow without changing wave height
Love that visual description thank you!
Huh? 😂
Yeah... Nah 🤣
excellent presentation about the AMP
One of the best amp controls and sounds including effects tutorials
As a beginner - this was really helpful - makes WAY more sense now!!
This vid is very helpful this guy deserves more subs
You should watch some of dagans videos as well they are funny as hell and also informative
thanks this was the thing i was searching the whole internet for !
very helpful. well explained
Omg! I understand my amp so much more now! Still not sure about my preamp lol. You gave me so much very helpful info. I just inherited my brother's electric epiphone. I only played acoustic before. I never plugged in He wanted to give me some lessons. The guy was a live sound engineer! He was just in a different city than me. I will be watching this again & checking out more of your info. Thank you so much 🤘💙🎵💙
If you have a valve state non tube amp that has great sound on rhythm/chords but the lead guitar sounds thin than I suggest an Ibanez tube screamer pre amp pedal All you have to do is step on it and your lead guitar has a more tube amp sound... More warm and it will boost your volume when you take your lead! My fender twin champion needs one! My next purchase...
very helpful, thank you
Great video sir
super helpful thanks
This guy is one of a few the most important people on youtube about guitar with Marty and Kfir channel.
Great video I learned some tid-bits
Really good video.
I already know this shit I’m just watching cuz this guys voice relaxes me
Great video! I've been playing the guitar for 5 years and i never understood these functions
Wonderful video incredibly informative and exactly what I was looking for!
Very educational 👌
Thanks so much. Great for a newbie who is clueless. Next, need a video to explain what the 'line in/ out' , FX loop etc and loads of other ' holes' on my amp. Any suggestions? Thnx in advance.
Seeing the inside of the amp is kindof cool. When I bought my guitar they only had orange amps at the shop so i just got one of those. It isn't a bad practice amp. I notice the gain is almost like it has four different levels rather than a meter that just goes up gradually. *edit* oh it is called a sweet spot. Good to know the name for it.
This is just what I needed! Mine is the Peavey Vyper…just a little different than my old little Fender amp with my Fender strat waaayyyy back in HS. Now I got the new Ibanez Gio series and trying to figure out how to get the death metal tune….lol
Big fan of Ghost, however I can’t afford the $3000 price of the pedal he uses (they use actually).
Informative video
Thank you very much
I'm hearing the feedback of a pair of harmonics on the tweaked EQ settings at 00:15:27 all of the way through the "flat" and second tweaked EQ settings demo ending at 00:16:14 (wearing headphones). I heard them again in the reverb demo. I'm the same as Nate DLR---experienced, but just want to hear what you had to say.
Thanks I loved the video..
No one talked about that intro riff...
So good!
Thank you very much.
I was planning to sell my amp as I thought it was crap! This video was so good
great video
Well done, Sam. You always do great reviews. One question. What does the V stand for in PMTVUK? I get the rest but not the V. Is it Video?
Thank you
I've been playing for over 50 years. For what it's worth, this guy knows his stuff.
Thanks, gig help. Where do you recommend setting the tone a volume on the guitar when doing this?
This was explained and showed so well, even an idiot like me understood!! Thank you!