Parametric EQ Settings

[Tony Dingus]

You guys that use parametric eq's, would you care to post your settings. Thanks

Tony

[Wayne Cox]

I thimk BUDDY EMMONS once said (in print) something like this: Parametric EQ's, logically, should be the best thing ever for steel guitar tone...but they are not! Maybe he will drop in and clarify this a bit.
~~W.C.~~

[Dave Grafe]

Tony, I used a Furman PQ3 (three bands) in my rack rig with my old ShoBuds for many years and found it far superior to any EQ I could find in a stock guitar amp. EQ-wise it worked well but sounded a bit grainy (early FET's?) to my ears. I sold it a few years back when I got my hands on an Audio Arts model 4100 (4 bands) which is pretty much the high standard in parametrics - the only word I can find to describe the sound is "silky-smooth". Although I now have an old Randall Steel Man 500 which I gig with, I still use the rack rig as a practice amp and for all my recording work.

The rack includes the Audio Arts 4100, an Audio Arts model 1700 compressor, a Roland SDE2500 delay, a Yamaha REV7 reverb and a Crown D150 stereo amp driving a JBL D130F 15" speaker in an open-back enclosure.

For the '78 ShoBud Pro I the settings I use are basically as follows:

+4db @ 180Hz @ 1.4 octave
-15 @ 430Hz @ 1.6 octave
+13 @ 2400Hz @ 1.8 octave
+12 @ 6250Hz @ 1.6 octave

I say "basically" because I sometimes bypass the highest filter - some rooms are too bright and some recording mics get more than enough high end without it. I also sometimes use the lowest filter to notch out hum when nearby transformers, bad power, cheap dimmers, etc. are giving the old single coil pickup a bad time. In that case I tighten up the Q (octave range) and give it some boost, then sweep the frequency control to find the worst offender and then notch that sucker out.

I don't know what BE or anybody else has said, I just know that the parametric has worked terrific for me for many years and is way more versatile in a bad situation than any guitar amp I have ever heard of. If you get a stereo unit you can use the second channel for a lap steel or acoustic guitar.

Hope this helps....


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[Jack Stoner]

I set the Parametric EQ, that's in Peavey amps, to 800Hz and a slight cut (approx minus 2.5 to 3).

[John Bechtel]

When I used N–1000's I set the EQ as follows: Low +6dB, Mid –10½dB, Shift 750Hz, High +3dB, Presence +3dB. [or sometimes, Highs –3dB, Presence ±0dB] Pre~Gain 4, Reverb 3¾, Master 8–10. Best sound I've had with S.S. Amp.!

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