ok Im new to this electric gutiar nd amp thing...so i dont know what is "mid" knob on my amp..my amp has crunch bass trble nd "mid"..what is mid??
Mids = mid range frequencies. Try using it and seeing the effect on tone... Although it has sorta less effect than highs or lows...
Some additional info: from 0 to 150Hz it's low's from 150 to 1khz it's mids from 1k to 6-7k is hi mids 7k to 20k is highs
^WoW...Now i would love an explanation on that one.. maybe after your explanation i'll drop the idea of buying an EQ pedal.. :
Actually, what you are talking about is correct wrt to a hi-fi amp. But for guitar amps, these are the usual figures for EQ peaks: 1. Low/bass = 120Hz 2. Mids = 500Hz-900Hz <= this shifting of peak is done via contour knob or parametric controls 3. High/treble = 3500Hz. Everything in guitar tone above 6000Hz is anyway discarded - because its just sizzle. The bass amps are usually one octave down in the Low/bass adjustment knob - 60Hz. Rest is usually the same. The tone contour knob allows you to change the tone character of your amp. So when you use mids to boost 400-1200 it sounds very different from boosting mids of 800-2400. Honestly, most amps don't carry such elaborate controls. And this is the reason why many ppl use an EQ pedal, or a parametric EQ. But IMO, you should try to utilize the amp's tone, and not try to make a JCM800 sound like Rectifier. Better time spent would be on improving your playing skills.