Guitar Amp
How do I set my guitar amp to get that 50's rockabilly?
I have a VOX amp with gain, volume, master volume, treble, medium and low settings and digital effects such as delay and reverb. And I can choose the guitar neck or bridge pickups, or a mixture of both.
Here are some thoughts. Firstly, in the 50s, the "distortion" was a no-no. So you want a "clean" sound with a relatively low "pre" or "GAIN". Then you get your volume by turning the main volume. Then, the noise should not be too bright, So I would say that your treble button halfway. Transform your middle mouse button may be a little past the midway, like 1 or 2 oclock. Then turn the knob until bass perhaps the whole way. With regard to your pickup, you'll probably want to be on the neck pickup or maybe mix the two. Next thing is to get the slap echo this with your delay. Try putting an echo rather quickly as 100ms or so, and experiment increase or decrease the delay time until he gets a good feeling. You just want a pat then regen down low (if this option is offered). Then, the intensity should be in the middle, so you can hear the echo, but it is not dominant. This should allow you to narrow. The thing to remember is that the guitars, amps and effects are very different in the 1950s. The classic "Rockabilly" archtop guitars are as large from Gretch and Gibson. These guitars have a certain sound that is not easy to reproduce with a solid body guitar with modern microphones. AMPS were much simpler and have usually not a gain and master volume - which was invented later by Jim Marshall (I think) for rock music. The amps have a more mellow tone that we tried to reproduce the tone settings. Then finally, the effect of the slap "echo" was done with tape echo effects from digital were still decades. But by experimenting with your amp and the settings I listed above, you should be able to get in the right range.