How To Use 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 one has to get certain amps for this because only certain sound tubes will be able to give the perfect sound. So if one would want to play this genre, then he should make sure that he gets a really good amplifier that is specifically made for only this type of purpose. Of course in order to do this, he has to do some research on the specific types of amplifiers.

Settings are of utmost importance because it would be the settings that would be able to produce the tone. Now one has to make sure that he knows how to adjust the settings of his amplifier so he can get a good tone. Now when dealing with this, one of the important things that he has to know of would be the distortion setting.

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 by following these settings, then one will be able to get that jazzy sound that he would want. Now these settings are only standard settings that a lot of jazz players would follow. However, one can tweak the settings a bit and adjust the sound so that one will be able to get his own flavor when he plays the guitar.




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