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(@terminator)
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My favourite amp settings for the dirty sound are:

4 bass
7treble
10 mids
8 deep(only on marshalls!)
gain 8

What are yours?

"No pain No gain!"- The Scorpions


   
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(@off-he-goes)
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I'd imagine this will get moved but I'll post before it does. I'm quite fond on the British Hi Gain setting on my V-Amp, with Drive off, Gain about 6-7, Bass and Treble an 6 and middle and 7.

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(@greybeard)
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Excuse me, but isn't this a totally senseless question? There are hundreds of different amps out there, ranging from tiny transistor jobs to kilowatt tube monsters, some have a volume and a tone control, others have a battery of knobs that make the space shuttle cabin look like a coffee percolator. How can you possibly compare a "1" on one amp to that on another?

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(@off-he-goes)
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Thats true Greybeard, the settings I like on my Fender will sound entirely different on my friends Roland Cube, or somebody's Marshall.

Perhaps looking at general settings such as higher or lower gain, or scooped mids might be more sensible then specific settings.

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(@wes-inman)
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Dirty tones?

Fender Hot Rod Deluxe: controls go to 12

Drive- 4
Bass- 4
Mids- 7.5
Highs- 12
Bright Switch On
Presence- 12
Reverb 2.5

Marshall DSL401: controls go to 10

Gain- 6
Bass- 10
Mids- 1
Highs- 10
Reverb- 4

Premier Amp: no overdrive, simple tone control at 2 O'Clock position

As others said, there are so many amps and settings. These are what I'm using now, ask me 6 months from now and I'll probably have a completely different answer.

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(@djdubb)
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Dirty Texas Sound

Fender HotRod Deville
More Drive On
Drive 12
Bass 4
Mids 8
Highs 12
Bright Switch
Presence 12
Reverb 12
Same setting but use the clean channel for clean sound-drive off

Controls to 10
Drive 30 watt practice amp
Clean and Dirty
highs 10
Bass 6
Mids 7

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(@terminator)
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I see what you mean, Greybeard, but its just interesting to see what settings people use and love

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(@forrok_star)
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I wouldn't know were to start if I was to post the five amps I use let along 16 rack space's of equipment.

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(@terminator)
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Joe, what amps do you have?

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(@u2bono269)
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i'm really jamming on the Black 2X12 and AC30 presets on my VoxAD30

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