Originally Posted By: Mac
Nice job, Ian.
Try rolling off the Bass and Mids on that amp just a wee bit.
Amp settings for a large room are likely to be completely different from settings that sound okay at home.
Neck pup on Strat, try guitar Vol at around 7 and Tone at breakpoint, which in most stock strats would be somewhere around 3.
For the Amp with the guitar set as above, starting point would be T=7, M=3, B=3.
And forget about distortion here. Input vol on amp may be a tad too sensitive. Here, I go for getting the Strat to feel like I'm playing an unamplified acoustic flattop.
--Mac


Hi Mac
Glad you enjoyed it. Its a nice daft tune for Christmas that is harder to play than it sounds.
You are right - that amp scared me!! crazy
At this particular Club meet we all have to use the House Rig, which is based on an Award Session (all transistor)amp. It is set for the early Shadows sound more or less which is fine until I come along with my Kinman pupped Strat which has decidedly more output than the average single coil Fender. Even though I had the Vol knob down around 7 it is still too loud and distorting, so I just had to crack on with it as the Players are not allowed to fiddle with the settings.
However, my "gigging" rig uses a Vox (all valve) amp etc all set for the Job in hand. Its only used "on the road" ( I use an amp sim for recording)so is balanced for medium sized rooms with hard walls and floors.
Here's what is sounds like - without the distortion - lol!!
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=12601036&q=hi&newref=1
cheers
Ian
ps - and thank you for taking the time with careful and sensible explanations when I come on the Forum with sometimes obvious questions. It is always much appreciated, Mac.

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