Pulling the tone back back to 7 really helps. It's not just that it takes aways the highs but it shifts the EQ curve and helps to pull some of the "clackiness" of the attack out as well as the icepick highs. You can adjust for that elsewhere down your chain so you don't have to constantly move your knobs around if you are (like me) a player who changes pickup selection mid-song you can make those changes with your feet. But for recording I find pulling the tone back a bit or even the volume almost essential for me to get good recorded overdriven bridge tones if I'm using one of the JM's with real JM style pickups. That's not necessary for P90 or humbucking JM pickups.Ice Tre wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:27 pmI agree-- for the bridge pickup. Take the tone knob down to 5.redchapterjubilee wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:46 amTry rolling the tone back on your guitar. That helps.
But understand it will never sound fat like a Les Paul. That's just not what a Jazzmaster does.
Problem Getting Good Overdriven Tone From Jazzmaster
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The best overdriven tone I've had with my Jazzies has been tone at 8, Vox AC15 with bright cap mod and NOS RCA 12AX7s, through a Made my Mike Klone.
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I put a Hudson Broadcast on my board -- still using the Crowther Hotcake -- but the Broadcast gives a really transparent tone with as much hair on it as you want. It's a great piece of kit, if a bit on the expensive end.
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Got a 1981 Inventions DRV and it is THE overdrive/distortion for me. Does everything I need and is super easy to dial in a perfect sound.
Low gain is a ultra harmonic, smooth overdrive. Crank the DRV knob up past 12:00 and you get into RAT territory but no RAT pedal I’ve ever owned sounded nearly this good.
I know this pedal has its critics but man, this is the sound I’ve been looking for. To me it’s worth every bit of the $250. Excellent overdrive & distortion, super quick easy to dial in, harmonically rich, quality hand built unit, records amazingly well DI into interface (which most drives fail at) and as a bonus looks amazing on my board. 100% satisfied customer.
Low gain is a ultra harmonic, smooth overdrive. Crank the DRV knob up past 12:00 and you get into RAT territory but no RAT pedal I’ve ever owned sounded nearly this good.
I know this pedal has its critics but man, this is the sound I’ve been looking for. To me it’s worth every bit of the $250. Excellent overdrive & distortion, super quick easy to dial in, harmonically rich, quality hand built unit, records amazingly well DI into interface (which most drives fail at) and as a bonus looks amazing on my board. 100% satisfied customer.