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How to get that smooth shred tone
I've been having a bitch of a time getting a decent shred tone out of my meager setup. I have a 120 watt crate amp with pretty decent tone and a MT-2. I just can't get any tone other than my old thrashy/death tone out of this. For those that heard my album a while back, you know what I mean. I'm looking to get a tone close to Cacophony or Jason Becker, and so far all the info I have gathered is "use a boss super overdrive and a marshall lol."
thanks in advance to anyone who replys.
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2006-02-19, 01:31
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MT-2's simply arent good for that.
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2006-02-19, 03:35
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The peavey JSX has a nice shred tone. But unless you have $500+ you probably won't be able to buy it. Good luck.
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2006-02-19, 04:29
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a nice neck pickup.
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2006-02-19, 04:53
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Technique.
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2006-02-19, 05:00
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only so much that can do. but if you have bad technique, then it would probably be good to work on that to make it smoother. but i think he's asking for his tone, not his technique, and if i remember correctly, frozen soul claims to be really good.
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2006-02-19, 06:44
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You have to boost a distortion on a Crate with a Metal Zone. Crank up the mids and bass and switch to neck pickup  . |
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2006-02-19, 07:31
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I like some compression and a bit of chorus with a good neck pickup.
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2006-02-19, 12:29
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Use your neckpickup, or get a nice new neckpickup, experiment with your volume & tone controls, try with less gain and more mids, ditch the mt-2.
Hope that helps..
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2006-02-19, 15:01
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to be perfectly honest the shred tone requires realy good gear, a nice tube amp for the smoothnes and good pickups.
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2006-02-19, 16:13
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Try a PAF Pro, FRED, or Air Norton in the neck. Cut down on the high frequencies a little. Those are supposed to be very smooth.
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2006-02-19, 16:27
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2006-02-19, 21:07
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Put an evolution pickup in your bridge
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2006-02-19, 22:49
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i dunno... i get a good smooth sound with my emg-81 in the bridge and PA2 switch, and plug it into my spider II... and i find the more gain i put into it, the more smoooth the distortion is... downside is how clarity in notes, especially in chords tends to die... i dont know if thats what you're looking for because i dont listen to cacophony, but thats what i think when i hear "smooth shred"
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2006-02-19, 22:54
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a nice neck pickup.
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2006-02-20, 01:53
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It almost just seems like decent dist. and a decent neck pickup, and good technique.
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2006-02-20, 03:14
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Put an evolution pickup in your bridge
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thats a mean mean pickup. i love the way it sounds!
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