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do you prefer your mids:

boosted
27 (64.3%)
flat
11 (26.2%)
scooped
4 (9.5%)

Total Members Voted: 40

Voting closed: May 09, 2008, 01:21:47 PM

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gwEm

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« on: May 09, 2008, 01:21:47 PM »
how do you like yours? give details :)
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2008, 01:53:06 PM »
Boosted. I don't know how I used to like scooping my mids when I was younger. You get so much more 'crunch' and expressive tone with mids when using a bit of gain.
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2008, 02:25:06 PM »
flat- i tend to have just enough to cut through when im playing live, but not so much as to be overpowering. treble and bass usually slightly lower
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2008, 02:34:08 PM »
I like mine at about the same level as treble, so I voted flat.  I then bring up enough bass to suit the room or cabinet or tone I'm after.
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2008, 02:43:08 PM »
I just turn the mid and bass controls off - and the reverb up: surf city here we come  :D
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2008, 02:48:05 PM »
mids!!! - whats that?   I dont think my amp has such a control.... infact i dont think i have ever owned an amp with a mid control
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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2008, 02:53:59 PM »
In the context of pickups/guitar, I vote Boosted:

I like a lot of mid range "push" into the amp - gives a warm punchy clean sound & a nice "growl" for high gain.  My favourite bridge pickups are Holy Diver followed by Painkiller...

However, listening to my clips you'd be forgiven for thinking I'm a scopped mid player.  The Engl Savage seems to have a naturally scooped voice for the lead channel - I have the mid on 4 & if I use the BBE I only have the controls around 3.  Still, it works for me...
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« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2008, 02:54:42 PM »
I use the middiest pickups Bareknuckle do, in a middy guitar, a tubescreamer boosting mids into an amp set with a lot of.. MIDS!

I like mids.
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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2008, 03:05:00 PM »
I like too play with the mids alot with my boss EQ because they add much more character and punch, grind, tightness and overall just sound good.
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« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2008, 03:08:46 PM »
Before I got my Crawlers, I boosted the mids on my amp, now I scoop slightly for the distorted tones. The Crawler bridge is probably the middiest pick-up in the BKP range and I run it through a tubescreamer style pedal, so even though the mid knob is backed down a little on the amp, it's fair to say my sound is far from scooped.
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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2008, 03:11:27 PM »
Flatish.

I've been into the scooped thing for years but  in a band (unless you're using 50 amps or a Herbert with silly settings) it'll sound like a$$.

The lead channel of my Einie is more saturated & scooped that I use sometimes, but I've got a Tubescreamer that gets about as much use too...
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« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2008, 03:12:26 PM »
I'm completely lost when it comes to tone.

What would be an example of each of them?
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« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2008, 03:27:40 PM »
Scooped - Metallica

As for boosted and flat, not really sure. ACDC is quite a middy sound imo. Also, Slashes lead tone sounds like it might have boosted mids, its got that nasal kinda sound on November Rain.

I like mine boosted or flat. Boosted is best for leads :)
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« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2008, 04:14:29 PM »
Flat.
All controls at 12 o'clock, if it doesn't sound good I'm not interested.
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« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2008, 04:17:07 PM »
not many fans of scooped mids here... i used to scoop them myself for the agression. but in the last few years i found boosted mids can also sound very agressive if done right. and for the electronic music i make it helps to cut through as well.
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