Maverick settings

[igfraso]

I have a Maverick 1x12 combo with a Black Shadow C90 in it.

Can someone share some nice settings with me?
Thank you
Daniel

 

[zodiac272]

did you see the settings section of grailtone.com? there are a few for the maverick and blue angel.

scott

 

[igfraso]

Thank you, Scott.
Yes, I found some seetings for the Blue Angel but I couldn't find any for the Maverick. Maybe, I am looking at the wrong place?

Best regards,
Daniel

 

[igfraso]

Nobody has a nice setting to share, then?

 

[lyman]

I just posted a link to a song with a couple guitar solos I did using a maverick. http://forum.grailtone.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=56582

Settings are approximate:
gain - 2:00
treble - 1:00
mid - 10:00
bass - 11:00
reverb - 11:00
volume - 11:00
master - 8:00

Strat on bridge pickup, clean boost pedal on. Rhythm channel on fat with tube rec.

Hope this helps, though I find settings vary depending on the guitar, speaker/cab, and overall volume. Just mess around with it using your gear and playing style and you'll find stuff you like.

 

[RR]

Do you have the manual or did you download the manual? They do have some suggested settings.

From other Maverick owners here, they claimed the "Mid" kind of governs the over-all tone controls. You see, most of these modern MESA Engineer amps have interactive tone controls where the treble governs the rest of the tone controls. In a Maverick, the midrange is the main tone control.


I don't know how a Celestion C90 sounds like but my Maverick is 2x12" combo and so far I find I'm switching between :

• a Celestion Greenback / Celestion G12H-30 (Matchless' speaker Combo)
  a Weber Silver Bell / Blue Dog alnicos

These two speaker combos sound great especially if you have a diverse guitar style, you toggle between these combo just like toggling between the tube rectifier and silicon rectifier.

... then another recommendation is a Tone Tubby 40/40 ceramic and a Tone Tubby H1 Alnico what they called "H-Bomb". I haven't tried that speaker combo yet.

 

[igfraso]

Do you have the manual or did you download the manual? They do have some suggested settings.

From other Maverick owners here, they claimed the "Mid" kind of governs the over-all tone controls. You see, most of these modern MESA Engineer amps have interactive tone controls where the treble governs the rest of the tone controls. In a Maverick, the midrange is the main tone control.

Thank you, RR.
Yes, I have the manual and I was following the line "As with most guitar amplifiers, the TREBLE control is the strongest of the three rotary tone controls". Yet, I wasn't happy with the results.

I will follow your advice on the MID as the main tone control since it must be the key to proper settings.
Thanks again.

 

[RR]

Actually I'm not sure if the "mid control" or the "treble control" governs the rest of the tone. I just thought other Maverick members say the mid setting was the key. Don't know.

But I could have sworn I dialed the treble all the way up, and I was not getting enough treble bite. Of course the speakers were the alnicos.

But if I need more treble, the Celestion combo worked great. But less compression though compared to Alnicos.