Regarding the Heartbreaker vs the Stilleto, have you tried having your other guitarist turn his mids down while you turn yours up? While a lesser ammount of mids may sound fine playing solo, it's easier to get lost in a mix with less mids, as mids are where a guitar cuts through the mix. Of course, depending on the roles each of you is playing (him lead, you rhythms) him cutting through Stiletto with the Heartbreaker may not be a bad thing. If he's still cutting through your sound with his mids down and yours up, you might try an EQ in front of the amp or in the FX loop to bring the mids up even more and give the sound the punch needed to cut through the mix.
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Dolebludger
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+1 on that advice. When we practice in our houses, we will get a better tone with the mids turned down because the rooms are too small for our amps. But when we play in larger venues, it is a different story. Then, we need to turn our mids and presence up. And if you are using a graphic EQ, crank the mids up on it too, compared with your practice room. Also, string attack is important when using a Mesa. All of them respond to harsh picking with more pronounced sound. I find I must use very soft string attack when I want our violin player to cut through the mix.
armyguyenglish
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Me and the other guitarist both play lead and rhythm, constantly switching out during a single song. I have the Heartbreakers 1st channel (i believe it's love) on high gain and the treble at 1:30, the bass around 9:30, and the mids completely rolled off, presence maxed out, no reverb, tube rect, spongy variac on, and on normal NOT boost (boost make it cut through even more)... he plays a PRS custom 22 with stock pickups, on the body pickup with tone all the way up. I play through the stiletto with treble a hair past 12:00, the mids about 1:00, and the bass around 2:00. The presence is only about 5/16th up, Tite gain, bold, and tube rect. I use a PRS SE custom with stock pickups, treble pickup with tone knob maxed. Our cleans sound great together, it's just he completely cuts through my Stiletto's tone when in distortion.
I'd suggest getting an EQ pedal for your amp's effects loop, that'll help you better hone in on the frequencies you're lacking to cut through..and you can switch it on and off as needed for when you're switching between lead and rhythm.
MesaGod666
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Go with either a Roadster or Mark V.
Go to youtube to hear samples from a bunch of dofferent amps. It removes the bias that happens when you're listening to yourself play.
While I am very happy with my nomad, I will say that a fender Blues Deluxe (original) is the tone for me.
While I am very happy with my nomad, I will say that a fender Blues Deluxe (original) is the tone for me.
