Please Post MARK III Settings!

[path09en]

Just a quick 'settings' call to see what other Mark III owners have concocted and have worked for them.

To be honest, I can dial in some great 'metal'ish sounds in my lead channel, but with a huge sacrifice in the clean channel. I do not use the rhythm 2 channel or graphic eq often.

Can anyone suggest 'happy medium' settings between high-gain lead and toneful cleans?

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[pmb]

I don't use a lot of clean, but I think it's best to put your graphic-EQ on auto. So you can still change the equaliser settings when you change channel. Clean needs a lot of bass (from the three band), so maybe set that one high and put the bass on the graphic-EQ lower, because else you will have too much low tones in your leads.

 

[newtomesa]

I found that Volume 1 at 8 is just fine for cleans. I believe the manual suggests a lvl of 7 for a cleaner tone.

volume 1 7,
bass 4,
mid 4.5,
treble 8.5 pulled,
pres 3,
then whatever you want for lead drive/volume and also master volume
Deep in or out, either is fine

and eq from left to right
80% 45% 27%% 25% 50%

You'll need a mid heavy pickup if you choose to have the EQ in.
I usually set the eq to auto and roll back on my volume and engage my neck pickup for these particular settings.

Hope they work for you!

 

[path09en]

Thanks very much!!! I will try these suggestions tonight and keep the forum posted!

Cheers!

 

[path09en]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! "newtomesa"

My MarkIII with these settings are the 'Grail' of tone for me! You have answered my prayers! ROCK ON!

BRAVO!

I found that Volume 1 at 8 is just fine for cleans. I believe the manual suggests a lvl of 7 for a cleaner tone.

volume 1 7,
bass 4,
mid 4.5,
treble 8.5 pulled,
pres 3,
then whatever you want for lead drive/volume and also master volume
Deep in or out, either is fine

and eq from left to right
80% 45% 27%% 25% 50%

You'll need a mid heavy pickup if you choose to have the EQ in.
I usually set the eq to auto and roll back on my volume and engage my neck pickup for these particular settings.

Hope they work for you!

 

[newtomesa]

Awesome! Always a pleasure to contribute!