Santana Abraxas Mark I setting ?

[thunder100]

dear All

Can somebody share his Ch2 Mark I setting with me for Santana Abraxas album sound?

Thanks

Roland

 

[igfraso]

I am also interested in the Channel 2 Mark I setting for the early Santana sound (Abraxas, Lotus, Zebop).

Thanks in advance

 

[igfraso]

Here is an old post from MGW, regarding an early Santana tone with the Mark V.

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With my Boogie Mark V, I changed the speaker to an Altec (that makes a big diference) and I changed all the power tubes to Winged 'C' and the V1 Preamp tube is a Low gain Jan Philips with all the others Harm Croyo tubes. Its great now I have a smoother gain over the whole amp and Mk1 channel is rely useable now. Have fun a play music.
Cheers.

P.S. Santana on Mk1 setting Treble about 1 o'clock, mids about 3 to 5 o'clock (play with that one), bass just below 9 o'clock. That's using a Clapton Strat with a bit of Mid Boost on middle pick up/treble pick up.
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[thunder100]

I had help from Gary Small(Look to the thread the holliest grail Mark II C),which plays in a band which had Graham Lear !!!!

http://forum.grailtone.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=55874&hilit=The+Holliest+of+the+Mk+IIC+grails
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVkEaeKayi0&lr=1&feature=mhee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVkEaeKayi0

So my Mark II C setting on a EV12L(Not optimal) is

T 1 oclock-Mark II @ 6,25 out of 10 the main key to the tone
M 2 oclock
B 9 o clock
Gain 1 oclock
Presence 9 o clock-->but annother key
Bright switch on

I play that with a PRS Sanatana SE-->but works well with a G&L Legacy also when you boost gain a bit and get a bt mid heavy setting

Constructive coments more then welcomed


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Hey Roland, I've got no secrets. My Mk II lead setting areas follows: My pre volumes are all set at 7 and the master volumes are what ever I can get away with volume wise but if I can get them up to 3 I'm happy and it is still screaming loud. I've recently bought a Eminence Maverick and with its attenuation feature I've been having some great luck at keeping the volume down even more but still retaining all those great harmonic overtones.

If I have a secret its this: the middle knob is the most important of the lot. I use it at anywhere from 7-9 for live and sometimes dimed in the studio. Bass on 2-3 and the treble on (all boogies have a great treble sweet spot) on about 6 1/4. The Presence knob is god awful for killing the tone of the Mark II: I keep it at about 1 or 2.

I've had several PRS guitars but I am most happiest with my Santana III. The pickups are the best I've found so far but I think they can still be improved. They have great harmonic overtones. Oh and I set my volume on the guitar at about 7-8 and use the rest of it to sustain notes. I think playing the PRS on full volume all the time reduces your dynamic vocabulary...most guitarists have two volumes: loud and off

Oh and the pull switches are all on but the bass knob. I use a couple of reverb units, I'm never happy with any of them totally.

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on Mark I I will try the above idea as still I am in the nowhere

Roland