5/6/2021 0 Comments Carvin V3 Midi Setup
Ive only heard clips of the thing, but I do have one suggestion, that goes for any amp really.I was able to get a really great deal on the V3212 Combo on Ebay, and I really liked the features it has and the reviews seemed to be too good to be true, so I jumped on the offer and purchased it.
The V3 is my first tube amp, but I am familiar with the way they work, Ive done my research. I came to this forum because I have seen some previous posts and topics inquiring about this amp and I was hoping that I could find some help here. Does anyone have tips for dialing in a nice metal tone Im really liking my clean channel, but my distortionoverdrive channels are really not satisfying me too well. Yeah, I was thinking about selling my combo and maybe buying just the head and picking up a cabinet if the amp head was really worth it. I will say the stock Carvin G12 speakers arent the best for some Metal tones, as they are kinda V30-ish. Enable you boost feature, and use the channel volume as the level volume, while placing your master volume up high for starters. Also, while theyre supposed to be clones, Ive noticed Channel 2 to be better for Metal rhythms than Channel 1. Something in the general field of Jeff Loomis, The Black Dahlia Murder, etc. From their set the Bright to about 3, with the deep to anywhere past 2. As for the channel eq itself, set the Presence and Treble around 6, with the Drive around 8. As for leads use channel 1 set to Thick with or without EQX is up to you. Dial in the Presence to 4, Treble to 7, Bass to 8, and Drive to about 7. Those are some basic settings, and depending on your playing and guitar it could either sound lousy or incredible. Its weird though, because I found that Channel 2 sounded better for soloing than it did rhythm. I still need to make some adjustments, but those settings definitely put me in the right direction. ![]() Thank you. Do you have any tips for dialing the EQX along with individual channel EQs How do they interact Click to expand. As far as the EQX, its in the master section and effects all the channels to the same degree, so its important to not go over board with the EQX settings and use them for small, final tweaks. Also, theyre very sensitive, a small degree of a turn goes a long way to shape the tone. ![]() It seems to give a kind of wide open boost which can be handy to play around with for things other than just volume increases. As for jumping the effects loop, Ive never found it to really do all too much, at least anything the front panel controls couldnt do with some tweaking, though I run some effects in my loop (delay and reverb).
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