Mids Are The SHIZZNAT!!!

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

I was just playing around with my settings, and I cranked the mids for fun...Holy crap!!! It's friggen awesome! I though the sound was really good before, but now its amazing. I can only imagine how badass the mids of the C5 would be...But I'd be concerned about the gain factor. MIDS RULE!!!

[some_dude]

No sh*t.

I betcha thought all us old guys were pulling your leg, didn't ya?

FEEL THE CRUNCH

[Fatty]

I never really understood why anyone ever scooped em. I play with mine around 8 or so.

[some_dude]

I never really understood why anyone ever scooped em. I play with mine around 8 or so.

It tightens the amp up. Good for speed riffing, like in thrash.

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

I never had it scooped, but it was always a notch or two behind the others. Like treble at 8, mids at 5, bass at 7. now its treble at 8, mids at 10, bass at 7.

[wasteofo2]

Mids are always at 10 for me, except when I'm using my JB, then they go to like 3...

[beandip]

I play w/ my mids at 10 also. My bass usually stays at about 3 and my treble at about 7.

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mids are great, i usually keep all of the EQ at 7. i get a nice crunchy middy sound and nothing get's overpowered too! it's great

[Empty Pockets]

Mmm, crunch...

[Brow]

mids are great, i usually keep all of the EQ at 7. i get a nice crunchy middy sound and nothing get's overpowered too! it's great

Yup, the same for me

[Zerberus]

Ah, DSS cured himself from Hetfield syndrome

[xerxes]

i normally keep mine at about 7 (out of 12)

[Jono_L]

Mine's on ten. Easiest way to dial in my tone - crank the mids, then adjust the bass and treble to suit the sound

[DBentley]

no
sorry I'm not a metal speed riffer but I'm not a keen mids person
I play mostly clean with lots of reverb and delay. If you crank the mids and play that it just sounds really gooey and nasty.
If I set my mids below the other two I get a nice snap!

[southadc]

I put in a reasonable (but still fairly low) amount of mids on the amp, then I've got an active mid boost on the guitar if I need it, and a 6-band EQ stompbox that I set to give me a mid and volume boost.

I have to say, I only intended to have the mid boost there for occasional use, but it's on more often than off now

[benji657]

Mids are always at 10 for me, except when I'm using my JB, then they go to like 3...

no man, i still have tons of mids dialed in even with the middy JB. it just brings out that fat creamy sound(but in a way bright) which i love. i guess your style is different from mine.

[mrid]

I never really understood why anyone ever scooped em. I play with mine around 8 or so.

Certain amps can be more middy than others. While I set mine around 7-10 on my Mark IV, I have to scoop the mids on the graphic EQ for fear of peeling the paint off the walls!

[Dirtyking]

Mids are where the MOJO is at. Its the secret sauce that allows you to be heard over the other members in your band.

[Empty Pockets]

If anyone wants to hear a really good metalcore band with a very noticable amount of mids in their tone, check out Converge.

That's the band that made me realize most of what i like about distortion is in the crunch.

-X

[yes-fan]

i had the mids all the way up for a long time but now i am keaping them at about 6 or 7. i feal that it makes the sound clearer and tighter.