Heavier7Strings - Thrash Metal Guitar Tone?
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 5:38 pm
Hello,
Since I am not a guitarist, I have very little knowledge of effects and how to combine them to make different tones. I am trying to get a good thrash metal guitar tone - Kind of like Slayer, old school Metallica, Kreator etc. I seem to be unable to find any helpful/worthwhile information on the internet, other than "scoop the mids", which is kind of vague, since (once again I am a noob here so I have no clue) what is the difference between Mid GAIN, and Mid FREQUENCY - which one shall I turn down? also what distortion pedal should I use (Overdrive, Screamer etc.) should I turn down the mids on just the amp or the EQ too? Yeah, so generally I have no idea on how to get a good tone on H7s, for thrash metal. Any help would be much appreciated. Currently I just have an amp and a distortion pedal (from GarageBand) and the tone knob turned pretty much all the way down on H7s' guitar. The current tone I have with this setup sounds very growly (in a bad way) - when shredding and playing tremolos, it sounds kind of like the engine of a Formula one or some fancy race car/bike. I feel so dumb . Anyway, help would be much appreciated and thank you for your time (and patience).
Since I am not a guitarist, I have very little knowledge of effects and how to combine them to make different tones. I am trying to get a good thrash metal guitar tone - Kind of like Slayer, old school Metallica, Kreator etc. I seem to be unable to find any helpful/worthwhile information on the internet, other than "scoop the mids", which is kind of vague, since (once again I am a noob here so I have no clue) what is the difference between Mid GAIN, and Mid FREQUENCY - which one shall I turn down? also what distortion pedal should I use (Overdrive, Screamer etc.) should I turn down the mids on just the amp or the EQ too? Yeah, so generally I have no idea on how to get a good tone on H7s, for thrash metal. Any help would be much appreciated. Currently I just have an amp and a distortion pedal (from GarageBand) and the tone knob turned pretty much all the way down on H7s' guitar. The current tone I have with this setup sounds very growly (in a bad way) - when shredding and playing tremolos, it sounds kind of like the engine of a Formula one or some fancy race car/bike. I feel so dumb . Anyway, help would be much appreciated and thank you for your time (and patience).