peavey guitar and amp

[moye]

hey guys i just a bought a peavey tele type guitar and amp.. could you please give me some tips on how to adjust the knobs if i want to sound it more acoustic and also when i want to sound it with good overdrive? i'm just a beginner please help!

[magnetic7]

Try turning down the bass knob on your amp.

[REDbiv]

You can buy yourself a pedal that emulates an accoustic. How well they perform, I've honestly no idea. Cost? Where I am, Australia, you're looking about $200 for a decent pedal of any kind. US$160ish I'd guess. If you're not wanting to go and spend $$$ then, just play with the EQ settings until you're happy that's as close as you'll get.

But, having said the above spiel, the best thing you can do for your guitar playing, especially as a beginner, IMO, is to get yourself an accoutic. My biggest regret is selling mine. Complete POS, but it did what it needed to. Garage sales, op shops, try the cheap alteratives, and learn on the accoustic. Play what you want on the electric, but practice on the accoustic, and one day you'll be thankfull you did. Borrow one of a mate if you can. At least you can feel the difference, and you can "tune" your amp for that accoustic sound if nothing else above is an option

[TD5_23]

Originally Posted by REDbiv

You can buy yourself a pedal that emulates an accoustic. How well they perform, I've honestly no idea. Cost? Where I am, Australia, you're looking about $200 for a decent pedal of any kind. US$160ish I'd guess. If you're not wanting to go and spend $$$ then, just play with the EQ settings until you're happy that's as close as you'll get.

I've played with one of these a little. It was the Boss AC-2. It sounded okay, but understandably fake. For the price, you're MUCH better off just buying a cheap acoustic guitar.

[mindundermatter]

I agree. Get yourself a good cheap acoustic guitar. Some of them even sound good. I had a $150 Washburn acoustic that had the best tone of any acoustic I'd ever heard. I had it modded with a new bridge and lower action for better playability which made it an outstanding guitar.

[magno]

Originally Posted by moye

hey guys i just a bought a peavey tele type guitar and amp.. could you please give me some tips on how to adjust the knobs if i want to sound it more acoustic and also when i want to sound it with good overdrive? i'm just a beginner please help!

Please just ignore the "get an acoustic first" crowd. They always just dish that line out without ever thimking about anybody but themselves, and how much it worked for them. Did they miss the part about you already buying an electric guitar and amplifier? If electric guitar sounds inspire you and make you practice more, you will be better off. Consider it 2 different instruments. Both will help you play either. As far as we know maybe you already have an acoustic, you didn't ask about playing guitar you asked about getting different sounds from the gear you have.
Now when you said "acoustic", you probably meant "clean sounding".
For starters I would turn all the knobs on the guitar up full clockwise. Now it sorta depends on your amp and what kind of controls it has, but there is usually (atleast) 2 different volume knobs. The aptly named "master" volume controls the overall volume. The preamp volume, or gain (or whatever Peavey may call it, boost?) controls how much distortion there is. So try putting the master at 3 or 4, then slowly turning up the gain while strumming your guitar.
Also turning a bass knob is not going to do it for you. Put all you eq settings to neutral to start.
Good luck

[TD5_23]

Originally Posted by magno

Please just ignore the "get an acoustic first" crowd. They always just dish that line out without ever thimking about anybody but themselves, and how much it worked for them. Did they miss the part about you already buying an electric guitar and amplifier? If electric guitar sounds inspire you and make you practice more, you will be better off. Consider it 2 different instruments. Both will help you play either. As far as we know maybe you already have an acoustic, you didn't ask about playing guitar you asked about getting different sounds from the gear you have.
Now when you said "acoustic", you probably meant "clean sounding".
For starters I would turn all the knobs on the guitar up full clockwise. Now it sorta depends on your amp and what kind of controls it has, but there is usually (atleast) 2 different volume knobs. The aptly named "master" volume controls the overall volume. The preamp volume, or gain (or whatever Peavey may call it, boost?) controls how much distortion there is. So try putting the master at 3 or 4, then slowly turning up the gain while strumming your guitar.
Also turning a bass knob is not going to do it for you. Put all you eq settings to neutral to start.
Good luck

I started on an electric, I don't think I would have been better off learning on an acoustic and I agree that the "get an acoustic first" crowd looks at things in a shortsighted way. However, "clean sounding" and "acoustic" are definitely two different sounds and if you DO want a true acoustic sound you're only going to get it from an acoustic guitar. Having said that, if you want a "clean" sound out of your guitar magno has given you some great advice, however, there is not substitute for an actual acoustic guitar.

[tylerxfury]

as theyve said above, 'acoustic' and 'clean' are two totally different sounds
as far as getting the best full range tone from your electric guitar,
im not sure which models you have but something along the lines of what i do...
starting with the guitar, flip your toggle switch to humbucker pickups, or whichever emulates a fuller sound, generally your bridge pickup
turn the tone knob down to halfway, and work your way back up from there, to try to recreate the 'bassiness' of an acoustic
on the amp, youll want to be on a clean channel, turn the volume up appropriately and leave the gain at a minimum; start with the eq settings at mid-way as previously suggested, then turn up your bass and treble until you find a good sound; acoustics generally lack mid-range, depending on the type

for a metal distortion, you want the neck pickup, tone and volume on guitar all the way up, gain all the way on the amp, and then eq accordingly

for bluesy overdriven, you want the middle of pickup options, or bridge if theres only 2 options, tone at 7ish, gain on the amp at a 4ish, and eq out a good bit of mid-range
i hope some of this helps, best of luck in learning to play =)

[garww]

To help get the acoustic sound, try finger picking.