How Do You EQ Heavy Metal Guitar Distortion?
Heavy distortion is a trademark of heavy metal playing. Great guitar distortion is a tricky sound to master, but once it’s right, a great tone can be awe inspiring. A great amplifier and effects chain is essential to any distortion, but the fine tuning of the sound is achieved by equalization, or EQ. Used properly, the EQ can change the same amplifier tone from growling to singing with just a few adjustments. Before you begin, read your amplifier’s or effects pedal’s owners manual to understand how your individual EQ setup works. Not all of them are the same. Read on to learn how to EQ heavy metal guitar distortion. Set all of the controls to the middle of their range, usually at 12 o’clock or “5.” This will allow you to hear the effects of your changes. Slowly increase or decrease the bass control until you have the desired amount of low end power. Heavy metal distortion should have plenty of bass drive, but don’t let it get muddy and undefined. Bring up the treble control to put defi
