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So Neural DSP dropped this article on EQ – https://neuraldsp.com/articles/electric-guitar-eq-guide
It’s really helpful I think to visit the topic EQ commonly
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Boring subject but so important and so often overlooked. Really glad you did this. Thanks
EQ'ing can seem really boring but the difference it can make in expressing your playing and what you are trying to convey is massive. If you EQ right you can make your guitar sound like distant and gentle almost like a layer for a genre like lofi or Jazz. Then you can go the other way to making a guitar with just a mild overdrive sound huge, in your face full of rich overtones and a presence you cant ignore.
Learning eq is critical! Eq for what volume you’re playing at as well., thanks for posting!
Hey John! Excellent demonstration. This is a more "Adult" topic. I liked to use an MXR 10 band EQ with my Bassman to tune the room or to adjust my Dirt sounds.. Thanks!
Good one! I picked up a GFI System ENIEQMA equalizer pedal and it's pretty amazing. I like having the EQ control on the pedal board and also using plugins to continue tone shaping as things pass down the chain.
The trouble with boosting low frequencies especially when recording you increase energy that will cause cause issues with overloading a mix even if you can't hear much. High pass filters are useful here. Also you need to pay attention to the Q. This is important when using a parametric eq. Graphic eqs are not always that useful as you don't have control of the width (Q) of the frequencies being boosted or cut. I find the most important frequencies for guitars are 600 to 800. Use parametric eqs and learn how to use the Q (Width) control.
The shelving you are talking about is High Pass (low end cut off) or Low pass (High End Cut off) filters.
Excellent video!
Saw this blog from Neural and its very useful. Great video as always Jon
Yeah, I was checking out the neural DSP email about EQ last night. It’s amazing how many guitar players don’t realize how important EQ is in band mixes, and especially with different volumes.
Great video! Off topic but was wondering if anyone could answer this question for me. I’m new into the electric guitar world after playing acoustic for many years. I have my electric guitar, pod go, and a cheap beginner amp, whenever I plug my pod go into that cheap amp it doesn’t sound all that good when there is any drive whatsoever. What should I look at getting to plug my pod go into? What does John Cordy plug his into when he records his playing at the beginning of his videos?
Here are the frequencies of the guitar open strings from thickest to thinnest strings:
E: 82 Hz, A: 110 Hz, D: 147 Hz, G: 196 Hz, B: 247 Hz, E: 330 Hz
I would have stopped by just to hear the crack about how to talk to a woman 😵💫
Got the email from them and immediately thought of you – thanks for the vid! Helped a ton, since I don't record much and am often overwhelmed
Yeah, these general bands doesn't make much sense for guitars, do they? We need 80hz for fundamentals/ sit with the kick, 120hz to make guitars sit with the bass, 350hz to dip mud, 800hz again to mix with the bass, 1,5khz to mix with the bass, 2khz to dip under male vocals, and 3khz to sit with female vocals. The EQ options here can cause more problems than they solve, but fortunately we have other EQs in a DAW.
I suggest using a Parametric EQ rather than a graphical one. It may not be as Immediately intuitive, but they typically give more control.
With a Parametric EQ, you set the centre frequency of each band. So, if you want to target 3kHz, rather than being stuck with a 2kHz and 4kHz slider, you can set the band to 3kHz (or any other frequency) exactly.
With a Parametric EQ, you can also adjust the width of the band (known as "Q") which is also useful for targeting specific problem areas. The width of the bands on graphic EQs are fixed.
With Parametric EQs you can do clever things like put a band in with a big boost or cut and a fairly narrow width, and then sweep the frequency around the range you are interested in to zone in on problem areas.
As an example, when I have done sound for some local bands, the mixer I use has a real-time analyser and parametric EQ. I can turn up the mic gains on the vocal mics until they start to feed back, which shows up as an increasing spike on a specific frequency. I can then grab that frequency and pull it way down, with a narrow Q to eliminate the feedback without impacting the rest of the audio (this is often called "ringing out" the monitors).
Similar techniques can be used for guitar to target the areas described in the Neural email.
The Studio Rats have done a couple of good YT videos about using EQ, especially on the Boss Katana (which has pretty powerful EQ capability). Look for "Boss Katana TONE TRICKS – Parametric EQ"
I don’t really find it boring or difficult to understand at all. For a tone fanatic like me, it’s essential and extremely powerful. If I were starting my guitar journey again for the first time, the very first effects I would buy would be a good multi-band parametric EQ (with Q controls) and a fully featured compressor.
You have no idea how much I needed this video 😂 trying to get really good tones out of logic and I understand pretty basic EQ, but it always just sounds flat to me
Great video, very instructive. Have you ever checked out the J Rocket Melody OD (Mark Lettieri’s signature pedal)? It has a 6-band EQ built in instead of tone knobs. I always thought it was a bit gimmicky (and never liked the look of it, because I’m shallow that way), but now I’m thinking it might be a really useful feature.
Thank you John. I've never used EQ before now. Your video and the Neural Email will get me going in exploring this tool. Also, just want to let you know how much I appreciate all your videos and your playing is inspirational.
Thanks for the video. I was struggling just with that subject today.
I would like to see a video from you on how to make a present on the gt1000 that has a clean platform and a high gain sound while keeping the trails to all patches.
Keep up the great work!
Excellent video tutorial on EQ. very very important info
All people talk above "digital fizz" – but fizz has always been there! I can't find it now but there was a great video with isolated guitar tracks from 70s, 80s, 90s to demonstrate fizz was there. One of the prime examples was For The Love of God (S. Vai). The thing is in the mix it was not felt as "bad", on the contrary! It helped to sit in the mix better
I’m e been thinking about getting an EQ pedal to fine tune my tone. If I do that, where would I set the 3 band EQ on the amp?
i do. ampwise its best to put every eq to 11. make shure its says „marshall“ on the amp. guitar wise a fender and a gibson seem to complement eachother in a fourpiece band. something to do with those magnetic thingies…
I feel like at least some guitarists should know how to talk to a woman, such as Emily and Theresa from Warpaint, or Gina Gleason, or Liz Buckingham – might be better to make jokes that don't enforce the stereotype that guitarists are by definition men, even if it's funny to imagine them as hopeless shut-ins
Outstanding episode. Thank you for this great explanation and demo. 👍
Thanks for the link to the Nueral article, but I can't find the Empress EQ bit you brought up. Can you point me in the right direction?
I admit. I am eq illiterate. That’s why I play acoustics now. I can’t even set up an electric guitar amp😂.
Now we need a video like this for compression 🙂
Not that I don't have a decent understanding of it, I just feel like it's another one of those topics that mystify a lot of guitarists, esp. when they're in the early days of their journey, and that a lot of your subs could benefit from hearing your takes on that topic. Including me of course.
I find 2.8k is great at pushing clarity for a gained up lead tone. Just 1-2db . I hi cut down to 6.5k (a real guitar speaker in a cabinet only outputs up to around 5k ish) and low cut up to 80hz if I’m playing in standard tuning as the lowest fundamental frequency of E is 80hz
1:27 the lick
How many price this guitar
if only there was some sort of guitar pedal where. you could adjust eq based on different bandwidths.
Dose EQ Block should be at the start or the end of your chain? I never understood it were is better.
Thx for the video❤
Very helpful…thank you.