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Tone Lab

Chase the sound in your head.

Choose a sound, build the signal chain and discover the gear and settings that can get you there.

Electric guitar plugged into a pedalboard and amp
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How do you want to start?

Choose a sound

What do you want to sound like?

Fix my tone

What's going wrong?

My tone sounds muddy

Cut bass on the amp to 4, lift mids, and switch to the bridge pickup. Too much gain also causes mud.

My tone is too harsh

Roll your guitar tone knob to 7, lower treble and presence, and try a warmer overdrive.

I disappear in the band mix

Boost the mids. Scooped tones sound big alone but vanish in a band. An EQ pedal helps.

Too much noise and hum

Add a noise gate after the dirt, use an isolated power supply, and check your cables.

My pedals sound weak

Check your pedal order: dirt before modulation, delay and reverb at the end.