How To Use Jazz Tube Amps

By Gwen Lowe


Jazz music is a very popular genre that many have enjoyed playing and listening to at the same time. This genre would make use of the smooth guitar sounds that this genre is actually very famous for. Now if one would want to play this type of music, then it is very important that he would make use of some really good jazz tube amps so that he could actually play this kind of music.

Now when one would want to play jazz music, he has to make sure that he has an amplifier that has tubes that can let out a sound specifically for this. So before he would play anything, he should first research on the amplifiers that are good for this type of music. Once he has bought it, then he can make some adjustments to get a nice tone.

The main thing that would produce the sound that would be coming from the guitar would actually be the settings on the amp. One has to make sure that he sets up the settings right so that he can get a very clean tone that jazz players use. Now the first thing that he has to think about would be the distortion.

Now mainly, this kind of soft music does not make use of distortions like rock and heavy metal do because this type of music is slow and calm. So in order to get that blues sound, one has to make sure that there is very minimal distortion or none at all. What he would want is a smooth sound with not much effects.

Although it is a general rule that guitar players in this genre would not use distortion, there are quite a bit of bands who would actually use it. The difference here is that they know how to set it at a minimal level. So basically, their distortion sound is very subtle and only can be heard a little bit.

Aside from the distortion, there are actually other settings that one would have to know about as well. One very important thing to take note of is that in this type of genre, the bass level has to be more and the treble level less. Now if one were to set the treble at a high note, then the sound will not be good to listen to.

Now if one does not know how to adjust the bass and the treble, then he may follow this standard setting. Basically, he can set the bass level at level seven or higher. After that, he should set the treble to a level of four or five but should never put it at a level below level three.

So if one is a musician who plays this kind of music, then here are some ways to use the amp to get the sound that he wants. Now he would of course have to experiment with the sounds a little to get the correct tone. However, these settings are the basic ones that guitar players in this genre would take note of.




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