These can be a starting point for those who still have their Zoom G3 or
G5s. I find the sliding pedal-style concept amazing, and I feel this
will be my rig for a lot of years to come. In fact, I've done this page
because I feel happier than I ever had with my tone and amazed at how
practical this is. I love the Harley Benton pedal amp because I can turn
the volume with my foot, and I can adjust my tone with the EQ without
touching my presets.
Graphic EQ important note:
For several months, I had been playing my HSS Ibanez RG550LTD more than
the other RGs because I was in love with the single coil neck tone. So I
became obsessed with it, and I wanted to reproduce it on my other RGs.
You've probably heard about humbucker split, removing coils on one of
the bobbins, and maybe some other tricks I don't know about.A couple of months I was thinking about it once again, and I told myself: what if the EQ could help me on that? So I asked myself what would be the frequencies which a single-coil is more sensitive to. Short answer: if you have an EQ pedal or EQ feature on your pedalboard, give it a try by boosting slightly the frequencies around 3.4kHz. Personally I'm enjoying it a lot!
As for the presets, here we go:
1// ACOUSTIC
Like it a lot. I get a full, acoustic but boosted tone, lovely for chords or soloing.
1 :: RackComp
Page 1: 25 / 5 / 100
Page 2: 2
2 :: Booster
Page 1: 70 / 70 / 100
3 :: Graphic EQ
Page 1: 6 / 3 / 0
Page 2: 9 / 3 / -6
4 :: Acoustic Sim
Page 1: 100 / 75 / 100
5 :: ZNR Noise Reduction
Page 1: 5 / EfxIn / 100
6 :: Dly/Rev
Page 1: 600 / 25 / 40
Page 2: 33 / 100
:: :: ::
2// DualBoogie
Double overdrive channel 1: A) Compressor/OverDrive boost for solos, and B) heavier distortion with the Squeak pedal for a 80's/90's heavy rock tone. You can combine both pedals for more "juice". I
get very satisfying single-coil tones at the
2nd position on my HH guitars (neck humbucker in parallel) with the EQ boosted on medium and high frequencies, while cutting frequencies around 12k, in order to eliminate noise.
1 :: ZNR Noise Reduction
Page 1: 10 / GtrIn / 100
2 :: Graphic EQ
Page 1: 0 / 0 / 0
Page 2: 6/ 3 / -12
Page 3: 100
Page 1: 0 / 0 / 0
Page 2: 6/ 3 / -12
Page 3: 100
3 :: Comp+OD
Page 1: 5 / 15 / 30
Page 2: 50
4 :: Squeak
Page 1: 30 / 50 / 25
5 :: BG Drive
Page 1: 50 / 75 / 100
Page 2: 60 / 75 / 100
Page 3: 75 / BG Drive 4x12
6 :: Dly/Rev
Page 1: 600 / 30 / 25
Page 2: 50 / 100
:: :: ::
3// DualDiezel
Double
overdrive channel 2: basically same "recipe" as before, but I find that the Diezel with a little bit less distortion than the Boogie gives you a very full tone that works great when turning the volume knob down, for bluesy, latin rock, and emotional solos. No EQ here, but a Noise Gate at the first slot, to make it a more specific channel for my custom HSS Ibanez RG550LTD. The Fender single coils don't need medium boost anyway, and they're noisier (as you would expect), so this channel helps to eliminate more of that unwanted 60 cycle hum.
1 :: Noise Gate
Page 1: 3 / 100
2 :: ZNR Noise Reduction
Page 1: 6 / GtrIn / 100
Page 1: 6 / GtrIn / 100
3 :: Comp+OD
4 :: Squeak
Page 1: 30 / 50 / 25
5 :: DZ Drive
Page 1: 40 / 80 / 100
Page 2: 80 / 60 / 90
Page 3: 75 / BG Drive 4x12
6 :: Dly/Rev
Page 1: 600 / 30 / 25
Page 2: 50 / 100
Page 1: 5 / 15 / 30
Page 2: 50
4 :: Squeak
Page 1: 30 / 50 / 25
5 :: DZ Drive
Page 1: 40 / 80 / 100
Page 2: 80 / 60 / 90
Page 3: 75 / BG Drive 4x12
6 :: Dly/Rev
Page 1: 600 / 30 / 25
Page 2: 50 / 100
