Quick question for 6505 users

[Atheist]

Can you set one channel to clean and other to dist for playing live?

Will it be clean enough? I don't expect a fender clean just usable one. Will be at the same volume with dist channel, and will th dist be good enough for solo?

cheers

 

[TheRiverFlowsFrozen]

Yes to all.

 

[kaomao]

Even though it's a crunch channel you can get a decent clean, and yes it's loud enough so it can compete with the dist channel, but you have to set the post gain on the clean higher than the dist one.

 

[Ice Man]

I've found that on the crunch channel, when trying to play clean, it's better to roll the volume back on your guitar just slightly. That, and dime the post gain and use the preamp gain as your volume. Seems backwards, but it works. Just be careful, it gets loud REAL quick.

 

[Atheist]

Many thanx guys!

 

[FULLMETALSPEEDO]

I've found that on the crunch channel, when trying to play clean, it's better to roll the volume back on your guitar just slightly. That, and dime the post gain and use the preamp gain as your volume. Seems backwards, but it works. Just be careful, it gets loud REAL quick.

when you dime the post gain, you will get a lot of unwanted hiss. Unless you have a decent noise gate. I set the pre gain around 2 or 3 and have an equalizer in front of the amp with the highs boosted to make it sparkle a little more. Rolling your guitar volume back is the best way however.

 

[Ice Man]

when you dime the post gain, you will get a lot of unwanted hiss. Unless you have a decent noise gate. I set the pre gain around 2 or 3 and have an equalizer in front of the amp with the highs boosted to make it sparkle a little more. Rolling your guitar volume back is the best way however.

I can't say I have had too much problem with hiss. Were you talking about the crunch-button engaged or not? I was speaking strictly for clean. Also, I'm referencing a 6505+, so I'm not sure if that would make a difference?

 

[nwright]

On my 6505+, I can crank the post gain with the crunch button out and it is still pretty quiet. I then use the pre gain to set volume, like what someone else said above.

 

[FULLMETALSPEEDO]

Mine's a plain 6505. The crunch button is not engaged but I do get a lot of hiss from the crunch channel when the post gain is turned past 2. Maybe I need to take mine in for service.