Dial Your Guitar Tone Like A Pro - How To Make ANY Guitar Amp Sound Great (P-90s & Humbuckers)

[@thisdyingsoul76]

I like to use my middle position on my SG for dirty rhythm, the bridge for leads and the nexk for cleans. So my approach to dialing in the amp is to find my level of gain I want in my bridge position, fmgo to the neck and roll off the volume until it cleans up and then go to the middle position and dial in the amp's tone controls. The result is a nice crunch in the middle, a brighter bridge tone that cuts through anything and a nice warm clean sound. Occasionally, I turn up the neck volume for a warm, creamy lead tone but I make note of the clean position and go back to it as soon as I am done with the neck lead tone.

[@nicfabrizio1776]

Every guitar sounds good in that Fillmore amp

[@sgt.grinch3299]

P-90s are my favorite pups. Beautiful gold top.

[@gibson]

Right on! Thanks for being so active on the channel! I see you. -Lee

[@johnnyelvis]

I've got the Fillmore 100 head with the 212 cab. Amazing sounding amp, good for just about any genre except high gain stuff. Awesome video by the way.

[@nvteriffs]

Loved this video as a LP Junior player who plays mostly high-gain!

[@gibson]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@TheObxpander]

Good tutorial. appreciate you guys for doing this.

[@gibson]

Thanks for watching!

[@garrettlangford]

This is great. Thank you!

[@OrdinaryNimda]

Great lesson, very interesting and educational.

[@beyondthecurvestudios9912]

“Can p90s do metal?” - they were right there during the birth of metal with Black Sabbath.

[@gibson]

You know it!

[@stevemessineo4209]

…with a treble booster.

[@adamwatson6916]

Yeah but those P90s Iommi was using were custom wound and were wound extremely Hot They were called John Birch Simplex P90s .

[@vorpalblades]

See Bill Steer from Carcass.

[@iainmcguire7190]

If I'm not missing anything, the idea is to plug your guitar in, and then turn the knobs till the sound is what you want, with no explanation or discussion of how or why you would decide that?

[@adamwatson6916]

It's very helpful for newer players to understand how and why the kobs react the way they do Also many people who play guitar are very interested in how the gear works . Some players even become techs

[@iainmcguire7190]

@@adamwatson6916 so you're saying this video doesn't cover any of that

[@letmeinwillu]

⁠​⁠@@adamwatson6916maybe Iain struggles with exploring challenging concepts - or perhaps he’s just a smart arse…

[@iainmcguire7190]

@@letmeinwillumaybe you're his mum, because no'one else who watched that thought it was well done

[@ralvknights]

Good tone tips. I suggest next time u consider to include the Guitar knobs settings.

[@MiguelMakesMusic]

the biggest mistake i used to make was thinking the amp/guitar needed to sound good with all eq at noon (or not too far from noon) or else something was wrong. sometimes the bass has to be at 0 and sometimes the mids need to be cranked/brought down. also when are the metallic explorers going to be released?

[@gibson]

Good insight Miguel!

[@jamesmarcin4787]

Great stuff 👏

[@rodmorris9659]

Well put together video man

[@gibson]

Appreciate you!

[@liorlivyatan]

Nice video! You should use some old amps like the Mark III or Mark IIC+, that will be interesting to see!

[@OilCanHarry2U]

Agree. I have a Simulclass Mk III combo…I get a great sound out of it…but there is soooooo many variables.

[@markdakel9253]

excellent video!

[@gibson]

Glad you liked it!

[@chucklakeridge7944]

Lots of ways to dial in amp tone. I prefer to dial in the Amp knobs vol first, then tone pots low to high bringing them up to the point where the gain stage just starts to engage. That way clean/breakup is controlled by touch or the guitar vol pot. After that, tweak to taste. Takes me about a minute.

[@gibson]

Some good tips! Thanks!

[@traceyjakubski3650]

Sg would have been good because that guitar has unique mids it would be interesting *also the sg kneck pickup is slightly lower than other humbukers giving it a unique snappy tone

[@Sven_Guitar]

When I use the tone control on the bridge to match the neck pickup, there is a problem: the neck pickup seems louder, but if I turn the neck volume down, I also lose treble. So I could screw the bridge pickup up, but then the middle position suffers.😒 Hmm...

[@stephenedgecock]

i get the best tone through a dimed PigNose amp and Boss Metal Zone pedal

[@AaronLS.]

Nice tutorial 👍

[@gibson]

Thanks!

[@uweborsch1946]

I was just thinking about spending half an hour to see how to turn a few knobs. Luckily I learned within a few seconds, there is no right or wrong. Saves me a lot of time. Bye.

[@alexanderednie1205]

“Make any amp sound good” Only uses awesome amps for the video

[@TheFairway8]

Came for the lesson stayed for the hair

[@gibson]

You’re welcome.

[@dbmagee21]

Use the knobs on the amp. Your welcome

[@marcioorrego5107]

And the White les paul?????

[@_avia_]

Crazy sruff 😊

[@gibson]

Thanks for watching!

[@stevest3v3]

"How To Make ANY Guitar Amp Sound Great (P-90s & Humbuckers)"? Is the simple answer 'Trial & Error' until it sounds great?

[@JoeWalsh-pm4zf]

Room vs gig volume very different

[@j.justinzimmerman9836]

Thanks! Guitar tuners can help an awful lot in preproduction. Too bad the Jr. sounded out - painful. JJZ…(°¿.°`)

[@donprater6944]

Step one: become talented.

[@Faydit212]

Mesa Boogie amps and great amp tones do not match for me, sorry!

[@MrRFasters]

Why beginning to shout Click Bait, needing to correct that in the first thing you say? That's bad web behaviour, putting you in the worst bragging category. ANd that's why it's a very, very bad thing Gobson was able to buy Mesa Boogie. We'll probably see you murder one of the finest amp brands ever existed. And the most important fun fact - that Mesa amps usually sound so much better in response to Fender single coil pups ... Because they are simply to loud for Humbucker loaded Gibbies.

[@cgh1026]

Thank you for making these videos!!! Definitely helpful

[@gibson]

Glad you like them!