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[beerbird]

I play one of those fender hollow body strat style mandos at church. I run it through a line 6 pod xt live. I'm trying to figure out what eq frequencies would be most effective to cut and boost to work out a more natural sound.

Thanks if you have any ideas.

Al Schubert

[igowing]

5 string or eight string? The eight string I tested at a local store needed a good mid boost and some compression to smooth it out. By natural sound do you mean an acoustic sound or a less harsh sound? Play around until you find the sound that suits your needs.

[beerbird]

It is the 8 string. I definitely mean less harsh. But more acoustic would be good as well. For those of you who use eq, what frequencies do you play with? The eq on the pod xt live allows me to set the frequencies.

Thanks,
Al

[Christian McKee]

I find most electric mandolins benefit from a little boost in both lows and mids, and rolling off some highs. Of course, this depends on the character of your amp and pickups, too...

Christian

[beerbird]

Christian,

Thanks for the response.

I play through a line 6 pod xt live directly into the soundboard.

Al

[UnityGain]

turn knobs, play, listen, repeat...

It helps if you can have a helper turing the knobs while you play, so that you can immediatly hear the diffrence. Just have someone start turning the knobs while you play and just say "down" or "up" till you find something nice.

And don't forget to try turning down frequencies you have too much of rather than turning up the frequencies you dont. And dont be afraid of trying some strange combinations. And your tone control on the instrument can make a really big diffrence in what settings your amp puts out.

Lastly, obey all the advice about getting good acousitc tone from picks, technique and other factors, because they make a diffrence plugged in too.

[igowing]

Flatwound strings can also be a nice change for the g and d courses. Lowering the pickup height can also help.

[Mandosaxon]

The biggest difference in tone on mine (same model as yours)was removing the volume and tone knobs.It still has a strong output and became more mandolin in sound.

[mandroid]

those have a piezo piece in the bridge, Try a stomp pedal EQ, for dividing the signal into more bands for a bit more control than the one tone control

Baggs parametric eq / preamp is liked by many with a piezo pickup...