Describing amp settings.

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It bothers the fucking piss out of me when people refer to amp settings as anything other than an analog clock. I don't know if all amps have the numbering system the same, but saying something everything on 10...I get that, and am ok with. But saying this on 1, this on 4. I have no idea where that is, because even now, without looking at my amp, i don't know if it has numbers on there or not. But if I say 11 oclock, everyone knows where that is.

Am I missing something? Or am I just fucking right?
 
RaceU4her said:
you dont know 4 is 11 oclock or 1 is 7 oclock?
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I have never looked at numbers..or havent had the numbers on my amps. One way or another. Plus it is arbitrary and i guess special to amps, where as anything universally that has settings on a dial could be related by using the standard clock jargon.

I mean, if you are telling someone how you adjust a tube screamer, would you say tone at 4 or 11 oclock?
 
Smash said:
I have never looked at numbers..or havent had the numbers on my amps. One way or another. Plus it is arbitrary and i guess special to amps, where as anything universally that has settings on a dial could be related by using the standard clock jargon.

I mean, if you are telling someone how you adjust a tube screamer, would you say tone at 4 or 11 oclock?
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i never really thought about it either way, 5 is noon, 2.5 and 7.5 would be 3 and 9 oclock. 6/4/6 BMT seems easier to me to write out than bass at 1 oclock, middle at 11 oclock, treble at 1 oclock :dunno:
 
RaceU4her said:
i never really thought about it either way, 5 is noon, 2.5 and 7.5 would be 3 and 9 oclock. 6/4/6 BMT seems easier to me to write out than bass at 1 oclock, middle at 11 oclock, treble at 1 oclock :dunno:
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Volume 10 Treble 10 is pretty easy.
 
I usually take my knobs off and put them back on so when it's at noon it's actually 3 o'clock. There's also a boost pedal under the humbucker cover in my neck pickup cavity.
 
thegame said:
It gets even trickier when different time zones are involved
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Don't sweat it. Tme probably doesn't exist, and reality is likely just a hologram.

Saying, "I just turn the knobs to where it doesn't sound like dogshit and play" should be the new accepted norm for describing settings.
 
Agreed on the clock face part, but having to specify it as o’clock constantly is painful.

10:00, 12:00, 1:30 etc is (in my mind anyway) easy to type, read and is surely pretty unambiguous.

Except those dumb knobs with numbers on them - thanks Mesa and Fender.
 
BeZo said:
Who describes their settings? Go touch your own knobs and figure it out yourself.
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It is usually useful for gain and.master. if someone is saying their amp sounds bad, usually they arent turning up the amp. Or if they do crank the master,.they are using too much gain. The tonestack is more to match the speakers imo
 
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