Egnater TM overdrive cutting through the mix

[jfb23]

Hi,
I've recently purchased the Egnater Tourmaster 4212 combo amp.
It's a great amp. I love it. I play classic rock (Who, Zep, Rush)
in a four-piece-- bass, vocals, drums.

With regard to live situations in small clubs, I have trouble evening out the volume, when switching between channels.
The vintage Clean 2 channel is open and full. It cuts through any mix of bass and drums perfectly
and I only have the channel volume at 10 o'clock.
The Overdrive 2, while it's a fantastic tone, tends to be closed and buried in the mix.
I have the channel volume up at 1. Adding volume doesn't seem to help.
Is this just the natural compression of overdrive at work,
that it fails to cut through a boomy mix?

Any helpful recommendations would be appreciated.
Here are my settings for typical small club gig
with bass, drums and vocals.

Master section--
Master volume: 12 o'clock
Master reverb: 10 o'clock
Presence and Density: both set at a minimum 8 o'clock per manual recommendation


Overdrive 2 Channel:
Voicing Switch: Modern
Contour Out
Treble, Middle, Bass all between 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock
Gain: 1 o'clock
Volume: 12 o'clock

Clean 2 Vintage.
Voicing Switch: Vintage
Contour Out
Treble Middle, Bass all between 11 o'clock and 12 o'clock
Gain: 5 o'clock
Volume: 10 o'clock

Fender Strat (single coils)
Pedal chain: CryBaby, Keeley Compressor, MXR EQ, Chorus, Octave, Morley Volume,Boost DLA

All channels set at 100 watts.


Thanks

 

[Len Rabinowitz]

I have had some of this as well. I can't really say too much because I play mostly solo, but my advice is to carefully sit down with the amp yourself and really balance the channels. Turning up the overall amp volume helps. Also, I have a Strat and its lower output is very noticable on this amp. I don't get this problem with humbuckers. Some of this is also just endemic to high gain- It doesn't cut so much. Play around with the balance of the various gain stages as well. You can also use the effects loop as a volume boost.

Turn the volume on channel 4 above 12 o'clock. It will start to kick in.

 

[Anonymous]

my TM4212 has a sweet spot for both overdrive channel volumes.

that spot seems to be somewhere around 2 oclock..with the master at 12.

from there, i use the power switching on the back to tame it down as needed..or the master volume if needed more.

back off on your gain a bit......even around 10oclock it still kicks. that combined with the master power switch on 100 and the ch4 power switch on 10 watts, or 25 should give you the cut volume "push" from the power tubes, and also the midrange cut you need.

nudge that channel volume up around 2..set your clean to match....and use the master volume for master.
should get you there.

wear earplugs!!!