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From: Tom Ball
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 18:57:59 -0800
Subject: Re: Shure 520

re: Troy's question of:
> Hello, friends!!! For my birthday, my girlfriend bought me a Shure green
>bullet with the volume control. As a drummer, I had my drum machine
>hooked into a Peavey 30 watt amp. I am using it for my new mic, and was
>wondering if anyone had any tips on getting a darker quality from the amp.
>It has only four nobs: One master gain, one gain, and equal. nobs for low,
>mid, and high.
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Hi Troy,
Hard to generalize without hearing the amp, but for distortion,
crank up the gain then lower the master volume. For darkness, put your
bass at about 7 out of 10, mids at 5 out of 10 and your treble at about 2-3
out of ten. Most importantly, get a reverb unit (or use the Peavey's
existing reverb - if it has one - at about 5 out of 10.) Better still,
next birthday ask your girlfriend for a vintage Fender tweed amp! (That'll
go over big!)
Actually, any girlfriend cool enough to buy you a green bullet is a
keeper...fact is, in 1979 my then-girlfriend Laurie bought me the same mike
for my birthday....we've been together ever since, she's now my
long-suffering and ever-supportive wife! (Watch out! 8^} )

good luck,

--Tom Ball

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Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan http://www.bassharp.com/tomball.htm