Want a Better Guitar Sound? Try This Pedal

I know a compliment when I see one

And that text, my friends, is why you need an EQ pedal.

Let’s rewind.

My live tone problem

The last show I played with my band, my guitar sounded way too muddy for my liking.

Weirdly, I had dialed in what I thought was a good sound during our practice sessions. But when I got to the venue? No dice.

Every room, building, and venue will have its own distinct acoustics that will change your sound in idiosyncratic ways.

Something about the place was accentuating bass frequencies — whether it was the placement of my amp, the stage’s resonance, the house mix, or the room itself, I couldn’t say. But even with the bass dial on my Marshall turned all the way down, it still sounded woofy.

Fun venue, not-so-fun room acoustics (I’m the guy furthest to the left, by the way)

As it turns out, this is normal — every room, building, and venue will have its own distinct acoustics that will change your sound in idiosyncratic ways.

In this case, I simply wasn’t able to eliminate low frequencies with my amp’s control panel. So now what…