Not sure why it took me 2 years to discover this...

Surfcaster · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:10 pm

I had the morning off today and while I was playing my G&L Legacy, which is always a little bright with the JVM, especially on the OD channels/modes, even after pulling the treble back. Then it occured to me to try turning the Presence all the way down....

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It was PERFECT! On all channels and modes! I was afraid it might not work with the clean mode, but no problem, there was still plenty of spank and sparkle! WOOOHOOOO!!!

I have no idea why I never thought about trying that before...DOH!!

Jackie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:27 pm

Wow, a GUITAR with a presence control? Cool [smilie=icon_eek.gif]

Glad you found something to add spice to your tone :D That's the best - improving what's already awesome [smilie=gt-happyup.gif]

Surfcaster · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:43 pm

I guess I didn't make myself clear, I turned down the Presence on the JVM.

But my G&L does have global treble and bass controls, rather than two tone controls like Fender uses. I really like that, that way I can take the bright edge off the bridge pickup without affecting the bass at all...or if the neck gets muddy you can pull back the bass without losing treble. I find it much more useful than standard tone controls!

leebone · **Joined:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:40 am **Posts:** 37

I adjust the presence whenever i change guitars. For my emgs i use it at 12 oclock, and for my Dimarzio evolutions its 9 oclock. This is all i have to adjust [smilie=gt-happyup.gif]

Both the resonance and presence act as a master eq i find.

Dark Horse · **Joined:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:26 am **Posts:** 950

I use the Presence and Resonance controls to account for tonal changes that occur from venue to venue due to ambient room acoustics. I never have to touch my other settings because of this feature.

DH

Jackie · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:00 pm

I use it the same way leebone does... Run presence higher on lower output guitars like my Yam and lower for my X w/EMG's

Right about the global EQ in a way... for me it controls the amp's "attitude". Gets nastyer the higher you set them [smilie=icon_biggrin.gif]

RachelMorgan · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:05 am

Presence knob: isn't that supposed to be turn all the way down anyway? [smilie=icon_wink.gif]

masque · **Joined:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:02 pm **Posts:** 146

lol....dont sweat it man......i was messing around the other day and turned the presence and resonance all the way off and was blown away and fell in love with JVM all over again. [smilie=banana_smiley.gif]

RachelMorgan · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:42 pm

You know I learned that trick when I had the JVM. I think those knobs are there for when you've got to play quiet, or as someone said for room acoustics. I get plenty of spank with my G&L (neck and middle) with the presence and resonance around 9:00 on all channels. Works fine for the other axes too. But I also run a brickwall EQ cut at 5 kHz to top out in front, and just turn the bass down in the channels. For some reason I get a real clear tight sound.

Spacerocker · **Joined:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:22 am **Posts:** 21

I too have been messing with the presence and resonance controls:

You know my complaint of not enough punch and bottom end in OD1 orange? well I turned resonance UP about 3/4, and turned the bass DOWN on all channels except OD1!

Presence stays about half-way.

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