Ampero preset list

 Joe Satriani

Metallica

Kiko Loureiro

Fender Princeton

Ac/Dc

John Mayer Clean

Megadeth Youthanasia

Paul Gilbert - Mr.Big - Lean into it

Keith Richards - Rolling stones - Honkytonk woman

John Petrucci - Dream Theater - Peruvian Skies

Keith Richards Rolling Stones Ampero Preset (Weeekly preset 9)

 This tutorial is a bit different. is a "primitive" guitar player. keith richards tone comes mainly from the guitar and the amp. Not much more eccept his fingers... So for the amp i will choose a Fender. He uses a maxed volume Twin at his edge of brackup. I will choose a Deluxe because it is a better tool for the breakup job. Some tips is needed. Use the same tuning. Don't be easy with your strings. keith is a bold rock player with a fierce and dynamic picking. You need to do the same. He's very often portraited with a telecaster but in early  studio he used very often an SG. Here's the third tip. If you dont have the same guitar you will get a slightly different tone. It's ok. What we want is get in the ballpark but most of all is keeping the same quality. Dont overcompensate with your EQ. If you took away too much basses your sound will become thin and so on. Let your own guitar shine in the Rolling Stones mood!

Keith tone has an extra ingredient that is a bit of saturation coming from a Ful tone tape echo, so, our first block is a booster:

The Enhancer (Xotic EP Booster) is based on a tube tape echo so luckily we already have the right tool for this job. I suggest you to use it only if you feel some lack of bite in the tone. More for the singe coil than for the humbucker.

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Then our amp block:

As discussed before, clean fender in its edge of breackup (you may need more volume or the booster here!).

The defaul twin cab was ok to me for this job:

As far as i know a dynamic mic was used mainly in studio and the default one sounds ok to me.

The usual EQ shelf will get rid of the arshness caused by high overtones we created with our amp settings.

At this point the mag echo should not be a surprise for you:

It is more a slap back setting to beef the sound. I dont know the exact Richards setting but this one shoud make you happy.

Finally a spring reverb is a must:

The preset is based on the recording of Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women and was made for headphone playing, input level at 0 and not global EQ.

As usual you can download the preset from the user group!

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If you think that i nailed the preset or i am completely wrong you can write down here in the comment or in the fb group!

You can see my list of tutorials here:

https://ridingthemustang.blogspot.com/2021/03/ampero-preset-list.html

Paul Gilbert Mr Big Lean Into IT Ampero Preset (Weekly preset 8)

 I love the intros in this album, and last week i spent a lot of time with Just take my hear and CDFF Lucky this time.

This preset is a bit different to my usual approach to guitar tone:

The key here is the gain at 25 (i dont know if you will need a bit of fine tuning!). With an humbucker at max value you are in the crubch territorry but use a single (o a splitted hb) and less volume and you will be as clean as it is needed for the Paul clean tone (AKA compressed/edge of breakup!). Usually i just change preset from clean to cruch and back, but this is own Gilbert do, so i will try to do the same for its songs!

Cab setting:

More informations on cab settings can be found here:

https://ridingthemustang.blogspot.com/2021/01/ampero-cab-settings-guide.html

My standard parametric EQ to shelf unwanted freqs:

Then the modulation, was a chorus in the "lean into it" days and to me this one sound closer:

I have 2 preset, one with chorus on and the other with the chorus off.

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Then a subtle amount of delay:

And finally a rightous amount of reverb:

The preset was made for headphone playing, input level at 0 and not global EQ.

As usual you can download the preset from the user group!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/HotoneAmperoUsers/

If you think that i nailed the preset or i am completely wrong you can write down here in the comment or in the fb group!

You can see my list of tutorials here:

https://ridingthemustang.blogspot.com/2021/03/ampero-preset-list.html

Megadeth Youthanasia Ampero Preset (Weekly preset 7)

 The main point of this preset is the amp choice. If you search in the forums there are many debates on what amp they used. But it is my preset so you will have my theory :)

It is a recto, it sound like that to me (and this album has a unique tone in the megadeth universe).

I choose a recto cab and an exotic mic this time, sounds gooud but i dont exlcude the use of a Mashall cab, they are very good and dave looks like is pretty settled on that beside what amp was used in studio:

The mic choice was a "try everything and see what sounded best to me" thing.

Almost classic shelf EQ:

And the boss delay to duble the guitar as usual:

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Then a subtle plate delay:

The preset was made for headphone playing, input level at 0 and not global EQ.

As usual you can dowload the preset from the user group!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/HotoneAmperoUsers/

If you think that i nailed the preset or i am completely wrong you can write down here in the comment or in the fb group!

John Mayer Clean Ampero Preset (Weekly preset 6)

 A quick one here.

I listened to te first notes of "slow dancing in a burning room". A sweet clean tone, with a lot of bass, scooped mids and spanky highs that can be controlled by touch.

We do not have the Two Rock but it is based on Fender clean design so i just picked my beloved Black twin:

As you can see the settings try to catch my description of the tone (scooped mid, lots of bass and highs, not much gain).

The Cab is Easier, we have the right one:

I choose the rib 121 because it is very good for the cleans and gives basses some emphasis.

I'm writing down a page with my preferred cab settings here:

https://ridingthemustang.blogspot.com/2021/01/ampero-cab-settings-guide.html

Finally i had a spring reverb in good amount:

The preset was made for headphone playing, imput level at 0 and not global EQ.

As usual you can dowload the preset from the user group!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/HotoneAmperoUsers/

AcDc Ampero Preset (Weekly preset 5)

The Plexi tone is a huge classic that i recently understanded how it works and what use it for.

My first usage was actually for "Back in black" from ACDC, but then it gained a spot for Iron Maiden Revelations, some Red Hot Chili Peppers tune, Pearl Jam and a lot of midgainy stuff. Here's the amp block setting:

I use the 50 jump because is the one closer to my ideal Plexi tone (angry highs, lots of bass and midrange and that humph!). The tone control are all maxed because in this amp are very subtle and if you turn it down you will just loose push without really shape the tone. The trick to change the tone is use a different guitar. If you want Red hot or Pearl Jam just lower the gain to taste.

The cab is a very easy default setting but this time i have used a very common trick: i used the shelfs controls in the para eq. Very powerful and classic EQ setting.

It will make the preset sounding very pleasy and sit well in the mix. Try to on/off to see what it does.

I'm writing down a page with my preferred cab settings here:

https://ridingthemustang.blogspot.com/2021/01/ampero-cab-settings-guide.html

I doubled the guitar with a very narrow 30ms delay:

As usual! If you noticed that my icon is different and want to know why, you can find it here:

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Angus Young did not use reverbs in his classic recordings but accurately choose a recording studio with a good "ambience". I play with the headphones so i added a subtle reverb (maybe the producer added it in the recording, i dont know):

I hope you enjoy it|

The preset was made for headphone playing, imput level at 0 and not global EQ.

As usual you can dowload the preset from the user group!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/HotoneAmperoUsers/

Ampero Cab settings Guide

 This is a small guide to help you in the tricky art of (virtual!) cab and mic selection and tuning.

The Basics!

What cab? I think that the most common choice is the matching cabinet when is available and appropriate.

When it is not the first rule is SIZE: 4x12 is usally the to go for gain tones, but for the cleans the most common choice is something smaller, like 1x12 or a 2x12.

In real life, very often, a blend of 2 different mics is used, we have 3 possible solution:

1 - find a single setting that come close to the blend result

2 - find an IR that gives you that result

3 - shape the cab setting with an EQ

Useful settings compilation

UK Lead 4x12 default is a very useful option for lead guitars. It may be your starting point for any tone based on a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker. V30 are mid pushed speakers and the Marshall cab does not put much emphasis on basses.

Rector 4x12 is a valid V30 alternative if you need more basses. Very good for rythm, modern crunchy tones. My setting here is with a classic 421 mic and a more centered position.

Rector 4x12 alternative setting for leads. I used a 112 mic, i find it has a more defined attack.