EQ Settings To Emulate Typical Guitar Amp

[lbpesq]

I'd boost bass and treble while cutting midrange - the smile setting.  But I wouldn't expect a real guitar amp sound, which, by the way I achieve quite nicely with my solid state Pritchard Sword of Satori amp.
 
Bill, tgo

[benson_murrensun]

Thanks for the input.
And.... Solid state amps are not evil! I love my Lab Series.

[hydrargyrum]

You could also always consider a POD or Sansamp, but it won't be quite the same as a real amp.  Amplifiers are as individual as guitars, and some are more musical than others.

[edwin]

There are some amp simulators for iPhone that are actually not too shabby and are under $10, some are even free. I would look into one of those as an easy way to get started. Of course, you'll need an adapter to get the guitar into the iPhone, but those are cheaper than a lot of the other options (like another Alembic pre). I use JamUp for learning tunes and it's got tons of options, as far as amps, effects, etc.

[bigredbass]

Fundamentally the catch is going to be emulating a 'guitar' amp (which even when dialed up for a 'clean' tone is still adding small amounts of distortion our ears interpret as 'warmth', whether solid-state or tube) thru components like the Crown which are running pro-level cleanliness.
 
Depending on what you're after, you may also run into the usual reaction a lot of bass guys get when they finally bin the SVT and go to a rack rig:  It's soooooo clean and it just gets louder and louder . . . , though maybe not the louder part with that little Crown.  D60's are mighty fine.
 
I'd rather take a beating than to try and find my tone on a 31-band.  IF it were me, I'd emulate what a lot of amps do, but in a component fashion:  Solid-state power (your Crown) with a tube preamp (f2b, etc.).  Then to decide if you want pedal or line-level effects, and do you need switching from clean to distortion, etc.
 
J o e y

[benson_murrensun]

Lots of good stuff here.
Still trying to do this on the cheap; I do have an iPhone and the Peavey Ampkit app and adapter for guitar plug in (good idea, Edwin). I think today I will try various combinations of the eq unit, ART tube pre, Tech 21 Oxford (Sansamp product) and the iPhone app and see if any is acceptable. Might even try some tube swapping in the ART.

[gtrguy]

I bought a Fender Cyber Twin for $225 this summer and have been getting amazing sounds out of it after S&%*-canning the factory settings and creating my own. They are going for pretty cheap now and have 2 12AX7s in the pre section.

[benson_murrensun]

For those still interested in this thread about how I put together a spare guitar amp rig with stuff that was lurking about in the closet, I got some good sounds this morning this way: Guitar (Gibson Lucille happened to be what I had ready to go) > Way Huge Red Llama clone (only on for over-the-top leads) > Boss RV-5 reverb pedal > ART Tube MP (input gain turned way up) > Roland 31-band eq with sliders set in an inverted W with peaks at 100Hz and 2kHz > Crown D 60 > speaker cabinets (Vox Wharfedale 12 plus Eminence Lady Luck 12).
Lots of fun and lots of ear fatigue...

[hydrargyrum]

Way cool!  I bet that the Tube MP helped to warm things up some.  My interest continues to grow in regards to unconventional amps.

[bigredbass]

This was #1 this week on my new / interesting / and certainly unconventional list:
 
http://www.kemper-amps.com/page/render/lang/en/p/184/
 
Facinating, even for a technoklutz like me.
 
J o e y

[benson_murrensun]

Technology is leaving me in the rear view mirror.