Topic: Fender G-Dec

I have had a G-dec amp for a while now and not able to get the sound I am looking for. I mainly play chords with a country/old R&R style. Can any fellow Chordians help steer me in the right direction or offer suggestions as to some settings I might try to get a countryish sound. I only play with friends at their houses or my own home, we are all old timers and a bit bamboozled by this amp, but have a blast just the same.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Cheers Bushy

Not one drop of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
"Quincy Jones"

Re: Fender G-Dec

What kinda guitar are you playing. If you are playing an acoustic guitar thru an electric amp then you won't get as good a sound as you would with a acoustic amp. Any way, I would start out with all knobs in the 12:00 position. From there you can add or take away the bass, reverb, treble or whatever until you get the sound you are after. Keep experimenting until you get that sound worked out.

Nela

Re: Fender G-Dec

Hello Nela and thanks for your reply.  I do play electric guitars through the G-Dec but as this amp is digital, it has no knobs. The amp has multi function buttons to select effects, sounds, loops etc. and a master dial to adust these effects even further. Sound confusing?  You should try this amp.  LOL.  I think we had better wait untill someone that has used one of these amps comes along. Just as confusing is the names of some of the effects, never heard of some of them.  ducking delay?  triangle chorus? touch wah fuzz? alienator? These are all preset in the amp when you buy it, there is hundreds of them.  I am going mad with this amp and if dont get somewhere with it soon, it is going on e-bay
Cheers Bushy

Not one drop of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
"Quincy Jones"

4 (edited by dguyton 2009-09-13 15:42:54)

Re: Fender G-Dec

Bushy, there is a site devoted to the G-Dec here: www.mygdec.com/, user registration is free.  If you go to the section titled "file repository" (on the left), and then to the G-Dec section, there is a .pdf  tutorial of sorts available for download called G-Dec Going Deep which might help you out.  You need to be registered to be able to download.

What I did with mine, is I picked a preset to goof with that I wasn't planning on ever using, and then spent an hour or so finding out what the buttons did, how to change the effects and settings, what it all sounded like, etc.  If you don't think of it as homework, it becomes kind of fun.

For old-time twangy country, you might try the preset called "trainbilly" (that's what it's called on mine), which is a country/rockabilly sort of sound with a bit of reverb.  You might also try adding a bit of reverb to the "acoustic" setting as well, and maybe a bit of delay (100ms or so).  You're definitely not going to want to mess with phasers or chorus effects, though as I said, it's kind of fun to just play around with them.

It really is a fun little amp.

When you think the time has come to move on from it, you should keep two things in mind for a twangy country sound: all tube, and an echo pedal (I personally like the Roland Space Echo.  It ain't cheap, but it sure adds flavor and doesn't sound "digital" to my ear. YMMV).

"There's such a fine line between genius and stupidity."
                              --David St. Hubbins

Re: Fender G-Dec

Thanks dguyton, your'e a champ.  This is the sort of info I need. I will give "trainbilly" a try with a bit of reverb in accoustic. I will also have a look at www.mygdec.com/,  thanks for the tip.
Hope you don't mind if I get back to you with any other questions.
Cheers Bushy

Not one drop of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
"Quincy Jones"