rythme to solo????

[faisalamin11]

Guys, I have a question which has bothered me for a long long time (as a beginner)
when i am jamming at home ( i have a zoom multi effect) I set the 3 stomps like this:
1. Solo dist.
2. Rythme dist.
3. Clean
Now the thing is...when i play want to play a solo i have to switch from rythme to solo on the peddal...but I have seen many lead guitarists at live concerts who don't switch...they use the same thing for rythme/solo...How is this possible???

[the_dreamer]

Need more details.
What do you mean, " i have to switch "?

[faisalamin11]

what i mean is i have to use a stomp for solo and another for rythme (since the volume for solo must be a little higher) but i have seen guitarists who use the same stomp for rythme AND solo. How is this possible?

[the_dreamer]

Are you talking about strictly a volume thing or does it sound much different?

Often - lead channels or lead distortion tends to have a bit more compression (possibly by adding more disto?) than rhythm channels.

Nothing's wrong with using 'lead' for both rhythm and solo parts. Nothing's wrong with using 'rhythm' for both solo and lead parts.
It's up to you to decide how you want it all to sound.

The people COULD be using a volume pedal only.

[faisalamin11]

I know it's a confusing question (cuz it's stupid) hehehe...
anyway...what i mean is that since the solo requires to be played in a higher volume....how do they use the same thing for solo and rythme (they don't use a volume pedal). I had a doubt that the volume is adjusted by the guy sitting on the mixer but i was told that's wrong.
How do U guys switch from rythme to solo?

[nouse4aname]

All done by pick up selecting. Rythm using like front pickup give u a nice cream sound. Using the back pickup aka bridge should give a nice cut through sound. More trebley i geuss u can say thats the way ive been doin it. Not to metion when i goto concerts i see the ppl do the same. http://www.zentao.com/ubb/smilies/explode.gif

[the_dreamer]

nouse4aname, the thing about that is that the maximum volume is still the same, and most people crank their guitars (10 tone 10 volume) on both pickups. It wouldn't be any better than to say: 'start your guitar out on 7, then turn the volume knob to 10', because that's essentially what you'd be doing.

A volume pedal, or anything with an external volume setting (distortion has one, or channel w/ a seperate eq) will work.

[mojojojo]

Sometimes the band that you see has their own sound guy that is familiar with the bands music, and knows when a solo is going to be played. It then makes it as simple as hitting the solo button on the mixing console. Or they may have a volume pedal that they rock to boost their signal.

[TomN]

Most big time guitarist have a guitar tech who switches sounds for them so the guitar player can focus on what's important. Jumping around and looking cool.

[socialparasite]

Switch Pickups when you solo

[Insaneogram]

Me and the other dude in my band don't change anything when we solo, we just set up our balance well beforehand.

[doakwolf]

Yeah, pickups and guitar volume knob.

You will notice as you turn down the guitar volume knob that the drive lowers, which is usually good for rythme, and if you pull it back up to full volume for the solo, both the volume and the drive will gain...

But like the other guys said, it could be a backstage techie etc... Or they might not actually be playing live...?

[SKEETER]

If Torres Engineering is still in business, look them up and get a volume control kit from them, it is a capacitor and a resistor you put on your volume control, it is cheap. What it does is shunt the highs to the output, so when you turn the guitar down it still sounds the same, instead of sucking your town away. That way you can put your volume on 7 until it is time to solo, then crank it up to ten, without losing tone while youa re on 7. The pickup switching method is ok, if you want your rythm sound to be entirely different than your lead sound, I prefer them to be similar.