TONE TIPS: Understanding EQ - Featuring the Empress Para EQ MKii

Made this video earlier this year, and finally releasing it!
Understanding EQ - Featuring the Empress Para EQ MKii
Getting studio like tone means using studio like tools - In this video we take a look at shaping your guitar tone with EQ. Understanding what EQ does, how it works, and when to use it is something can be a little confusing. In this video I explain different types of EQ and what they are best suited for. Then we take a look at the new Empress Para EQ Deluxe and show different ways I use EQ to get great tones! Even if you aren't looking at the Empress, this video will help you use EQ for better and interesting sounds.

Empress Para EQ Deluxe MKii: https://empresseffects.com/products/p...

There are tips and tricks all through the video but here's the general outline:

0:00 Intro
0:26 EQ Visual Walk Through Intro
1:06 High Pass and Low Pass
2:18 HP and LP Potential Uses
3:03 Shelfing EQ
5:34 Parametric EQ
8:07 EQ and Gain Considerations
9:23 Empress Para EQ Deluxe
9:54 EQ Uses 1 (Tone Shaping)
12:10 EQ Warning! (EQ'ing in Solo)
12:37 EQ Uses 2 (Boosting the Mids)
14:21 Switchable Boost
17:08 EQ Uses 3 (Creative EQ)
18:19 Final Thoughts on the Para EQ Deluxe MKii

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