My 10 Favourite Ways to Use an EQ Pedal 

*EXACTLY!!!!!!! I have been saying it for years. I personally use a SOURCE AUDIO EQ 2 - dual channel EQ, that has a limiter, noise gate on both channels and are fully MIDI PRORAMABLE with presets CC and PC commands. I sit one channel in front of my amp and the other in the effects loop. I am able to dial so many tones with the click of a switch.*

i'm surprised this video has 7% downvotes. there's usually only 2-3% downvotes at most unless the video title is misleading or the video fails to actually live up to the thumbnail. but this was exactly what i was looking for, and there's nobody commenting about what's supposedly wrong. i wonder why all those people downvoted

Fantastic and very educational video! EQ can do so much for a stale rig. I struggle to stay engaged with a lot of videos that have the info I’m looking for, find myself skipping around a lot. With your vids, right as I start to be ready for the next part, you move onto it for me 😂 the pace of how you do these really works for me, so thanks for sharing all your knowledge this way.

I can’t believe I waited so long to get this pedal and it’s all because of you Michael. You’re one of my favorite guitar people. Thank you!

Hey Michael this was really interesting & enlightening, I have 2 eq pedals stored away , now I’m going to put them on my pedal board & try out some ideas.. I particularly liked how you got different tones from the boss overdrive pedal since I have the same one.. really inspiring thanks so much for taking the time to put this together

This is such a good channel, thanks Michael! By far the most inspiring guitar channel i've come across

EQ pre-distortion/overdrive is pretty powerful. It can totally change the character of the distortion: add more bass, it becomes looser and fuzzier; add mids and it becomes tighter and crunchier; add highs and the attack gets a gritty edge.

Od3 and ge7 is a criminal combo,the order of placement adds even more options. Od3's slight bass surplus makes it so versatile for dialing precise bass cut with the eq,all the thump one could ever need. Salute

Immediately thought of Money for Nothing when you mentioned the Cocked Wah sound and Lo and Behold,you give us a similar version of it.!Great!

Great video Michael! For years I used a Marshall JTM 30 amp with the clean channel all the way up as the warm overdrive was lovely, but with a single coil guitar it never quite broke up enough.... add an EQ pedal and the sound had a really great warm "crunch", without ever having to use overdrive pedals. EQ pedals are underated boxes - they definitely are not just for someone trying to emulate David Gilmour!

A massive thank you. This channel is a treasure trove! Criminally undersubscribed too.

Cool video. Just purchased my first EQ pedal :) Can’t wait to try some of these ideas out

Once I discovered the many uses of EQ, I bought the Source Audio EQ2 pedal. While it may be pricey, the options and flexibility make it equivalent to 3 pedals. I use it as a tuner pedal. It has a noise gate built in. As for the actual EQ, there are really 2 EQ channels that can be set in a variety of ways. You can run stereo with a different setting on each side, or you can do like I have done, where I have one EQ set pre-drives and another set post-drives. That way I get maximum flexibility without needing 2 physical EQ pedals on the board. With a separate tap switch, I can access 8 presets. If I went MIDI, there's way more than that. This video shows that there are so many uses for an EQ pedal, it makes programmable ones with presets make the most sense. I'd highly recommend.

Great video. I have two pedalboards and both of them have an eq pedal. One of the most important pedals ever made, they completely change the dynamics of your rig. Btw just subscribed 🙂 your videos are really great and you definitely deserve more subscribers.

Great video! Not enough people talking about how great EQ is and how to use it. EQ is the most underrated effect pedal IMO

Yet another superb video. I've recently fell in love with a RAT Deucetone again too. The 'Clean Rat' setting is great and the cascading is fantastic.I only mention it because I sort of expect you to love it. The RAT Deucetone deserves more coverage.With the Eq pedal , well, it is massive

fantastic addition to your earlier two on this topic!

Loved that first tone!!!

Im finding since i bought this its one of theee most useful and important pedals on any board.

I currently use two GE-7s on my pedalboard. One I use as a boost after all my gain pedals. The second I use as a boost before my gain pedals. I can gently tweak either pedal to overcome room resonances on some stages. Typically, the one before my gain pedals gets these adjustments more often than the other because the room resonance is more evident during solos with gain. Both are valuable tools to me because they are so versatile. I have used them to achieve certain signature tones for recognizeable songs to great effect. Some nights in some rooms I'll hit on a magical setting that is immediately noticed by the other band members and by the audience. Gigs where that happens can be a blast and can inspire the whole band resulting in a great show.

Number 3 is exactly what I needed to see!!

Nice work Michael, I enjoy having an EQ after everything maybe even sitting on the amp for fine tuning, especially taking mud out to free up some headroom in the amp. I had a wmd parametric eq and most of what it did can be done with these slider style pedals but I wanted to bring up one that I don't think they can - and that's to actually set the hi frequency to the maximum, which on the wmd is well into the airy sounds sort of beyond our hearing, and the Q of that frequency as low as possible, and barely any level boost, just a touch of that "air" completely removes the blanket sound on my amp, it can be hard to get this just right as the harsher tones can come through but I found I could open up the treble of my sound and use the mid control to isolate harsh stuff that was well below the airy frequencies but still came along for the ride. That single move transformed the sound a lot and felt like high end rack gear, much more effective than cutting bass or notchy mids. Usually I wouldn't look to boosting to find clarity but if you have an EQ that reaches high enough you might find some magnificent sparkly cleans here. I think of it like way more headroom for the treble since most of the guitars voice is not occupying that range but can breathe more because of it.

Great video. You can get even more versatility by putting the EQ in the send/return which sounds completely different than just putting it in front of an map. I like track one guitar with the EQ in front of the amp and then another guitar with the EQ in the send/return. Between doing this, IRs, pedals and amp modeling there's an endless amount of tones you can get these days without spending much money.

You are a very practical and creative musician.

Great video. Besides this pedal satisfying my love of mids-manipulation, I love its boost even more.

This is a great video Michael; you make a really strong case for this being a true swiss army knife. I personally believe many channels downplay this pedal's usefulness, because how then could they sell you other gear?

Wow really helpful video, Michael. Thanks heaps!

Really cool, I need to get more experimental with my use of EQ. Now even thinking about getting two for my setup

Great tips. EQ gives you lots of options.

You have such good ears and brain! You can identify which frequency and eventually tweak to what you want to hear, this is pricelss indeed (this skills and musical talent). Bravo!

Will definitely check out more of your vids.

This pedal has been my secret weapon on a wide variety of tones and sounds. You’d be surprised how you can change your amp sound as well. These pedals are also great as a boost.

Loving this channel 🎸

Wow - This is really informative. I love my GE-7 - I use it mostly as a volume boost and to boost highs and lows slightly, and in front of overdrive and distortion pedals to make them crunchier. I didn't know it had so many other applications.

Really great video. Thanks for the advice

Thanks for another great video, Michael. It's always good to know how to get the most from the gear you already have, you prove a flanger and an EQ are severely underrated pedals. I'm surprised I don't often see them recommend for beginners and players who are new to pedals. Also, is that an AC4 with a 12" speaker in the shelf in the background? How do you like it?

great video and great playing homie

Definitely biased by my love for older sounds but that drive tone without the EQ pedal was perfect for me, I thought that was with the pedal engaged for a second because it sounded so good. You just can’t beat that bite and clarity!

Good tip on adding that second patch cable!! The more you know!!

Love that radio speaker sound! I really think EQ pedal is a great way to get a lo-fi sound after watchig Rhett Shull video and you prove it right!

Thanks for that video. Very interesting and useful.

Fantastic video, I just found your channel, really useful information. Subscribed! and I just also checked out your recent strumming video. Super useful for me. I never really categorized my strumming methods. I'm going to go over that video again and try to build up the foundation. Thanks

That was stupidly useful! I’ve never seriously wanted an EQ pedal until now.

I’ve been recording with an EQ pedal first on my chain lately with great success! I used to handle EQ ITB after recording but like the extra control with an EQ pedal up front

Excellent video! I recently placed a GE-7 after my DS-1. Between the GE-7 and the all of the gain/tone control sensitivity on the DS-1 you can acvhieve so many sounds. Also I'm super jealous of your clean CE-2 and DM-2 pedals Lol.

This is a great video! The way you compared the sound with and without the EQ pedal is better than most other comparison videos I've seen. Most people add too many other variable or play chords with the pedal on and solos with it off, so you don't get a clear picture of how it sounds. Also, are you just adjusting the eq bands in the last segment or are you playing anything on the guitar as well?

Another Grear lesson, you are not only a nice guitar player, you are a great teacher foo.

Pretty sure this channel will blow up in time.

Great idea to modify the distortion pedal's sound. I never thought of that.

No 7! That makes the GE7 a must have for any gig. Get heard, not louder.

Very helpful! Thanks

Great video, super helpful !!! Beautiful Jaguar! I've always been intrigued by fender offset models, but I have stuck to strats and teles so far. Would love to see more of that guitar in your upcoming videos!

Great tips - Thanks!

I’ve been using the GE-7 in my loop for lead boosts and bring the level up a bit when I turn down the volume to clean up. I also use one on my acoustic rig to boost solos above my rhythm loop. Great video!

Interesting stuff, especially the self-oscillating effect at the end. The only way I use an EQ pedal is to make an archtop with a floating pickup sound a little more like an acoustic by applying a fairly drastic scoop. I expect it makes a good rhythm/lead switch too.

Definitely going to try the Big Muff EQ thing. @2:55 thats the Josh Homme trick. He has one sitting on the amp and then drives everthing else through that.

Really interesting ..I found that boosting the mids improved the clarity or definition of the signals in many cases.. Especially with gain.. While lowering the mids actually helped definition with the chorus.. ​Also augmenting the bass on the bridge smoothened the piercing tone of the bridge on the Strat..

What an underrated pedal!

Wow, great tutorial, Michael. I'm a late comer to EQ and Compression, but I am catching up fast.

Love this videos are pretty informative bfor a long time. I use nothing but almost all boss pedelse and the video you posted of the buffers in Boss pedals make a lot of sense. I've replaced most of my boss pedals with other brands but still like to use them from time to time. And yes I do hear the difference in the buffers. I thought I was crazy and kept adjusting my tone controls on myeah. I'm thinking that the amp was just acting funny.

Great tips 👍👍👍

What an excellent video. Thank you, you've given me some really good ideas on how to revoice my overdrives and fuzzes to taste - I may have just saved a pile of cash that would've been spent on new dirt boxes!

This is great, thanks so much

You deserve to be one of the most popular guitar channels

nice video and most of all nice Jag !

Great video - I've been saying for years to fellow guitarists to not waste money on trying this pickup and that, just get an EQ pedal and tweak for each guitar. Even get a programmable EQ pedal and have presets for each guitar to get it just how you like it. I have one two on my board, one at the start and one at the end.

great video once again :) especially that last bit, reminded me of Radiohead a bit. I wonder if you could do a video comparing the 'normal' graphic eq with a parametric eq, or try to emulate the sound of an HM-2 with a MT-2 and an eq. anyway, always looking forward to your new video's. tnx!!

I sold my GE-7 because the sliders introduced a hiss when moved more than half way up _or down._ There is a mod that overcomes this flaw, but the pedal wasn't getting much use. As usual, I see a video like this one and wish I still had it!

I have a highly berated (vintage) pedal that does a lot this - it's called the Varitone switch on a 345. Still I'm sure much of what you are saying is still valid no matter what. Thanks, I'll be doing more experimenting after having watched this video. Thanks

Great video

you really can do almost anything with an OD-3 and an equalizer, such underrated tools

Thanks. I've ordered one of these pedals (second hand) after seeing this video and I don't think I've made a compulsive purchase. I think it is a good investment to get a lot more out of the sounds of my other pedals and my amps. I did think about buying a 1985 GE 7 from japan but I saw that it uses an AC adapter and so I instead ordered a modern version which runs on 9v dc because its just a lot easier for me without having to mess about with multiple adapters lol. I could have bought a cheaper equaliser pedal for £28 (rather than the £80 for the Boss) but in my experience you can't really go wrong with a Boss (my Boss pedals have not failed so far and I've had them since the mid 90's).

Eq is my main effect on the pedal board, i use it all the time for changing up the sound

something cool that i like to do with eq is if your using amp distortion but you want to switch to a lighter more overdriven or even clean sound you can just bring down the volume on the eq, i find it super useful so i don’t have to use the knobs on the guitar or switch to the clean channel and then put an overdrive on

. 7:40 ha ha that’s much better than the Knoffler song you were alluding to !

Ooo mine just went bust a week ago 🥲 great video either way 😁👍

For e I use a Vox AC30 had with a Marshall MG412A 120-watt 4x12 cab as guitar and a bass rig. When I use it as a bass rig, I use an EQ in the effects loop with a noise gate .

Always love your video, enjoyable to watch. I wish I could be your student. You're an amazing talker. I bought my OD-3 after watching your videos. It's my most favourite pedal now. I use my MXR 10 Band EQ pedal to emulate the sound of VOX and Marshall clean, I get the EQ curve from "Tone Stack Simulator" One question, maybe you're not a metal guy. But is it possible to bring out metal sound from a classic distortion pedal (RAT or Distortion+) stacking EQ pedal when the amp must stay clean and untouched?

Call me weird, but all you really need is a cocked wah sound. No treadle needed. Great video! Any recommendations to learn how to use an EQ Pedal better is always appreciated!

Ahhh EQ - the most useful, yet least sexy pedal. I'm sure the Boss EQ pedal colour doesn't help! After I saw the light I put an EQ before and after my drives. Great ideas and video as always.

I like to use 5/6 band eq with flanger as "chorus" to simulate the rotary speaker (How To Get 6 Modulation Effects From a Basic Flanger Pedal Like The Boss BF-2) to boost the lows and some highs.

When I bought my Roland JC 60 in the late 70s I I also got the Boss EQ to improve the sound of my not so good Angelica acoustic. Just bought chorus and this EQ pedal so that I can carry just guitar and pedals and plug into sound system wherever I go. Simples.

Fantastic. Why the hell has anyone downvoted this ???

I'm thinking of buying a ge7. Some people stack overdrives, but I was thinking that I could probably simulate that by just sending an eq into an overdrive, as a shaped boost, similar to how people use a tubescreamer with the drive down as a boost to tighten up the sound.

Brilliant!

I use my 10 band EQ to clean up the crunch channel of my amp. I set the amp EQ for the clean channel but I don't like it for the crunch channel, so I use it as a separate EQ for the crunch channel to get rid of the mud without destroying my clean sound.

Good video. "It took me way too long to get around to buying an EQ pedal." Me too. It felt like EQ was "boring". It's actually really *useful*. A Swiss Army knife of a pedal. I wouldn't be without one.

I think I bought my first eq pedal when I started getting into pedals at the very start of learning guitar, it was my third pedal I got after distortion and reverb. I've always been an EQ guy. My motto is "More knobs, the better" 😅

awesome. i was thinking about getting an eq pedal. now i'm convinced indeed. ps there's a city called banfield in south buenos aires

Everyone should have an EQ pedal! Hell, I think I might get Gran one for Christmas just in case she ever picks up a guitar.

Thanks for another great video ! I was wondering if EQ can somehow make middle priced guitar sound like higher priced ones ? 🤔 am I correct ?

Hi Man, I would like to see the Eq with the wampler deluxe pinnacle, how would the tone look

Every guitarist should have an EQ pedal. Very useful tool. I can’t use a Big Muff without an EQ pedal after it to boost midrange.

Hello there, nice video! Would you put your eq pedal before or after modulation pedals?

Must admit only used one of these on the Monitors amp live on stage! Could get the maximum volume out of the monitors with using the EQ to eradicate the "problem" frequency!

Awesome demonstration!!! I’ve been thinking about picking up a GE-7. Was your noisey when you engaged it especially with your drive pedals??

Hi there! Can you walk us through on how to use these easy because those settings is great on your guitar but might not work easily on ours because we needed to dial our own tone.

I like to use a lot of feedback in my stuff, and using this pedal is awesome for that- you can basically "play" feedback similar to the way you are using it in example 10

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The. Analog man mod is awesome