What are the best amp/preamp settings to eliminate unwanted fret noise and deep muddy bass from a L2K? In other words, tighten the midrange for good solid punch. I run the treble and bass all the way up and just use the toggles for sound change.

If you are a fingerstyle player try backing off the bass pot just a hair. My brain didn't want me to do this, but it does clean up the sound quite a bit.

Fret "zing" is usually centered around 1k, and "squawk" is just a bit lower, so try cutting that out a bit to see if it makes a difference.

You may be a candidate for the TI Flats.

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I wanted to get all I could get out of my L2500 Tribute so I ran it full on all of the time. Recently, though I've been backing the bass off about 1/4 turn and it sweetens the tone up a bit. With the bass full on the tone is really in your face, which can be good at times. Backed off a little and some of the aggressive edge is taken off. You might also try Sadowsky flats or S.I.T. Powerflats. Punchy and thick with no string noise.

I am going to a couple open mic jams a week and sitting in with the house bassist rig. I take my newly acquired L2500. One guy had a mystery amp with a 1x12 cab. I was really overpowering it and his MIA 70's Jazz sounded nice. At another club the guy had a SWR combo with 2x10's and I could not get a sound I liked out of that rig. Then last nite at yet another club the bassist had a GK 700RB amp and I think a WorkingMan 4x10, my bass sounded kinda muddy to me but he said it sounded good thru FOH. I played his SRay and it sounded very nice to me. I almost always set my G&L passive, neck pup only, bass almost wide open, treble totally flat. It sounds good like that thru my rigs but I've not been happy playing it at some of those jams. I dont like to mess with the amp settings, so I just try to tweak my bass best I can on the spot for the few songs I play. I am still trying to get used to other settings on this bass, besides the same passive setting I am now using. When I go active, just seems to lose that nice thick, thump I get in passive. Guess I need to try some new settings at home to get used to what this bass can do. I sure liked the way that one guys SRay sounded, I traded my SRay 5er off a couple years ago and started thinking maybe I should look for another one and move the G&L on. But I was not crazy about the single pup and what I felt were limited tones on my Sray, so I moved it on. I really like playing my L2500 thru my rig, so I guess thats all that really matters. I may just take my 55-01 or Cirrus to those jams next week and see how they sound. Sign me: Not giving up yet. :smug:

I guess my previous post deals more with bass guitar settings than amp settings but I'll take any info y'all can offer me just the same. I know going to jams you live with whatever house amp is setup to use, not going to lug my amp out just to get my sound, so again any suggestions on bass settings to try would be cool.

I know my question was rather ambiguous and subjective. I think my biggest problem is that I now run a BBE pre-amp and a Carvin 1000 watt amp. I have the amp set on 2:00 position. The BBE is set Gain=1:00, most treble-bass at 12:00 with the mid down near 9:00. The BBE effect is off and the compression is at half. Master is on 1:00. It may be that I am not using the BBE/Carvin correctly. I have a Hartke 2x10 and a a no name 1 x 15 cab. This is my practice set up. Just getting NO punch..... Hmmm...

Check out the suggested settings from BBE. You are killing your mids that way you have it set. Try all and see what gets closest.

Jim

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Great jpeg suggestions. Wonder how I missed those....
Thanks Jim:bassist: