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Originally Posted by Jr555  This is awesome information, just the expert I needed ! Now, when you say too filthy, do you mean your notes get to the point where they're almost inaudible, or is it just like really really fuzzy but still with some definition ? What kind of cabs do you run these through ? I think the whole tube screamer Idea is pretty nifty too, I'm not familiar with how this reacts on bass guitars ?
Anyone else with info on any of this, please step in ! I welcome your information on amp dirt with open arms ! |
Often we need to use a dirty amp with less low freq dialed in and a clean tone with a lot of low freq for best definition the original tube screamer is good because it pushes the upper mid forwards as you increase the overdrive and still leaves the low frequency end with less overdrive.
lots of people complain about not having a lot of low with the old tube screamer but when you are making complex mixes with loads of low
from keyboards and downtune guitar, it can be a very good sound cos if you think there isnt enough low end you just bring up the di clean with a low pass filter set at about 150hz and have good definition where the dirty sound is getting boomy and overly resonant if you have a lot of low mid and bass in it.
Speakers wise we use various types depending on the band and the tuning for thrash and hardcore punk I love the old Acoustic 408 cab
because it sounds just like a building collapse in C sharp with loads of hard driven tube amp and the boss Bass overdrive. But more recently we have used old metal badge Ampeg 115's with altec 418 series two alnico speakers, because I like the on axis metal dust cap thing.
Modern clean 5 string rock bass I like the Eden LXT 8 X 10. for Blues Rock 4 string in E the old CTS driver'd Ampeg sealed 8 X 10 always sounds dead right. We also have a few 1X12 test cabs with various odd drivers in that I use power soaked in another smaller deader room
for Punk POP and stuff that needs a dryer space without too much
sub. Its all horses for courses really there is no best bass cab for everything thats why I have to find space for about twelve of the buggers.
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