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06-19-2009, 02:29 AM
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Hello there, im going straight to the point so you dont have to read useless stuff.
We are rehearsing in a balcony drums 2 guitars and bass, i have a Acoustic B100 bass amp, i know its not enough but i can hear myself, the problem is sometimes i get too much attack or sound too muddy etc. We are playing mostly metal, i play fingerstyle and we are writting a song i wrote last night which involves tapping, should i set the EQ to fit the tapping aswell? i dont really know what should be there and what shouldnt so im asking for some tips.
Thank you a lot!
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06-19-2009, 02:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: san antonio/austin | | | does your bass has an onboard preamp? |
06-19-2009, 03:04 AM
| | | | Well im borrowing thi sone from a friend actually it has 3 knows and is a P J configuration
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06-19-2009, 04:13 PM
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06-19-2009, 04:28 PM
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06-19-2009, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by BDL1991  what EQ setting do u have at the moment? | I dont have my amp with me right now but last night i rolled off the high mids and highs and left only a lil bit of low and low mids
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06-19-2009, 06:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: spennymoor, england | | | ahh, i'd suggest putting everything flat to start with, then increase the high mids by 1/2 and then low mids by 0.5/1, because generally it will be the lows that will make everything muddy and the mids themselves that make everything punchy, but as long as you adapt the tone to your personal tastes it should be ok, though with tapping i can't pull it off on my basses during band performances, and it's more to do with my action i would think than the tone
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06-19-2009, 06:49 PM
| | | | Yeah im looking for a punchy hearable tone, i mean in metal that is hard to pull off but this band is very forgiving and they keep telling me to turn it up or that it sounds awesome, so ill try that next time
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06-19-2009, 07:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: spennymoor, england | | | what sort of tone do your guitarists use, scooped mids?
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06-19-2009, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by BDL1991 what sort of tone do your guitarists use, scooped mids? | I have no idea well my best friend who is the guitarist i BELIEVE he has a lot of bass in it, the other one i played with his EQ and turned the bass a lil low but thats all i know
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06-19-2009, 09:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: spennymoor, england | | | hmm, the best way is to look at the EQ they are using and work around it, it's very typical for one guitarist to have more bass and the other more treble, gives more definition to each guitar sound. for a punchy tone you do want to increase the mids, more a mid boost than anything else. it's my belief that punk tones are good reference points for that sort of tone.
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06-19-2009, 09:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: spennymoor, england | | | i just looked at the amp you stated you have, and you may not be able to get much, punch from the 15" without a tweeter, it can be done but, i'm not sure how to without the tweeter. my personal opinion would be get a usable cab to go underneath it, a 2x10 but that's just my opinion, more than likely there are people on here who could tell you how to get that tone without the tweeter.
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06-19-2009, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by BDL1991 i just looked at the amp you stated you have, and you may not be able to get much, punch from the 15" without a tweeter, it can be done but, i'm not sure how to without the tweeter. my personal opinion would be get a usable cab to go underneath it, a 2x10 but that's just my opinion, more than likely there are people on here who could tell you how to get that tone without the tweeter. | Thanks man i appreciate your input, ill see what i can do with it
than you very much keep plucking!
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06-19-2009, 10:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Madison, WI | | | The high mids are really what make you poke out of a busy metal mix.
You might want to think about a bigger amp though, depends how big the guitar rigs are. |
06-20-2009, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by ErebusBass The high mids are really what make you poke out of a busy metal mix.
You might want to think about a bigger amp though, depends how big the guitar rigs are. | Small marshal combo about 50 wats and a peavy i think about the samme i guess..
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06-20-2009, 07:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: spennymoor, england | | | boost the hi-mids to say 4, low-mids to 3 then low and high both to 1, that is on the way of thinking that 12 is flat for your amp, theoretically that should work with the correct amount of gain
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06-20-2009, 10:29 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Whether dealing with a PA or bass rig, I prefer the "cut only" approach to deal with freq's which mask tone. Boosting all four EQ bands is tantamount to turning up the master volume...let the volume wars commence!
I have parametric EQ's on our PA and both bass preamps (Demeter HBP-1, and Sansamp RBI). I'm far from proficient but found that a single band sweep 'n cut yields far better results when dealing with bass rigs. You may find that adjusting you volume balance to match that of your ensemble and then cutting one of your 4 EQ bands by 2-3 db may give you the desired presence.
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06-20-2009, 12:52 PM
| | | | i see.. thanks!
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