|  | | 
05-20-2007, 01:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rhode Island | | | How loud do you play at GC when trying out a bass?
Sign in to disble this ad
I usually play as loud as I play at home, volume and gain at about 11 o'clock, which I think is pretty reasonable. But I friggin hate the guys that go into the bass section simply to blow out the eardrums of the other players in the vicinity. I think its disrespectful and consider those guys amatures. So, how loud do you think is too loud when your trying out BASSES, not amps?
__________________ Keep looking over your shoulder, that shadow may not always be your own.
MySpace
Ocean 4 string, Ampeg B2R, GK Backline 115 |
05-20-2007, 02:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island | | | A volume where I can hear the tone of the bass and here what I am playing clearly, as well as be able to tell the differences when changing the onboard preamps controls. Anything above that is gravy.
__________________
G&L Bass Club member #152 - Eden Electronics Club member #162 - Yorkville/Traynor club #105 |
05-20-2007, 06:53 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Glendale & La Jolla, CA | | | If I'm trying out a bass, loud enough to hear myself clearly and to hear the variations (As in where I play, whether I use a pick, onboard preamp, etc) clearly.
If I'm trying out an amp, I would put it up a bit higher, just to see if it can last at "gig volumes" without breaking up. |
05-20-2007, 07:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: DFW | | | If I'm just in there jackinn' around, I keep it pretty low. If I'm serious about buying something, I'll crank it up as loud and for as long as it takes to make a determination. If I like it, I buy it and get the f~ck out... |
05-20-2007, 07:32 PM
| | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jo6Pak  If I'm just in there jackinn' around, I keep it pretty low. If I'm serious about buying something, I'll crank it up as loud and for as long as it takes to make a determination. If I like it, I buy it and get the f~ck out... | 
There it is. |
05-21-2007, 11:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tulsa, Ok | | | Loud enough to hear myself over: the teenage metal head who is finger tapping Eruption for the 5th time in 10 minutes, the emo kid wearing girls jeans playing the same 3 bar chords for 15 minutes, or insert person who annoys you here. |
05-21-2007, 12:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NJ | | | Rarely do I ever plug a bass in. If it feels good in my hands and sounds decent acoustically, that's good enough for me.
__________________
R.I.P. Dimebag Darrell
METAL CLUB Member #11 \m/
Bongo Club #24
ATK Club #22
"The world is full of Kings & Queens that blind your eyes & steal your dreams. It's Heaven and Hell" - R.J. Dio 1980 |
05-21-2007, 12:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | Ive not done anything like that in a while.
But i plug in so im loud enough to hear myself and quiet enough so no one else can hear me 
__________________
EB Musicman/Ibanez/Ampeg/Peavey/Marshall/Tech 21
|
05-21-2007, 03:47 PM
| | | | The one time I bought a bass in a shop I played it for 15mins unplugged, 2 mins plugged in to a tiny practise amp to check the electronics, and 20mins haggling on the price. If it worked, I knew what it sounded like.
The time I bought an amp in a shop I rattled the place - felt self conscious, but needed to be done.
Ian |
05-21-2007, 04:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cincinnati, ohio | | | the only time I turn it up is when the ******* who always comes in and turns his up and starts slapping some krap riff and misses half of the notes...it is always the same guy too, I wonder why?
__________________
I made the fat lady sing
Nachos and Coke club member #012
|
05-21-2007, 04:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Indiana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd Stanley A volume where I can hear the tone of the bass and here what I am playing clearly, as well as be able to tell the differences when changing the onboard preamps controls. Anything above that is gravy. | I do the same. I only turn it up loud if I plan on buying it.
__________________
Not to us, but to His name be the glory.
|
05-21-2007, 04:47 PM
| | | | I always play loud enough so that everyone in the store can hea me butcher Higher Ground
__________________
I play in Ritual Bludgeoning, Vangough, and Justin Lawrence Band. Follow me on twitter @jerenmartin, and I will follow you.
|
05-21-2007, 07:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: north of chicago | | | I usually set it all the way up, then turn up the highs, mids, and lows to all the way, then continue trying to force the volume knob to see if it has a secret 11 setting. Then, I butcher the intro to portrait of tracey for about 20 minutes, flip my hair out of my eyes and walk away, after leaving the bass leaning on the amp and plugged in.
__________________
Yamaha club member 1, Long hair club member 10, and all around fairly decent guy.
|
05-21-2007, 08:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: St. Louis, Missouri | | | Like most other people, I play just loudly enough to be able to hear variations (playing towards the bridge vs. towards the neck, using both pickups on full and then turning one off, etc). |
05-21-2007, 08:25 PM
| | Registered User
Endorsing Artist: John Doe Guitars | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rochester, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat.Mike Loud enough to hear myself over: the teenage metal head who is finger tapping Eruption for the 5th time in 10 minutes, the emo kid wearing girls jeans playing the same 3 bar chords for 15 minutes, or insert person who annoys you here. | Sounds like a good situation to try out how well a bass/amp can cut through in a "mix"?  |
05-21-2007, 08:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: So Cal | | Quote:
Originally Posted by buzzbass Rarely do I ever plug a bass in. If it feels good in my hands and sounds decent acoustically, that's good enough for me. | +1, finding one where you dig the feel and playability comes first, most of 'em won't even pass that test. |
05-21-2007, 08:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: So Cal | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spudmaster34 I usually set it all the way up, then turn up the highs, mids, and lows to all the way, then continue trying to force the volume knob to see if it has a secret 11 setting. Then, I butcher the intro to portrait of tracey for about 20 minutes, flip my hair out of my eyes and walk away, after leaving the bass leaning on the amp and plugged in. | Now I remember why I don't hang out at GC.  |
05-22-2007, 04:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kunsan AB, South Korea | | | Yeah, Thank God there's no GC here in Guam...
But, on another note....
I like to go into the guitar room and just FLAIL AWAY with some LOUD whammy bar distortion stuff. You'd think Steve Vai was there.... |
05-22-2007, 03:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by buzzbass Rarely do I ever plug a bass in. If it feels good in my hands and sounds decent acoustically, that's good enough for me. |
Your kidding?!? You buy a bass without plugging it in? That's nutty!
__________________
Mediocre Bassist Club Member #4
|
05-22-2007, 03:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rhode Island | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spudmaster34 I usually set it all the way up, then turn up the highs, mids, and lows to all the way, then continue trying to force the volume knob to see if it has a secret 11 setting. Then, I butcher the intro to portrait of tracey for about 20 minutes, flip my hair out of my eyes and walk away, after leaving the bass leaning on the amp and plugged in. | ...noob?
__________________ Keep looking over your shoulder, that shadow may not always be your own.
MySpace
Ocean 4 string, Ampeg B2R, GK Backline 115 | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
