EQ Settings - No Beginner Tutorials?

[Staccato]

Any helpful suggestions for learning/bridging the gap for a beginner? (Using the Boss GEB-7 pedal.) Next will be an amp with EQ settings!

Recommended manufacturer's settings help. And, technical articles put most of us to sleep. How do we to bridge the gap for a better understanding?
I'm not adverse to eventually running the sound (on occasion), and want to begin learning more about levels, and how they affect the sound...

+/- 50, 120, 400, 500, 800, 4.5k, 10k
(Hz levels - Boss GEB-7 pedal)

This one from Old Barn Audio is somewhat helpful:

Bass Guitar
Start by rolling all the bottom off (from 100Hz and lower) then use the low-mid E.Q. to find the bass sound you want. Then slowly dial back the low frequencies to taste. Most of the "punch" comes from the "low-mid" range.
Boost 1 to 2kHz for "fret noise" (may sound ugly on its own but adds articulation in the mix!) Try to cut and bring level up rather than boost. Make sure "kick" & "bass" aren't in the same area of the spectrum.
For a Beatles style of sound then boost 100Hz by 2 or 3dB, (if you don't use a pick then boost 3kHz by 3 to 6dB.) To make smoother and warmer sound then cut 12 to 18kHz by 6dB.
For a good deep rock ballad sound then Boost 100Hz by a few dB then boost 500Hz by 6dB or so. Cut 300Hz by about 3dB and cut 12kHz by 6dB.

[line6man]

You pretty much fiddle around with the bands until you get an idea how they each affect the sound, and then you fine tune them until you get the desired tonality.

Don't overthink it.

[darkstorm]

Yup, Its best learned by listening. Put all controls flat. Then individually raise and lower each control by itself. Listen. Do this for each control. Leave the less liked when boosted controls flat or a little lower, raising the fave liked ones a little. Halfway or less as good range. The extreme ends (60 hz and below along with one of the upper treble controls might be the main ones you boost a bit. With my tone I end up raising the extreme low bass a lot. Due to useing heavy overdrive. I also raise the 6khz range some a fair amount of the time. You will probably also find that one of the 3-4 bands that midrange lies in will benefit from a boost or cut for your sound.

Read up on octave equilazers and what instruments fall in which ranges and where the overtones for them are. Becoming familiar with these 15-20 band eq's and how the various sliders affect your full band mix and individual instruments sound is also useful imo. Though reading about this does help, listening while fiddling about with them is also required to really understand it all. Though overkill for a bass, 20 band eq's taught me to learn what exact freq areas are best for various thing to be accented and to get rid of boomy woompy and annoying sound qaulities for bass to. Along with learning what freqs have no hearable affect on bass guitar to. Lol.

[line6man]

Also keep in mind that you should be EQing as little as you possibly can.

[Rano Bass]

Originally Posted by line6man

Also keep in mind that you should be EQing as little as you possibly can.

What he said!
Try to not depend on EQ for your tone.

[Staccato]

Very helpful suggestions, thank you!