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05-21-2009, 10:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pennyslvania | |  How do I get the right tone?
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I'm playing an Ibanez SR500 through a GK 700RBII head and GK gold line 8x10. I'm a very busy bass player and I spend a lot of time on runs in the mid/high range, but the tone i'm looking for seems to get lost when the rest of the band is playing. I am looking for more clarity and to hear each note that I play, but when I add more highs I just hear lots of clicking and I lose the warmness of the lows. My bass has an active EQ, but to be honest I'm not sure how to work it b/c when I try to use it the EQ redlines my head. Any suggestions? |
05-21-2009, 10:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Illinois | | | Disconnect the tweeter in your cabinet and try adding lots of treble again. When my Ashdown's tweeter was still active and I added treble, I got clarity and mix presence, but a lot of harsh, unmanagable fret noise too. Without the tweeter, adding treble gives me clarity and brightness. |
05-21-2009, 10:29 AM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | MIDS, MIDS, AND MORE MIDS ... |
05-21-2009, 10:35 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chicago-ish | | | A lot of times, that clarity comes from mids, not highs. Beware: if you're used to a scooped-mid sound, boosting the mids can sound yucky on its own, but judge it in the context of the band. |
05-21-2009, 10:14 PM
|  | was that a snowball? | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Fendr1320  A lot of times, that clarity comes from mids, not highs. Beware: if you're used to a scooped-mid sound, boosting the mids can sound yucky on its own, but judge it in the context of the band. | +1 |
05-21-2009, 10:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Gladstone, QLD, Australia | | To get sizzle without sounding "harsh", you need to boost the freqs 8.5k and up…most pre designs won't do this…to cut through the mix, boost the mids in the 800k - 2k range up…DON'T push the 400k-600k mids, they sound too "farty"…if you can't do any of this...time for nice parametric or graphic EQ...  |
05-22-2009, 02:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tempe Arizona | | | Start by replacing the pickups and pre. |
05-22-2009, 03:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hamilton Ontario, (60miles wes | | | Playing with a pick will give you better clarity when playing fast runs. You can cut thru the mix without adding so much treble. Also try turning your volume down till you find the right sound/frequency you want to boost. Sounds like you've got more than enough amp/speakers. If you can hear it at a low volume then you can turn it up.
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