I just got a nice ampeg 410HLF cabinet to go with my mesa boogie bass 400+ head and i cant find a right EQ setting no matter how much i mess with it. I play in a hardcore/punk band (poison the well, thursday) and i need some really good low end but not so much so you cant recognize the notes, i need a good high end for doing high chords also. I just need my overall sound to be crisp, crunchy (a little) and full. Could anyone help me out on how i should set my EQ? Thanks
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Amp EQ
- Thread starter shaunathan32
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If the tone stack in a 400+ is basically a passive Fender type tone stack...flat is something like 4 10 4 (bass-middle-treble). Perhaps if you start there and turn dials until it sounds best.
Hopefully someone will know whether it is a Fender-like tone stack.
I just looked at a schematic on-line for the 400 and it is Fender-like.
So, leave the graphic eq turned off , set the bass to 4 the mid to 10 and the treble to 4 and go from there.
You can fool around with the horn level control on your cabinet too.
If you have an active bass, leave the controls flat.
Good luck!!!
Hopefully someone will know whether it is a Fender-like tone stack.
I just looked at a schematic on-line for the 400 and it is Fender-like.
So, leave the graphic eq turned off , set the bass to 4 the mid to 10 and the treble to 4 and go from there.
You can fool around with the horn level control on your cabinet too.
If you have an active bass, leave the controls flat.
Good luck!!!
