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Basses with HUGE bottom end
- Thread starter KingRazor
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Like I said, it's semantics: I agree you can get "thick" in the 80-100Hz range, I just wouldn't necessarily call that range the "low end" on a bass guitar.
Really? I would. Heck, I usually have a high pass filter cutting everything below 60Hz on my bass. Everything below that just sounds like muddy, booming mush.
I'd say low end: up to 250Hz (just to throw out an arbitrary number)
Low mid: 250Hz-600Hz
High mid: 600Hz-2KHz
High: 2KHz and up
I know that's not how everyone thinks though, nor is it how a lot of EQ equipment is set up.
I'm not sure what the main factor is, but you can get pretty sick in our practice room. (factors are Alembic bass and Mesa rig)
So Alembic is certainly capable of producing that huge bottom end, some notes can even raise an eyebrow (in a positive way) of my bandmates.
I've also played an Alembic Series I through a solid state setup (I think Epifani) and it sounded MASSIVE in the low end.
Criteria met I guess, go try an Alembic!
So Alembic is certainly capable of producing that huge bottom end, some notes can even raise an eyebrow (in a positive way) of my bandmates.
I've also played an Alembic Series I through a solid state setup (I think Epifani) and it sounded MASSIVE in the low end.
Criteria met I guess, go try an Alembic!
I'll say the Ovation Magnum. Don't know about "punch", but it has a unique "compromise the structural integrity of the room you're in and whatever you're listening to the bass through" kind of enormous weight to the low end. I haven't put a finger on it, but it can produce such immense girth, even recorded, when compared to any other bass I've tried. They are quirky instruments, but have loads of character and can do things no other bass can - whether those things are what you're looking for is another matter.
Peavey TL-5 with Thomastic Flats. Very thick deep bass when bass knob on it's pre-amp is boosted. A often underated bass, kind of a sleeper while they were produced. I like mine quite a bit set-up with flatwounds. Can approximate an old-school Motown tone pretty well with the knobs set right. Can get that Paul Jackson "Headhunters" era tone too. Great bass!
+1
Add to that, you have to look at your whole system. One guys brand XX bass with massive low end, whatever that means, will sound different plugged into your rig.
I don't think of my Dingwall when the word "massive" is used. Balanced, articulate, piano-like YES.
As others have stated, this is my bass that I would associate with "massive low end".
Later
Rob
As others have stated, this is my bass that I would associate with "massive low end".
Later
Rob
You are correct, IME. And this is why the Magnum will always be a minority concern - it lives up to its name.
I gotta say, with all my EQ set flat, I get crazy lows out of my Zon Sonus Custom... but that could be my cabs/amp...
Of the 100+ basses I've owned over the past 30 years, this one has the most gut-wrentching bottom end of them all - my '08 Rickenbacker 4004Cii.
I'll chime in for the Traben army(the proud and few). I would say my 5 String Chaos Obsession NT with rockfield pups and pre is the boomiest lows I have heard. I haven't heard a ton of other basses, but Ibanhads and schecters seem to be norms for metalheads along with some fender boys and such. I usually get a lot of compliments on how "great" my Traben's sound, but paired with a GB STL-600 its hard not to have huge low end.
Although I play my 4-String Traben Array that is basically the same bass with a different pre-amp and pups. But like I said the low end on them is massive from what I have heard out at shows.
Although I play my 4-String Traben Array that is basically the same bass with a different pre-amp and pups. But like I said the low end on them is massive from what I have heard out at shows.
Yeah, we get it. You've emphatically stated your entirely subjective opinion several times. Now please stop slamming other people's preferences by saying "Hey, sorry, guys but [fill in the blank] can't compare to a G&L" as if this is objective fact and you've crunched the numbers and reached this conclusion absolutely.
This whole thread is ridiculous... are we not taking amps into account for some reason? I guarantee you I can get more bottom end out of a Bronco with a single Strat pickup through an Ampeg SVT Classic and an 8x10 than you can with a StingRay through a 10-watt solid state practice amp. Let's give it a shot.
