dialing in good tones with the Shuttle 6.0

[Medford Bassman]

I've owned this amp for ovr a year now. I like it alot and it's great to carry from gig to gig. My problem is I think I've messed with the EQ so much my head is garbled as to sweet sound settings. I've been adding a Sansamp to it for something different but I'm not convinced the Shuttle needs it. I would prefer to just use the sansamp for my slap sound and use the Shuttle EQ for my main sound (wedding corporate band stuff)

Any EQ ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[jnewmark]

Use the search function, there has to be at least 4 threads on this topic alone.

 

[Medford Bassman]

I did do the search, no luck

 

[Vakmere]

Shuttle will do fine without the Sansamp

 

[boing]

I'd set it "flat" and leave it alone for awhile. Get used to the natural voicing of the amp as a tonal baseline before tweaking the knobs.

 

[Fretlessboy]

Try running it flat for a while as stated above. I find the 6.0 an easy head to get a tone out of slap or otherwise. The NeoX212 is a very clean sounding cabinet and will react to any changes. I do find (just my opinion) that the SansAmp is a rather dirty sounding unit so try your rig with out it.

 

[unclekebm]

I'd set it "flat" and leave it alone for awhile. Get used to the natural voicing of the amp as a tonal baseline before tweaking the knobs.

+2

that said, I found that mid freq around 8:00 bumped up slightly maybe 1:00
gives me some serious punch with a NeoX212t / P bass w TI Jazz flats

PS: careful with the Sansamp, easy to lose mids and they can get boomy if you're not careful (the blend knob is your friend)
and the presence can be "clanky" which might compound the already
"crisp" upper mids and highs of the Shuttle...

IME

cheers

 

[rok51]

Just for yuks, try:

bass at 2 o'clock

mid level at 2 o'clock

mid frequency at 10 o'clock

high frequency at noon

Works well for my purposes..."has been"(Genz Benz) also made this recommendation.

Kim

 

[moondog24]

The advice to play with everything flat for a while is good and it is not my intent to muddy the waters, but I will offer up that it is nearly impossible for me to play my Shuttle with the Tech 21 VT Bass pedal and not be all

I also have the BDDI on my board. While I use that more as an "effect", the VT Bass is more of a tone machine.

Of course, I am a long-time member of the "there is no problem that can't be solved by another piece of gear" club; also known as the "how do I compensate for the lack of tone in my fingers" club.