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Different Cabinets for Bolt-On vs Neck Thru Bass?

Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by ESP-LTD, Oct 11, 2001.

  1. Oct 11, 2001 #1
    ESP-LTD

    ESP-LTD

    Sep 9, 2001
    Idaho
    I've been happily thumping away on bolt-on's for about a decade, and tend to keep my EQ flat. I just bought a neck-thru and discovered that the sound I was getting from my amp is actually pretty boomy and that my bass actually needs a bass-cut to keep the low bass under control.

    I'm assuming that I have been missing lots of fundamental all along and that the neck-thru actually has a flat response. I've always favored 1x15 boxes, but I'm wondering if that's because they had the screwy EQ a bolt-on needed to sound good?

    Has anyone else encountered this?:confused:
     
  2. Oct 11, 2001 #2
    JMX

    JMX Vorsprung durch Technik

    Sep 4, 2000
    Cologne, Germany
    I don't think you can reduce this to bolt-on vs. neck-thru.

    Another NT might work fine where yours doesn't.
     
  3. Oct 11, 2001 #3
    martininpv

    martininpv

    Oct 1, 2001
    Pflugerville, TX
    I have two basses with a similar problem. I have a graphic EQ on my amp. I find that I can adjust the graphic EQ when switching from one bass to the other to compensate for the variance in bass response between the two.
     
  4. Oct 11, 2001 #4
    Angus

    Angus Supporting Member

    Apr 16, 2000
    Palo Alto, CA
    JMX is right, it's not how the neck is attached to the body, it's simply a difference in basses.

    Do the basses you use have active electronics? If they do, which mine do, you can set your amp COMPLETELY flat (no cut or boost), or very little changed, and simply use the active electronics on the bass to do the modifications. This means you can switch basses and not have to fiddle with your amp on stage. Works pretty well! :D
     
  5. Oct 12, 2001 #5
    ROCKBOBMEL_old

    ROCKBOBMEL_old Guest

    Check out MTD.com Mike has some discussion on this.
    Also check ot Fbass.com - George F. also discusses this matter.