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[Guest User]

well i have a p-bass with a 250 watt hartke head and a VX115 cab 300watts. Ive had it for about 3 months. I know that hartke arent the best but i got a good deal on this stuff. Im thinking about getting a distortion pedal.

Their something about it though, it the tone seems a little dry and when i change the tone where its not really deep i can hear the fret metal badly. Is this of my strings height? or type of strings?

 

[Mottlefeeder]

well i have a p-bass with a 250 watt hartke head and a VX115 cab 300watts. Ive had it for about 3 months. I know that hartke arent the best but i got a good deal on this stuff. Im thinking about getting a distortion pedal.

Their something about it though, it the tone seems a little dry and when i change the tone where its not really deep i can hear the fret metal badly. Is this of my strings height? or type of strings?

I've been playing through a Hartke HA3000 and a VX115 for over a year, and I have never had the type of sound that you are describing.

A P bass usually gives a richer/fuller sound than a J, so if you are not getting a deep, open sound, then yes something is wrong. Try your bass through another amp/speaker to see if you get the same sound, and if not, get down to a Hartke dealer and check out another VX115. Scratchy distortion may be caused by a faulty speaker, e.g. the coil rubbing against the magnet assembly.

 

[Guest User]

ok thanks, Im dont think its anything with the cab or the bass, its my ears. I realize after months of playing bass that the jazz bass is the more versitile sound that i want.

example, yesterday i was playing a Marcus Miller signature and that jazz bass sound is sweet/ownage to me. I still like p-bass, but with a jazz bass you can make it sound deep like a p-bass. P-bass cant get the sound I prefer, so maybe a change later on will be good.


thanks

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

maybe your using steel strings and getting fret buzz?

Do you have the treble all the way up on the amp?

and do you get fret buzz when its unplugged?