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Help me in my search for the good tone

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rocknroll777

Nov 21, 2011
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
#1
So.......i'm really searching a long time for my tone. I want a tone that has bass and still cuts through a mix, you know. I play like 60% of my stuff with a pick, and 40% with fingers. I don't like playing near the bridge, usually with pick between my two pickups on my sorry ass jazz copy, and on the neck position when playing with fingers.
Gear : peavey tour 450 head, 1x15''cab, and SX Jazz

Help me with the EQ people.........
 
#3
Skynyrd used alot of Peaveys on tour, dont know what he used in the studio, & he played a Jazz bass as well. I'd say you have good enough gear, I really enjoy playing my cheap SX Jazz with the stock pickups. Try different strings before ditching your gear. That amp should have enough eq capability to get in the ballpark tonewise.
 
#4
all i do is leave the tone controls as flat as possible, turn the Master up to about 80%, and adjust the Pre volume as needed. no tricks or secrets, IMO/E.
if the room is a problem, i tweak my parametric EQ to rectify.

technique-wise,... a light touch is your friend for punchy, round tone! YMMV
 
#7
rocknroll777 said:
So.......i'm really searching a long time for my tone. I want a tone that has bass and still cuts through a mix, you know. I play like 60% of my stuff with a pick, and 40% with fingers. I don't like playing near the bridge, usually with pick between my two pickups on my sorry ass jazz copy, and on the neck position when playing with fingers.
Gear : peavey tour 450 head, 1x15''cab, and SX Jazz

Help me with the EQ people.........
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...it sounds like there'd be decent string attack using either of the methods you mentioned, I'm thinking your playing style would react favorably with a compressor -you'd have to turn your amp up a little to offset the compressed signal however once done any good tone you had previously can be better sustained for added thickness, of course you give up some dynamics however in many styles of music shifting the "quick attack-quick decay" sound over towards a 'Geddy Lee' sustain isn't so bad.
The other thing to consider (if you haven't already) is to raise the height of your 1x15 cab -chest height in a corner is a great way to maximize the overall efficiency of a single cab -basically you're using 'corner loading' (minus 2-3 db from the floor) to still pick up 3-5 db of lows, this balances well with the increase of definition that 'close to ear height' brings.
Anyway, good luck -hope it works out and have a great day.
 

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