Let's hear it. List your amp and your settings and what your main axe is. As for me, I use an OLP MM2 with the front coil solo'd running through a Behringer 300 watt head/Avatar 2x12 cabinet. I have the mid max'd with the low mid following close behind. the high mid is boosted a little and the bass and treble are on flat. It gets a nice tone that definitely cuts through in the mix!
SVT-410HLF and a SVT-3Pro When I'm with the band, I'll use a "mound" type EQ, with the mids being highest.
Ashdown ABM Evo II 500: Pre-shape engaged, Valve Drive engaged & set at about noon, Eq disengaged, ........METAL!!! EB MM SR5: Bass & treble flat, Mid dialed up about halfway Fingerstyle Death Metal Heaven!!
Gallien-Krueger Backline 115 combo Ibanez SR506 Treble & Bass at 12 o'clock Hi-mid at 3 o'clock Low-Mid at about 2 o'clock or so. Contour at about 11 o'clock or so. When I'm playing my Jazz, it's treble at 12 o'clock hi-mid at 3 o'clock low-mid at 5 o'clock (cranked) lows at 5 o'clocked (cranked) contour at 7 o'clock (off)
on the ashdown: slight bass and treble boost. on the sterling: slight bass and treble boost, the bass being a little more boosted than the treble.
On my amp it goes from -6 to +6, so heres how i EQ: treble: +2.5 hi-mids: +2 low-mids: +2 bass: -2 No idea if thats the best, but it sounds good to me...
I usually play with the amp EQ pretty flat, maybe just a slight boost on the upper end (5 band). I do most of the real tone shaping with the controls on the instrument (generally either a Roscoe SKB3005 or a Modulus Quantum 4) which allows me to get wide varieties of tones without going back to the amp repeatedly.
Could anyone explain what the advantage of boosting certain parts of the signal is over cutting the other parts?
+1 to this... Either with wt400 and schro 1210 or wt800b and 410 xlt or xst (or both), a small variation of the enhance for room/volume changes is all I use, everything else remains flat. peace
What's up. I play a Yamaha RBX170 (strung B-E-A-D) and a Geddy Lee Jazz (also B-E-A-D) through an Ampeg BA210. Lows: 9/Mids: 4/Highs: 6 This is coincidentally how John Mayer EQ's his guitar.
Most people will boost the mids to cut through, and some will cut the bass because different rooms will give you too much bass. Some people like bass and treble for slapping, while others like scooped mids for a rock sound.
AMP - Warwick ProFet 3.2, 300w: (from flat, where all knobs are at 12 o'clock) - Bass at 1 o'clock - Low Mid at 11 o'clock - High Mid at 9 o'clock - Treble flat BASS - Warwick Corvette Standard (Bubinga): - Volume Full - Blend 50/50 - Tone Full Works for me.
Totally Flat. This almost on any amp. Usually a small boost in the lower register (from 30hz to 150hz) will fatten it up on small amps
years ago with my hartke 3500, i was EQing like crazy to get some decent sound. with less than great results. a GK700RB later sounded great with hardly any adjustment. super musical, simple EQ. a slight bass boost or coutour adjustment, and that was basically it. if you nedd a lot of EQ, you either have the wrong bass, a crappy amp or both.