How do YOU EQ Your Amp?

i have an svtII and a jazz bass

i just twist the little knob thingamajigs until it sounds good

 

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!!

 

interesting that y'all crank the mids. i too find myself turning them up.

 

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?

 

Eden. Flat. Amen.

 

+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.

 

Flat.

Sounds perfect.

 

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

 

Little bit of high cut on my GK.

Flat with just a hint of bass boost on my Bassman 100.

 

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.

 

eden wt550.

I turn off the "enhance"
I set the eq flat with a little bit if treble cut.