Mid heavy basses

[anyonefortennis]

What are some basses that have emphasis on the mids?

P-bass is probably the quintessential middy bass but I'd prefer something with 2 pickups.

 

[flipper_gv]

jazz bass :/

 

[Luckydog]

I certainly dont see a jazz as mid heavy

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

get your jazz, turn the neck pup full on, the bridge pup to about 70%, and the tone to 70% as well.

mid heaven!

 

[moomoocajoo]

Aren't jazz basses well known for their growly mids? And P basses for their lows?

Alls I knows is I dun get a gud bitin' growly mid heavy tone outta mah Jayuz.

 

[spade2you]

An active bass with a 3 band eq. Just boost the mids. Problem solved.

 

[Jim Carr]

I have never owned a Warwick or an MTD Kingston, or a MusicMan SR, but heck these basses
pump mid-range growl unlike anything I have ever heard. Yes, a jazz can kinda do it, and
a Skyline 55-02 is close, but dang, Ya only need one PUP, and it had better be WAY closer
to the bridge than the neck.

 

[kirkm24]

Aren't jazz basses well known for their growly mids? And P basses for their lows?

Alls I knows is I dun get a gud bitin' growly mid heavy tone outta mah Jayuz.

+1

J's are definitely known for their midrange and P's for their bass tone.

If you want a mid punchy bass, consider a Stingray. They are full of incredible punchy midrange growl; especially the newer 3 band EQ versions.

 

[Double Agent]

P-basses have a lot of low-mid emphasis (thus the deep sound). Jazz basses have a lot of growly high mids (at least most of the alder-bodied ones that I've played do). So, it depends on what kind of mids you'd like to accentuate.

My Spector 5er has lots of growly mids too, I think most Spectors do.

 

[CanadaMan]

Wal.

 

[Baryonyx]

My Spector 5er has lots of growly mids too, I think most Spectors do.

Yep, mine does.

 

[Funk Factor]

G&L El Toro .. If you can find one. Best sounding bass with flats that I've ever played

 

[Justin Tuskey]

ibanez ATK, which is similar to a Stingray, love the midrange I get out of my ATK

 

[scuba steve]

warwick bolt on thumb bass.

 

[santucci218]

lot of people say ken smiths are mid heavy...

 

[warwick.hoy]

warwick bolt on thumb bass.

+1

scuba steve;... damn you

My thumb bo 5er will punch your face off.

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[Prestonrk]

if you crank the mids on the bass eq a music man sting ray 4 string and the hh are increadibly mid heavy, very punchy i usually have to roll off my mids a lot because its sometimes a little too much. but then again it also depends on what kind of head and cab you are using. i also found the jazz and p bass deluxe americans to be really punchy. its all in eqing

 

[Jazzdogg]

<SNIP> ...it depends on what kind of mids you'd like to accentuate. <SNIP>

Thanks for saying this: it's hard to discuss these kinds of issues when no one has defined the terms that are being thrown around.

 

[Blues Bass 2]

The most mid heavey bass I've had was a Peavey Accelerator 5 string.Has the same pickups as the Cirrus but with a different preamp and pickup spacing.It was so mid heavy that I had to EQ my amp way different than any other of the dozen or so basses I had used with my current amp.It did sound good after the radical EQ changes but was too different to use at a gig where I might be changing basses during a set.

My Millennium 5 is middy sounding with the EQ flat but its sound cuts through great with a band that way and just a little pickup blend change and a little bass boost can change the tone a bunch.

 

[JustOpenYourMind]

To me P-basses produces nice full low mids wich gives them a fantastic presence and support in a mix setting. Jazz basses have lows and a lot of high mid definition, but they lack the presence in a band setting however they are very good for slapping and cutting through.

Both basses are very good but suit different applications.

To the OP, you could always get a PJ but don't forget that as soon as you have two pickups on in a bass, there is some frequency cancelation and can lead to less mids.