orange terror bass 500 settings

[bamofo88]

I just picked up a orange terror bass 500 and I really like it I just would like to get an idea what setting others are useing as I'm haveing some trouble getting a good tone from my d string when playing in drop d when in standard it sounds great but when I tune down not so much right now my settings are treble 11 o clock mid noon and bass a little past 9 o clock gain at noon...I did search and didn't find anything about settings people were useing.

 

[jav]

Bass- 12 oclock, Mid 10 oclock, Tre 3 oclock ... standard tuning, rounds...these settings sound good for a Jbass or Ric... these amps are already pretty dark sounding. with flats I change the EQ up a bit... cant remember those settings exactly right now

 

[Mr. Foxen]

Mids max, bass and treble right down is roughly flat. In spite of how they are labelled the mid is cut only and the bass and treble are boost only.

 

[bamofo88]

Bass- 12 oclock, Mid 10 oclock, Tre 3 oclock ... standard tuning, rounds...these settings sound good for a Jbass or Ric... these amps are already pretty dark sounding. with flats I change the EQ up a bit... cant remember those settings exactly right now

Yea jav these settings sound pretty good with my warwick corvette

 

[CL400Peavey]

Mids max, bass and treble right down is roughly flat. In spite of how they are labelled the mid is cut only and the bass and treble are boost only.

This.

 

[bassmachine2112]

Does anybody know what settings are for flat eq ?

 

[CL400Peavey]

Does anybody know what settings are for flat eq ?

Mids max, bass and treble right down is roughly flat. In spite of how they are labelled the mid is cut only and the bass and treble are boost only.

this.

 

[jav]

What cab are you using?

I just picked up a orange terror bass 500 and I really like it I just would like to get an idea what setting others are useing as I'm haveing some trouble getting a good tone from my d string when playing in drop d when in standard it sounds great but when I tune down not so much right now my settings are treble 11 o clock mid noon and bass a little past 9 o clock gain at noon...I did search and didn't find anything about settings people were useing.

 

[bamofo88]

I'm using a Peavy headliner 2x10 at home but I use a swr Henry the 8th 8x8 at practice

 

[will33]

Check the bass strings/setup/tension. Shouldn't be that much difference in one wholestep when it comes to amp settings or even speaker performance, but a loose/floppy string will change everything.

 

[will33]

How it anchors at the bridge and nut when tuned looser like that too.

 

[jav]

I know that the bt doesnt sound good with all cabs...i tried a few different cabs...but stuck with an obc 115..the swr would be better. i think some gk cabs sound good with it too

 

[rodl2005]

I found swapping tubes gave a good resultin this amp. I can't remember what tubes I put IN. I think a JJ long plate in V2 & a Tung Sol ax7 in v1... But that coulda been my Walkabout.

 

[bamofo88]

I found swapping tubes gave a good resultin this amp. I can't remember what tubes I put IN. I think a JJ long plate in V2 & a Tung Sol ax7 in v1... But that coulda been my Walkabout.

I've been reading alot of people have switch out the tubes and get good results maybe down the line I'll do it

 

[jav]

I've been reading alot of people have switch out the tubes and get good results maybe down the line I'll do it

The stock Chinese tubes are actually not bad imo. I put in some jjs ecc83s to get a warmer, slightly more vintage tone. the stock tubes were a little brighter...havnt tried the tung sol russian tubes yet.

 

[jasper383]

I have a BT500, too.

I didn't find that tube swapping changed the sound all that much.

Even at extreme settings, it's hard to get a bad unusable sound from a tone stack EQ setup like the Orange has. I have at times had treble and mids off and bass at about 3pm, and it still was usable. It's not like a modern EQ setup where if you roll off all of the bass you get nasal horror, it's still pretty fat and warm. Fiddle those knobs.

 

[karl_em_all]

I find that this amp really reacts to the tone and volume settings on your bass.

 

[bamofo88]

Played my first full practice with the head but also made my first big mistake I ran on 8 ohms in my 4 ohm cab totally forgot about the switch now my question is did I do any damage to the speakers or head by running it that way?

 

[karl_em_all]

Played my first full practice with the head but also made my first big mistake I ran on 8 ohms in my 4 ohm cab totally forgot about the switch now my question is did I do any damage to the speakers or head by running it that way?

Did that once myself a few months back. I think it's worse on the amp than the speakers. No damage to mine luckily.

 

[jav]

with flats I like the eq 11 oclock treb.. 2 oclock mids and 11 oclock bass...I think the BT can get close to those vintage bass tones (London, Paris recordings) of the early 60's.