P bass players?

[gidbass]

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[seansbrew]

Just to clarify, I wasn't asking for amp settings. I didn't use the right wording.

I was just wondering where p players set their tone controls on the bass before dialing in a room.

 

[sharkbait130]

Tone is around 40% unless I'm doin a bit of poppin ,(very rarely) then up to 60-70%. Volume starts at 70% and sometimes gets bumped to 80% if we get louder during the night.(hehehe , most of the time)

 

[Lazylion]

This:

Wide open, eq on the amp set pretty much flat.

Sometimes this:

I usually roll the tone knob off about... 50-75% for... reggae.

Mostly I try to control things with my attack/finger technique.

 

[FunkyMcNasty]

I have my tone rolled back about 40% from full.

 

[seansbrew]

This:

Sometimes this:

Mostly I try to control things with my attack/finger technique.

Do you mean the area (in relation to the pickup and bridge) in which you pluck?

 

[experimental bassist]

I always run my tone wide open.

I typically turn my volume down 10-20 percent so I have some wiggle room to turn up a smidge on certain songs/parts.

Otherwise the rest of the tone/volume control is all done by the amp and PA.

FWIW, I play roundwounds in a Blues/Rock band.

 

[seansbrew]

So the reason I'm asking this in the first place.

I'm really enjoying playing my Steve harris sig. P bass.

It's comfortable to play and just feels right in my hands.

I recently installed a Dimarzio dp122 as I felt the the SD spb1 was not modern/sharp/clear enough.

The dp 122 gives me much more tonal options as it is sharper with more pronounced clearer mids and lows.

With the SD I had to run the tone wide open so I could hear myself.

But with the Dimarzio gives me more tone options and has me experimenting.

Based on the room my eight piece rehearses in. If I run my tone dial at 50% I run the controls on my amp pretty close to flat and get a good sound. It is right for the room and I can hear myself.

If I run the tone dial wide open, I have to dial in some bass and mids (but not much) . This really makes the bass cut thru the mix with much more authority.

I can't decide which way prefer to dial in.

Since I consider myself relatively new to the p bass, it made me wonder how other players dial in their p bass.

 

[jason_cfh]

I have the older 2001 SH Fender sig precision and usually turn the tone about half way. There is a certain point just slightly beyond 50% where it just goes from mid-bassy to all out thick low muffled and it sounds terrible to me. Also anything from about 40% downward to all out open sounds too clicky and punchy. maybe this is just the way the SD QP is supposed to be but I keep thinking something just doesn't seem right with this pup.

 

[philvanv]

I have mine low maybe on 3. I keep my volume up and my treble low on my amp. I use light strings and I think they sound perfect for my style. I would use med but I had a finger reatatched and any other gauge hurts it bad. To much, info

 

[lopesraphael]

60th anniversary with Spb-1 and chromes 60-70% open tone. Volume 100% playing in a blues band.

 

[Phalex]

Tone knob? I got volume and that's it.

 

[vernhillbass]

Just picked up a new P Bass and run the volume at 10 and the tone at 4.

 

[wisconsindead]

volume at 50%, tone at 100%

 

[Gaolee]

Somewhere between 75% and 100% depending on song, whether there's foam under the cover, what the room sounds like, etc.

 

[Clouz]

volume is almost all the way up as well as tone. maybe a 9 out of 10. i have a volume pedal that i use to turn down if needed and the tone just seems to sound better just slightly backed off. i have a brand spankin new MIA P. now my Gibson is quite different...

 

[Pilgrim]

The answer is trivially simple.

Run the tone the way YOU like it. That's how you get a sound you like. What others do is nothing more than a departure point for your own experimentation.

What you've learned is that people run the tone knob anywhere from full treble to somewhat bassy. Not a lot of specificity there.

 

[stratovani]

Depends on the song. Some songs require a soft pillow of boom underneath the music (like "Breakdown"), and others require a trebly buzzsaw attack (like "I Need To Know"). Generally as a rule I leave it in the halfway position.

 

[zagralin_arf]

I disconnected mine. All up.

 

[neo 7]

0%-25%

Rounds, stock pups.