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TJBass

TJBass

Jul 3, 2000
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#1
Ok, so I have moved a little deeper to hard rock than I have in the past. I have been playing blues bands for years and usually I have to adjust the lows and low mids depending on the room to limit boomyness or add bottom.

But with me playing with a band that covers lots of modern or recent hard rock I am finding I am adjusting the amps' eq all over the place from song to song and its getting a bit frustrating trying to get a decent, consistant tone that I like and will be heard out front.

I'm at work (I should have a bumper sticker that says "I'd rather be talkbassing" and yes I am gaffing off at work!) so I have no pics, but when I go home at lunch I will post some of my EQ settings.

Anyway, I would just like to see what you guys are doing to get good tone and what type of music your playing those settings. I love funk but I have never been able to get a good eq setting for my setup either.

My current rig is a Carvin R600 with a 2x10 and 1x18 cabinet ran with a Schecter C-4, SX Jazz 4 string and a 72 Fender P bass with no effects at the moment.

I run with the graphic EQ on even though it has a parametric EQ because it just sounds like it adds a little body to the tone. I'll post pics soon.
 
#10
I tend to run flat on the amp (GK or Ampeg) with the controls on my basses set to 10 for bass, 3-6 for treble and mids flat.

This changes when I use Sadowskys as they are super bright and the controls are boost only. On my amp I will pull back the treble to 10-11 o clock and bump the bass to 1-2 o clock.
 
#11
Here is what my EQ looks like. Metal, prog rock, hard rock are what I play.

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#12
The totally thread-defeating problem with "show your EQ" is that EQ's are designed in many different ways, with different peak ranges, bandwidths, interactivity between bands, and shelving points--and that doesn't even take into account the pre-designed voicing (fixed "EQ") inherent to almost all instrument amps and bass cabs. IOW even if you and the next guy compare EQ and both of you have your 500 Hz slider set to +3dB, the variation in bandwidth and pre-shaping/voicing of the individual amp/cab designs can throw those comparisons off pretty far.
 
#15
Of course "low", "lo mid", "hi mid", and "high" can mean many different things. Is "low mid" centered at 250 Hz or 500 Hz or what? Does "high" corner at 4K, 8K, 20KHz?

And then of course o'clock readings... Does 1:00 mean a 3dB boost, a 6dB boost, or even a significant cut as in the case of certain Fender tone stack knobs/designs?
 
#18
All these different amps, all these different basses, all these different places and all these different hands.
What was the purpose and relevancy of this discussion, what are we comparing exactly, is this all about how bad a string balance we can all achieve with the help of a powerful EQ or two?.
Flat is where its at, amp wise and cab wise.:ninja:
 
#19
bongomania said:
The totally thread-defeating problem with "show your EQ" is that EQ's are designed in many different ways, with different peak ranges, bandwidths, interactivity between bands, and shelving points--and that doesn't even take into account the pre-designed voicing (fixed "EQ") inherent to almost all instrument amps and bass cabs. IOW even if you and the next guy compare EQ and both of you have your 500 Hz slider set to +3dB, the variation in bandwidth and pre-shaping/voicing of the individual amp/cab designs can throw those comparisons off pretty far.
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Not to mention what room these settings are being applied in. Take all of them and then throw these rigs in different rooms and watch them all change!
 

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