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Turning Up the Cab's Tweeter??

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Do you mean up as in up from the flat position?

As an answer to that question, no.

I had the tweeter on my swr attenuated down, sometimes even all the way, to get rid of all the hiss.

On my aguilar cabs, it's flat. The bright switch on the db750 does me well, and sometimes I'll have the treble knob up as far as 1:30.
 
#4
Depends on the cab..... Acme's.... all the way up all the time (and still couldn't really hear it!), Accugrooves... the new one's don't even have an attenuator...all the way up by definition. The old EA VL line.... all the way up... and still not much high end definition IMO.

Any other high quality cab.... usually between 9 and 10 o'clock (i.e., significantly attenuated from flat). That usually results (for me anyway) in a nice balanced sound, with plenty of sizzle if you want it.

Also, per the comment above on hiss.... for the 10,000 time from many posters... tweeters don't hiss.... low quality amps, pickups and electronics do.
 
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KJung said:
Depends on the cab..... Acme's.... all the way up all the time (and still couldn't really hear it!), Accugrooves... the new one's don't even have an attenuator...all the way up by definition. The old EA VL line.... all the way up... and still not much high end definition IMO.

Any other high quality cab.... usually between 9 and 10 o'clock (i.e., significantly attenuated from flat). That usually results (for me anyway) in a nice balanced sound, with plenty of sizzle if you want it.

Also, per the comment above on hiss.... for the 10,000 time from many posters... tweeters don't hiss.... low quality amps, pickups and electronics do.
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I get a hiss through everything i use, even with new cables, different cabs, different outlets, with/without my BDDI

So i either have a grounding issue with all my basses (hiss/buzz almost totally disapears on contact) or some voodoo curse, and sorry, but the best way to get rid of most of it is turning that tweeter off, seeing it tends to not make a worthwhile noticable difference IMO
 
#7
ON the EDEN 4x10 XLT you have to have it up a little or else it suffers from breking - for reasons I do not understand but it is true - I think there was a thread on this somewhere that confirms 'do not turn it all the way off ot avoid damage'.
Now, just reguarly I think you shoudl always start witha tweeter down and bring it up as necesary - sometimes for popping and slapping it is nice to have a brighter sound otherwise mid position for me.
 
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i_got_a_mohawk said:
I get a hiss through everything i use, even with new cables, different cabs, different outlets, with/without my BDDI

So i either have a grounding issue with all my basses (hiss/buzz almost totally disapears on contact) or some voodoo curse, and sorry, but the best way to get rid of most of it is turning that tweeter off, seeing it tends to not make a worthwhile noticable difference IMO
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A tweeter will only amplify what is being put into it. Changing cabs will have no effect, since a cab only amplifies what is going into it. Outlets are rarely a problem, and cables are usually not the issue either.

It sounds like you don't like the sound of a cab with a tweeter... that's fine. Just don't fool yourself into thinking that cabs with tweeters are bad, noisy, etc. They are not.

It's perfectly fine to not like a modern, more articulate sound, and many players find it difficult for their technique to keep up with the more precise nature of that sound. An articulate cabinet will amplify poor technique and noise in the signal chain equally:cool: .

Of course, many great players prefer a darker warmer sound. It's all cool.
 
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KJung said:
A tweeter will only amplify what is being put into it. Changing cabs will have no effect, since a cab only amplifies what is going into it. Outlets are rarely a problem, and cables are usually not the issue either.

It sounds like you don't like the sound of a cab with a tweeter... that's fine. Just don't fool yourself into thinking that cabs with tweeters are bad, noisy, etc. They are not.

It's perfectly fine to not like a modern, more articulate sound, and many players find it difficult for their technique to keep up with the more precise nature of that sound. An articulate cabinet will amplify poor technique and noise in the signal chain equally:cool: .

Of course, many great players prefer a darker warmer sound. It's all cool.
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Totally, im not arguing that, its just ive found i get a mysterous buzz/hiss of what must be all my basses which make a mess with a tweeter :p
 
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billfitzmaurice said:
If you're not touching the strings or another metallic part there's supposed to be hiss and/or buzz.
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No, there's not. If that's the case, it means your bass is not shielded well. Unfortunately, this is considered OK by many people, but it only takes about 30$ and a half hour to take care of it.
 
#16
KJung said:
+1.. sounds like something is going on with your amp.
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Nah, because it happens with both my peavey firebass and ampeg SVT-II, so at first i thought it might have been to do with the plug socket as they both used the same one, but the exact same thing happens on different sockets and it happens at the practice room we ues that has a completelly different bass amp and cab, thanks for the concern tho :)


billfitzmaurice said:
If you're not touching the strings or another metallic part there's supposed to be hiss and/or buzz.
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Dan1099 said:
No, there's not. If that's the case, it means your bass is not shielded well. Unfortunately, this is considered OK by many people, but it only takes about 30$ and a half hour to take care of it.
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Yup, thats one of the reasons i bought a cheap banger bass a while back, so i could totally shield that (which has been done) and stick in some new pups (needing to be done) and hopefully that bass will be quiet :) (dimarzio model P and model J being used, and they'll get taken out of that and put into a fender aerodyne when i eventually get one :) ), and if the shielding works, then im going to attempt it on my other basses too :bassist:
 

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