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Tweeters Off, none for me Thanks

#42
I leave my tweeter on 50% all the time, when I am really tone tweaking sometimes I will turn it up or down but I have found halfway or -12 on the settings is pretty neutral.

One thing to consider is everyone hears things differently, sometimes pretty subtly other times drastically. So if you can't hear any difference that doesn't mean there is none. Likewise if you think something sounds good or bad it might sound the opposite to someone else based on many factors. In the end it comes down to how we use gear anyways.
 
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#43
Gizmot said:
Well if that's the sound you want, turn them off. All I çan say is that I think it sounds better when you can hear all the overtones. You may think that you're getting more low end, but you're into an area of psychoacoustics that says when your ear hears less highs it thinks there is more punch. As others have pointed out, havings highs makes the bass sit in the mix better too.
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Yeah but, as others (and myself), the old (and new) Ampeg/ Fridge cabs. don't have tweeters and they never had a problem/ issue with being heard in the mix or anywhere else.
 
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#44
I've never really liked tweeters for bass. Plenty of high end comes through a good speaker.

My acme cab has a very good high end tweeter though and I've found I don't turn it off all the time.

Playing rock I really don't need a tweeter. Or often even want one
 
#46
I hear psychoacustics in my head all day long. I don't worry about it until it becomes machine guns, then I hide in my basement until it goes back to music :D

Joking aside, even though I don't like the sound with a tweeter on and just don't think it belongs in earlier forms of Rock, I do have one use. My cab has no tweeter but I have a couple of sealed high wattage titanium horns I can set on top and biamp quite easily. I like to hook those up for working on fundamentals and technique. It makes my already bad bassmanship stand out even more and I can hear the effect of a change in technique a lot better. I do understand the desire for a tweet with more modern music than I am into. I also believe (I could be right or wrong) you will improve you skills by playing music you don't like so much.
 
#51
Geez, you guys make it sound like all tweets are the same. For me a lot depends on crossover frequency and tone of the tweet.

I've found that I don't like piezo tweets at all, for any application, bass, PA, monitors. Even with the proper crossover they sound harsh to me.

Horn type tweets are ok for FOH or monitors but not for instruments. These are designed for projection so close monitoring your instrument doesn't work well with horns. I avoid them for bass or keys.

Some type tweets seem to sound best for instruments. One issue is that they seldom produce frequencies below 2-2.5k so you need woofs that can produce up to that range or there's a hole in the response.

Personally I'm ok with tweets but I don't like to hear above about 6-8k on bass. My main gigging amp is a G&K MB210. The treble shelves at 7k and with the tweet off the treble control is very effective, which tells me the 10s respond effectively to 7k at least.
 
#59
I've got one of the 440 Live cabs with a very VERY good horn and crossover control I keep about 50-60% open, depending on room and string freshness...flats on EMG loaded PBass). Juuust a smidge for a unique clarity...

Also use occasionally now an Eden 112EX with a whizzed speaker, kind of a tweeter... no idea where the x-over is, but have to make some serious adjustments at the amp.
 
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