Double Bass warming up sound with eq?

[William Hoffman]

Which brings us back to the original question. Surely all basses are acoustically warm so I'm assuming that unobasso wants to warm up his amplified sound ( he may not have 'a good amp' whatever that is). A quick fix in such a situation is to take all or some of the middle out on the preamp. Or fit a buffering preamp in line, such as a Fishman Pro Platinum.

smart answer, but the basis for your assumption -- "surely all basses are acoustically warm" -- is circular. the OP asked how to get more "warmth". if all basses are acoustically warm, then how can you get more of that? play two basses at once? fact is, some basses imo have less of that "warm sound" that others.... and if that is so with unobasso's bass, i.e., it lacks "warmth", then i just don't see how he will get more warmth through EQ. somebody please correct me if i am way off there, maybe it's just what you mean by "warmth"...

 

[Ric Vice]

As a side question: I have an Aguilar Tonehammer preamp/DI. This one has an imput impendance from 1Megohm. Is that compatible with a Fishman Full Circle or do I really need 10 Megohm and buy another preamp?

I know there is a varied opinion about this in the TB community.
In my limited experience the 1 meg ohm load seems to work fine with
most pickups(especially the new ones) except the Fishman BP-100 that likes 10 meg ohm. When Acoustic Image built the new series III amps and combos Rick said their tests with a variety of pickups showed that the only pickup that really needed 10 meg ohm was the BP-100.

Ric