Members Emerica167852 Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 i was just wondering your opinion on bass tone... do you like a more bass and fat tone or a trebly sound.? i personally like my bass to be more bassy but still have it cut through a little.. i think it sounds bad if your bass isnt the underlying sound in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Incubitabus Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 thats like saying "fishy fish, or furry fish?" I should think my answer is obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Optimus Prime Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 I like a low-middy bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Insomniac Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 I switch up my tone through the night when I'm playing live. I use a more treble for my funk stuff and add more bass to the Motown stuff. My tone is always pretty bright though. I'm not a fan of mud even when the original song was recorded muddy. I figure if they had better technology at the time their sound would have sounded more modern. The guys in my band agree with this concept. They don't try to dictate my tone from the era it was recorded. I'm luck that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonathan_matos5 Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 I like a low-middy bass. midi bass:freak: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Optimus Prime Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 midi bass:freak: Boosted low mids smartass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Trauma_Luna Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 ^ LoL owned. I like Midi low too, depends on what im playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Last in Line Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 +1 for the Mid/Low I'm not a big fan of only lows, it sounds too much like a bass for rap music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SunofNothing Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Mid/LOW and only mid/low. urgh at local young bassists around me with a pick playing in the guitar range. Me and my 15 shake windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catphish Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Full, but not bassy, with lots of mid-punch and an oaky finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkstorm Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Prefers well balanced tone lows to highs. Rather then "bassy" or "trebly" oriented cruising voice. For lead work does add a litle extra treble via rolling off the neck pup a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fealach Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 I like all sorts of tones, depends on the music. Lately I've playing with the bass EQ knob down all the way, mids at 1/4 (9:00) and treble and "harmonic volume" cranked. Vicious. This wouldn't work with most amps/cabinets, but sounds great with the old junk I'm using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Incubitabus Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Full, but not bassy, with lots of mid-punch and an oaky finish nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted June 5, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2008 All treble, no bass, no mids. I am working on designing "bass cabinets" that are nothing but tweeter arrays. Horribly hissy ones at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Since I don't use EQ, it's hard for me to describe my tone in those terms, but it's thick and articulate, I guess, which puts it somewhere between the criteria. I like having enough treble to keep definition in my tone, with a tight bottom. I don't like thudding low bass at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted June 5, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2008 Since I don't use EQ, it's hard for me to describe my tone in those terms, but it's thick and articulate, I guess, which puts it somewhere between the criteria.I like having enough treble to keep definition in my tone, with a tight bottom. I don't like thudding low bass at all. You have too much tone, I won't let you play my cabinets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 You have too much tone, I won't let you play my cabinets. I'd just love to hear all of the high-frequency magnetic noise my bass gives off through your massive tweeter arrays! EDIT: Bolt these on for the ultimate in sonic reproduction! :freak: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hi.flyer Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 High mids I guess. Trebly and bright but not, like, excessively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 If my strings are dead, I like the overall sound to be "boom" or "boom-da boom-da." If my strings are new, I like the sound to go "grr" "grr" "THWIP." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted June 5, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2008 Okay, now I'm serious (though I think I will build a tweeter array for Chris since I hate him). I play passive basses with the tone controls wide open. I play neutral cabinets. Occasionally I'll pull out some around 800 Hz to reduce jazz bass clackity-clack type tones and make everything sound nice and full. This is the "flat EQ" setting on my Fender clone, though sometimes I will roll the bass and treble off completely and push the mids completely to get an actually flat signal (mostly with fretless). With my Ampegs I occasionally push the low mids up a few dBs above neutral which can help with the gruntiness. Mostly I change it all up by varying my right hand technique: thumb, fingers, pick, positions from the bridge to the middle of the neck... You will not hear me playing with the low mids cloudiness that I hear from so many bass players. You will not hear me playing with the tone knob rolled off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eric.chambers Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Well I just started using flats so I guess I'm digging that low end thud sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Bass. You heard me. I said bass, dammit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 All treble, no bass, no mids. I am working on designing "bass cabinets" that are nothing but tweeter arrays. Horribly hissy ones at that. Any chance of an HF driver circuit that will pick up FM radio in that thing? To answer the OP's question, both. I like a nice balance of highs, lows, and mids. And if I were to lean in one direction or another, it would mean that the song called for that particular sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted June 5, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2008 Any chance of an HF driver circuit that will pick up FM radio in that thing? I like your style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 personally i shoot for no frequencies in my signal.i hate those dern frequencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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