by MMStingray54 » 15 Jul 2015, 14:35
Excellent Jim - glad you're pleased.
For the EQ, good to start with all three pointing vertically (12 o clock) - I.e a neutral setting. For a Precision type bass, slight boost of bass and treble (say 1 o clock) and cut of mid range (say 11 o clock) should give the smiley face sound and take some of the natural mids of the instrument for a more vintage sound. However for a Jazz or Stingray type bass which have natural scoop to the sound from the instrument you probably need to bring the mids back to the centre to avoid adding extra scoop which would result in you not being able to hear yourself clearly against those AC30s and drum kit.
However this is all dependent on the room you're playing in and the natural voicing of the speaker cabinet. The TC set up I played through had less natural mid range than my Markbass set up so I boosted it (on the bass also) to cut through. Mid range will help you cut through but can sound boxy dependent on the frequency centre of the control. Talking of rooms, I played two gigs on Sunday, one outdoors and one in a pub - the sound at the outdoor gig was great but the pub ......... The natural frequency of the room appeared to match the key of B so every note of B caused resonance and sounded twice as loud as any other!! Not sure how you deal with that other than possibly isolation mats and not boosting bass too much!
Anyway hope that helps - and if anyone has any advice on avoiding room frequency resonance it'd be gratefully received!!