Excellent advice, possibly the best video on bass sound I've seen on UA-cam. Something I find useful when you need a change in sound but can't adjust the EQ, maybe for one part of a song, is to think about which part of your finger you're plucking with. If you drop your wrist slightly towards the body of the bass you pluck with more meat, and get a warmer, fatter sound. Lift the wrist away from the body, you pick with the finger tips, with more reinforcement from the nail, and get more attack
@@b1akn3ss93 No. Accenting the notes would be a temporary thing, to make certain notes stand out, to imply an extra little rhythm over the main rhythm. What I'm talking about is using the way you hold your hand, and which part of the finger tip you use, in order to get a different sound, maybe for a particular passage, maybe for a whole song, without touching any controls, either one the bass or the amp.
Step number one... Get your guitar player to roll off the bass EQ about 3 numbers on his amp when he is playing live. Beefy bass EQ on the guitar is fine for playing or rehearsing without the band. But too much Bass EQ on stage will only make you the bass player have to complete for the same bass frequency. This is the absolute best thing to do to improve your on-stage sound. All guitar players do it because they want to have their "Tone"... Try it and see how loud your bass volume is when he rolls off the bass EQ on his amp about 3 numbers. It will make your stage mix much better and every instrument on the stage will be heard more clearly. Your vocalist will have an easier time hearing themselves sing without yelling to compensate for the excessive low end frequency battle. Try it. It really works great.
Great Video!!! Been away from the bass since the late 80's. Came back to play in a Blues Band. Mastering tasty sound options on bass is a big deal in my opinion. Preferably without enhancement pedals. Thanks
That was actually really useful. I usually roll of the mids because I prefer the sound and then wonder why it doesn't cut through the mix. Big thanks.... ;)
Try some Ernie Ball Cobalt Flatwound strings. .100-.045 gauge. They are fantastic and as close as you can get to a Roundwound sound from a Flatwound string.
I have the treble and mids on my amp at about just over three o'clock and the bass at just over two o'clock and the bass on my bass at max and the treble halfway and the master tone halfway so I can get a real biting sound
Set all your EQ settings to around #4 or 11 O'clock. Dial in your desired Pre/Post volume for the room. Then adjust your Bass, Mid-range and Highs to the desired tone. Staying under or around 2 O'clock on your EQ tone settings will allow you to get more clean power from your amp without being too loud.
Bass Mid and High EQ settings should be set around 10 o'clock. Adjust your pre and post gain to the correct volume for the room and then adjust your EQ settings to get your desired tone. Try to keep between 10 O'clock and no higher than 2 O'clock. You will get more clean power from your amp and never be too loud. Most important for great live stage sound is .. Get your guitar player to roll off his bass EQ setting knob down from #6 or #7, to #3 or #4. Guitar players tend to have too much bass EQ that competes with your bass frequency. He can add bass when needed by using his tone knobs and pickup switch.
Thank you very much. that was very helpful. Before this, i dont know how to setting my amp. I always setting them zero. But now. Not anymore. Thanks again
Honestly I don't like the sound of the scooped mids. IMO it just takes away from the character of the bass guitar's tone.Great video, though! :) Thanks!
Equalizing lows,mids,highs, are a big deal in your "Bass" sound, and depending on cabs you may tweak differently. Like 410s vs 115s have different EQ needs. Have fun!!
I just want to say that there some blokes that think that you mustn't use treble on a bass. The mid knob broke on our amp and the treble is the line that can separate the drum nad the bass. The literally try to set the bass with just the bass at 10, what's the point in having Eq micing if you're not gonna even use it.
Bass amplification makers design their amps to be what they consider optimum at flat eq. That's the design. Tip......don't eq yourself out of the mix. Scoopers.
Meh. That's like sayin' "Never drop the tuning of your Bass" or "Experiment with thicker or thinner strings". If you wanna have a more crunchy, a more heavy or a more classic tone to a certain Bass, you've to play with the EQ's. Also, it heavily depends on the mix of the Band and the Sound you wanna produce. If you cut the lower mids while boosting the higher a little bit, putting a little bit of Treble in it - It sound much better overdriven when you play together with a distorted rather "Dark" Sounding Guitar.
Is the eq response flat on that amp with everything at 12 o'clock? Or is there internal voicing? The amp has a very "active" sound, especially in the high end in this recording. Very nice fluid playing and showing how to not just get different tones but how/when to actually use them.
+petejt hey man, sorry i've never seen your comment, it is really what i have learned the previous months, now i can hear myself and not drown out everyone
Just turn the knobs until it sounds good in that room when it's full of people. Settings change for every environment and whatever its connected to. Talk to the sound person.
Keeping your EQ settings on your bass amp between 10:00 and 2:00 will allow you to get more power from your amps gain. Using the EQ settings no higher than 2 O'clock will allow you to get more clean power from your Gain rather than using them for volume. Between 10 and 2 O'clock is the way to get a nice tone that will cut thru the stage mix nicely. Using the EQ settings too high only makes your sound clash with the other bass frequencies. Have your guitarist roll off the bass EQ on his amp about 3 numbers.
I personally zero out my eq and set my tones to 0 on my bass head. Not in the + or -. I find that the manufacturer when building the amp knows the sweet spot (not too much and not too little in the middle of the amp because they know what they're doing. The very same way that he zeroed out his Treble, Mid and Bass on his instrument. That is what I call 'The Goldilocks Zone.' It lets everything cut through.
Bass amp pots are nuts.... +/- 6db on the tone pots would do me fine and easier to fine tune your tonal sweet spot... i don't like using mid or treble boost but a small amount playing a live gig will make your bass cut through the mix easier....
Guitar players tend to use too much bass EQ on stage which only makes the bassist have to thin out their tone and turn up too loud. Just get him/her to roll off 3 numbers from the bass EQ knob on the guitar amplifier when you are playing live.
This is a great video, but he does not explain playing style in the way of WHERE your plucking (or picking) hand is positioned. You must also take into consideration that playing towards the bridge is going to give the tone a more mid-ranged sound, while playing towards the neck is going to add more low end. Just something I noticed, but every player has their own way of doing things and half the fun is customizing your sound.
Excellent advice, possibly the best video on bass sound I've seen on UA-cam.
Something I find useful when you need a change in sound but can't adjust the EQ, maybe for one part of a song, is to think about which part of your finger you're plucking with.
If you drop your wrist slightly towards the body of the bass you pluck with more meat, and get a warmer, fatter sound. Lift the wrist away from the body, you pick with the finger tips, with more reinforcement from the nail, and get more attack
So basically you mean is "accent the notes"
@@b1akn3ss93 No. Accenting the notes would be a temporary thing, to make certain notes stand out, to imply an extra little rhythm over the main rhythm.
What I'm talking about is using the way you hold your hand, and which part of the finger tip you use, in order to get a different sound, maybe for a particular passage, maybe for a whole song, without touching any controls, either one the bass or the amp.
Back in the 60's, I would adjust my bass EQ until it reached a point at which, the girls in the metal chairs smiled! :-)
80hz is the magic number! ;oP
Thats so funny! ☺️
I just set everything to 0 for that "And Justice For All" sound.
Lol...GOOD one.
Step number one... Get your guitar player to roll off the bass EQ about 3 numbers on his amp when he is playing live. Beefy bass EQ on the guitar is fine for playing or rehearsing without the band. But too much Bass EQ on stage will only make you the bass player have to complete for the same bass frequency. This is the absolute best thing to do to improve your on-stage sound. All guitar players do it because they want to have their "Tone"... Try it and see how loud your bass volume is when he rolls off the bass EQ on his amp about 3 numbers. It will make your stage mix much better and every instrument on the stage will be heard more clearly. Your vocalist will have an easier time hearing themselves sing without yelling to compensate for the excessive low end frequency battle. Try it. It really works great.
Ace Ventura on bass!!
Ace of Bass
Possibly the best video I've seen about equalization on youtube. Thanks, man!
thank you. I'm not a beginner, but that was helpful. Btw your Stingray is really cool, better than average example of this model.
Logan... Your time has come
You need to eq that chest hair
lol
Maybe it’s part of the T-shirt
It's a Paul Stanley Chest Wig
Lmfao
Great Video!!! Been away from the bass since the late 80's. Came back to play in a Blues Band. Mastering tasty sound options on bass is a big deal in my opinion. Preferably without enhancement pedals.
Thanks
Good chops, good tips - thanks Dave and Frudua!
Nice video for people getting into bass. Simple and practical insights
Sid Vicious is alive?
Aris Theocharis And he learned to actually play in the meantime
But he know how to play bass
This video is brilliant! Cheers for sharing mate, very helpful and complete.
Thanks very much for this tutorial on amp settings, Loads of great info in this one friend, Take care now .
That was actually really useful. I usually roll of the mids because I prefer the sound and then wonder why it doesn't cut through the mix. Big thanks.... ;)
Try some Ernie Ball Cobalt Flatwound strings. .100-.045 gauge. They are fantastic and as close as you can get to a Roundwound sound from a Flatwound string.
I have the treble and mids on my amp at about just over three o'clock and the bass at just over two o'clock and the bass on my bass at max and the treble halfway and the master tone halfway so I can get a real biting sound
Half way which way
Set all your EQ settings to around #4 or 11 O'clock. Dial in your desired Pre/Post volume for the room. Then adjust your Bass, Mid-range and Highs to the desired tone. Staying under or around 2 O'clock on your EQ tone settings will allow you to get more clean power from your amp without being too loud.
Bass Mid and High EQ settings should be set around 10 o'clock. Adjust your pre and post gain to the correct volume for the room and then adjust your EQ settings to get your desired tone. Try to keep between 10 O'clock and no higher than 2 O'clock. You will get more clean power from your amp and never be too loud. Most important for great live stage sound is .. Get your guitar player to roll off his bass EQ setting knob down from #6 or #7, to #3 or #4. Guitar players tend to have too much bass EQ that competes with your bass frequency. He can add bass when needed by using his tone knobs and pickup switch.
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Thank you! This was very helpful in getting to know my amp and clean up my sound!
Great tips Ace Ventura , thanks
Love it haha
Thank you very much. that was very helpful. Before this, i dont know how to setting my amp. I always setting them zero. But now. Not anymore. Thanks again
I dig this bass player. Bro you are sick!
Honestly I don't like the sound of the scooped mids. IMO it just takes away from the character of the bass guitar's tone.Great video, though! :) Thanks!
I've found that my mute button scoops the mids just as well as my EQ.
Toxic Potato - If one sucks, then scoop. It's easier to hide.
I love how he mentions flea and then immediately plays "Take the Power Back"
That's not what he played though...it's RHCP's "By The Way"
Equalizing lows,mids,highs, are a big deal in your "Bass" sound, and depending on cabs you may tweak differently. Like 410s vs 115s have different EQ needs. Have fun!!
I just want to say that there some blokes that think that you mustn't use treble on a bass. The mid knob broke on our amp and the treble is the line that can separate the drum nad the bass.
The literally try to set the bass with just the bass at 10, what's the point in having Eq micing if you're not gonna even use it.
Bass amplification makers design their amps to be what they consider optimum at flat eq. That's the design. Tip......don't eq yourself out of the mix. Scoopers.
Yep, the EQ only needs adjustment once for a new room, to balance the boominess out.
Meh.
That's like sayin' "Never drop the tuning of your Bass" or "Experiment with thicker or thinner strings".
If you wanna have a more crunchy, a more heavy or a more classic tone to a certain Bass, you've to play with the EQ's. Also, it heavily depends on the mix of the Band and the Sound you wanna produce.
If you cut the lower mids while boosting the higher a little bit, putting a little bit of Treble in it - It sound much better overdriven when you play together with a distorted rather "Dark" Sounding Guitar.
@@maximiliangfrorer1039 how about getting a tone that you like with EQ?
Most excellent. Are you related to Ed Grimley.
LetzBeaFranque
Well I must say he plays very well! 😬
Is the eq response flat on that amp with everything at 12 o'clock? Or is there internal voicing?
The amp has a very "active" sound, especially in the high end in this recording.
Very nice fluid playing and showing how to not just get different tones but how/when to actually use them.
love your solo, bass ftw!!
wow that rig sounds just great!
At last a good video about that !
Question: i play in a death metal band
How should i set my EQ to really be heard in the mix
+petejt hey man, sorry i've never seen your comment, it is really what i have learned the previous months, now i can hear myself and not drown out everyone
Just turn the knobs until it sounds good in that room when it's full of people. Settings change for every environment and whatever its connected to. Talk to the sound person.
Keeping your EQ settings on your bass amp between 10:00 and 2:00 will allow you to get more power from your amps gain. Using the EQ settings no higher than 2 O'clock will allow you to get more clean power from your Gain rather than using them for volume. Between 10 and 2 O'clock is the way to get a nice tone that will cut thru the stage mix nicely. Using the EQ settings too high only makes your sound clash with the other bass frequencies. Have your guitarist roll off the bass EQ on his amp about 3 numbers.
well 9 years later i’m a bit better let’s say ahaha
I personally zero out my eq and set my tones to 0 on my bass head. Not in the + or -. I find that the manufacturer when building the amp knows the sweet spot (not too much and not too little in the middle of the amp because they know what they're doing. The very same way that he zeroed out his Treble, Mid and Bass on his instrument. That is what I call 'The Goldilocks Zone.' It lets everything cut through.
Extremely helpful video
Very informative, thanks!
This guy has the best hair.
Excellent explanations!
That Stingray 5 is modified, right?
G: 3
AMP.L: 7
B: 1.6
M: 2.6
T: 2.2
Bass amp pots are nuts.... +/- 6db on the tone pots would do me fine and easier to fine tune your tonal sweet spot... i don't like using mid or treble boost but a small amount playing a live gig will make your bass cut through the mix easier....
What about playing with a pick
*put on headphones for best quality of the tone* I'm listening to this with high quality speakers
thank you! this was really helpfull
great video man
This guy should be soo angry about getting called "wolverine" in every single video!
ha ha but it's so funnhy
i really like his werewolf hairstyle
The truth is, there is no right or wrong. Just find a setting that fits what you’re looking for. And don’t dismiss the mids.
Guitar players tend to use too much bass EQ on stage which only makes the bassist have to thin out their tone and turn up too loud. Just get him/her to roll off 3 numbers from the bass EQ knob on the guitar amplifier when you are playing live.
Einhorn's a man!
Finkle is einhorn?
fender deluxe active jazz 5 vs Lakland Skyline 55-01
which should i go for and why?
Your videos are excellent! However, with the amount of professionalism in your videos, I highly suggest you put a profile picture for your account.
sounds nice. but they don't sell in Japan,,,,orz
not sure if chest tattoo or just hair....
Good stuff! Thanks.
This is a great video, but he does not explain playing style in the way of WHERE your plucking (or picking) hand is positioned. You must also take into consideration that playing towards the bridge is going to give the tone a more mid-ranged sound, while playing towards the neck is going to add more low end. Just something I noticed, but every player has their own way of doing things and half the fun is customizing your sound.
I used to LOVE scooped mids until I found out that it's because I'm covering up for inadequate technique!!!!!
I got so excited when I discovered theres a way to cover up my poor technique! Now I can enjoy playing again
very useful, thanks
It lets ya kno how tha synd changes
Nice Video.. Tqsm
So 0 is 12 o clock or is it?
1 would be 7 O'clock. 3 would be 9 O'clock. 5 is 12 O'clock. 8 would be 3 O'clock and 10 would be 5 O'clock. Etc...
Those are some slick looking cabinets, I got GAS!
If a lizard falls on his head, it'll chop it up like trunks did freeza
I love this video
A Bass guitar is like Onion, it's best when it's paired with something.
This is a eletric Bass?
LOL!
@@DMSProduktions what? Is serious
@@emiliosaraivadasilva2589 Am I serious? I don't know. Are YOU with your silly question?
ye
This guy's a fucking sayan.
Muy bueno.
Good stuff thanks
thank you brother
whoville got a music scene now
OMG! I didn't know Kevin Jonas played bass!
Thanks logan
NO amount of EQ can fix THAT hair! \m/
very very useful
thank you, Ace Ventura
easy: all knobs on full
Wish version of Mike Dirnt
Dude's a cartoon character
Why is he saying bias instead of bass haha
Thats the most british punk bassist i've ever seen 😁
Beni Knobel Irish
Didnt know Huge jack man could slap 🤌
I always play with Bass : 5 Mid : -3 Treble: 10.
He looks like a chunkier Travis Barker...but on Bass. :P
Is... Is that Robert De Niro cosplaying Sid Vicious?
Fat Mike?
Goku?
The Crashers Live Music the godawful live movie version
Yo 2022
I wanna groove knob!
Wolverine AND Ventura, Aaaaaaallllrighty then!!
Stingray5 what a bass!
bess
I set my bass amp at 11 o'clock
"From zero back to there...." The fuck that suppose to mean
But this one goes to 11...
bass 100, treble 70, mids off. done
all my amps goes to 11 !...
All the bass
All the treble
Flat mids
That's my tone
Eddie munster on bass
Mids: flat
Bass: +10
Treble: +5-10
Because he's know keyboard guy...no way.