http://bassguitarrocks.com/the-trouble-with-bass Bass guitar basics and beyond Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://bassguitarrocks.com/the-trouble-with-bass/comment-page-1#comment-1308 Michael Ippersiel Wed, 19 May 2010 02:50:38 +0000 http://bassguitarrocks.com/?p=39#comment-1308 Hey Dave, great story about your bass amp eq experiences. Don't be a stranger! Hey Dave, great story about your bass amp eq experiences. Don’t be a stranger!

]]> http://bassguitarrocks.com/the-trouble-with-bass/comment-page-1#comment-1307 Dave Molter Tue, 18 May 2010 21:44:47 +0000 http://bassguitarrocks.com/?p=39#comment-1307 One of the most important lesson I learned was in the first year of playing bass, when a fellow bassist told me to crank -- the treble! This was when fender was just about the only bass amp around and bass and treble were the only two tone knobs on an amp. Most guys cranked the bass and got a muddy. distorted sound. I ran the tone control on my Fender Precision wide open -- all treble, turned the treble control on my Bassman 2x12 50 watt amp to around 7 and the bass knob to 3 and never had trouble cutting through the mix, yet still had plenty of bottom. Today's high tech amps have the advantage of being well thought out to provide plenty of bottom and punch without turning the bass control to 10, but I still hear plentyof bassist who think bass means "turn the bass control as far to the right as you can." One of the most important lesson I learned was in the first year of playing bass, when a fellow bassist told me to crank — the treble! This was when fender was just about the only bass amp around and bass and treble were the only two tone knobs on an amp. Most guys cranked the bass and got a muddy. distorted sound. I ran the tone control on my Fender Precision wide open — all treble, turned the treble control on my Bassman 2×12 50 watt amp to around 7 and the bass knob to 3 and never had trouble cutting through the mix, yet still had plenty of bottom. Today’s high tech amps have the advantage of being well thought out to provide plenty of bottom and punch without turning the bass control to 10, but I still hear plentyof bassist who think bass means “turn the bass control as far to the right as you can.”

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