JapanAxe Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) Mrs Axe is currently enjoying the company of one of her sisters, and as I type, they still have not returned from their shopathon. Seizing the opportunity, I set up my recently-acquired SVT 3 Pro atop my BF Compact, and engaged in some not-particularly-serious bass-swapping, knob-twiddling, and button pressing. My aim (loosely) was to work out how to optimise the settings for each bass. Setting up a sound on a bass and rig on its own is pretty much a waste of time unless you actually go out as a solo player, so I put the stereo up loud and played along with the following: David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign The Animals - The Most Of The Animlas Fortunately it turned out to be quite easy: Bass and treble flat-ish, mid-boost at 220Hz (position 1), graphic off; Gain at 9 for Precision and Sandberg, 6.5 for Mustang and G&L (hot humbuckers); Bright switch engaged for Mustang (for definition) and Sandberg (which is slightly polite otherwise). What else did I learn? - The G&L [i]loves[/i] that Ampeg, but the Sandberg prefers the Genz Benz - The Compact has more treble available than I had realised - The Mustang is a hooligan - I love my basses! EDIT: I take shockingly bad pictures with my phone camera Edited May 2, 2014 by JapanAxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1399044525' post='2440426'] Setting up a sound on a bass and rig on its own is pretty much a waste of time unless you actually go out as a solo player, so I put the stereo up loud [/quote] How did that work out, do you find? I'd guess that it was a pretty great compromise when one doesn't have live circumstances at hand. Haven't tried it yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1399048477' post='2440495'] How did that work out, do you find? I'd guess that it was a pretty great compromise when one doesn't have live circumstances at hand. Haven't tried it yet though. [/quote] What I meant was, the sound of a bass/rig on its own tells you almost nothing about how it will sound in a band. Playing along to recorded music (at volume!) at least gets you some of the way there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Yes, I understood, and asked you whether you were satisfied with how that worked out, or at least I [b]tried[/b] to ask you that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1399064076' post='2440725'] Yes, I understood, and asked you whether you were satisfied with how that worked out, or at least I [b]tried[/b] to ask you that. [/quote] Okay! Yes, I was satisfied, but I won't know for sure that my settings are right until I take the amp out on a gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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