Have You ever tried to uppercut Your bass ?

[nilorius]

Have You ever tried to uppercut Your bass ? If Yes, the please explain why! Me - no.

[Pseudonym]

I wouldn’t dare. My bass has a sharp left hook.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I usually just boost the mids a little. If it sounds a bit brittle I might cut the upper mids a little

[ahpook]

3 minutes ago, Pseudonym said:

I wouldn’t dare. My bass has a sharp left hook.

 

That sounds like a punchy tone

[Pseudonym]

1 minute ago, ahpook said:

 

That sounds like a punchy tone

In all seriousness, I like the chiming harmonics on my Warwick, so the low end is set to be resonant rather than growling and the upper-mids are basically left alone.

[ahpook]

Right - it's an EQ thing, gotcha. (I can be on-topic, sometimes)

 

What's the intended effect ?

[ezbass]

2 minutes ago, ahpook said:

Right - it's an EQ thing, gotcha.

Thanks for clearing that up, I was wondering.

[nilorius]

Daahhh.......i didn't meant it like eq, but a punch, when You get a little angry to Your bass for something. BUT let's continue, anyway. Now I have to say Yes, i do it always, I like to add a middle a lot and cut the upper middle frequencies to low middle.

[ezbass]

28 minutes ago, nilorius said:

Daahhh.......i didn't meant it like eq, but a punch, when You get a little angry to Your bass for something.

What?  No! The only problem with my gear is operator error and I’m not about to smack myself in the teeth. 

[nilorius]

1 minute ago, ezbass said:

What?  No! The only problem with my gear is operator error and I’m not about to smack myself in the teeth. 

Don't worry. I said i don't want it my way. Let's talk about eq way !

[Waddo Soqable]

1 hour ago, nilorius said:

Daahhh.......i didn't meant it like eq, but a punch, when You get a little angry to Your bass for something. BUT let's continue, anyway. Now I have to say Yes, i do it always, I like to add a middle a lot and cut the upper middle frequencies to low middle.

Punching bass, bad idea, will hurt your hand.. Suggest P. Simonon method.. 

 

As regards tone, on the PJ I have everything turned right up, max vol on both, max tone on master. 

The faux Rick thing always treble pick up only and again max tone. 

The bass Vl has lots of options so can't really say one only, and I do switch about with it

The Gretsch Vl I only really use the neck pickup, but with tone right up max, yet again. 

Stingray btw I reckon you can't really have the treble boost right up as it'd take the top of your head off! 

Any other bass shape things are disassembled in bits at the mo

HTH 😁

Edited July 8, 2023 by Waddo Soqable

[nilorius]

Hmm....so much love on Your basses small eq preamps. I preffer the tone shaping on amp!

[Waddo Soqable]

37 minutes ago, nilorius said:

Hmm....so much love on Your basses small eq preamps. I preffer the tone shaping on amp!

I thought by the thread title you were talking about the Bass rather than an amp... 

[nilorius]

9 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

I thought by the thread title you were talking about the Bass rather than an amp... 

You thought, but may be You - dreamed, like robot. Anyway, to hear Your bass, You have to connect it to amp.🤑

[Old Horse Murphy]

I dub thee Sir Clickbait

[Waddo Soqable]

1 minute ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

I dub thee Sir Clickbait

He's a lark tho isn't he.... 

[tauzero]

36 minutes ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

I dub thee Sir Clickbait

 

AIs have to start somewhere.

[ahpook]

6 hours ago, ezbass said:

Thanks for clearing that up, I was wondering.

 

Always been happy to ask the obvious question.

[Gasman]

Maybe something lost in translation here, such as meaning, but wonderfully off the wall!

[Boodang]

Passive pups aren't going to have much response above 6k, so I cut everything above that just to keep noise to a minimum,and boost 3.6k for harmonics. 

[toneknob]

Peter Hook is well known for this kind of thing

 

[nilorius]

9 minutes ago, toneknob said:

Peter Hook is well known for this kind of thing

 

Uppercut and Hook - goes together very well!

[toneknob]

Have you ever considered writing lyrics for Jon Anderson?

 

[nilorius]

5 minutes ago, toneknob said:

Have you ever considered writing lyrics for Jon Anderson?

 

Is he rich, because:

I make rich men lust, but

I make rich women cry.

[toneknob]

8 minutes ago, nilorius said:

Is he rich, because:

I make rich men lust, but

I make rich women cry.

Yes, very