Depends on how you have it set. In general the 2 band has more low end and highs on tap than the 3 band, so if you crank a 2 band all the way up you get aggressive and deeper. The 3 band seems mellower than 2 band to me.
Hmm I like upper mids more than lower mids..
Here's how I use my eq.
Treble boosted all the way for agressive flea tone.
Mids flat
Bass flat
For smoother stuff I just roll off the treble, if it needs to be super smooth I'll add some bass and maybe take out a tad of mids but overall I usually don't touch the mids.
Exactly. And the treble control is VERY sensitive, requiring only minor adjustments, at least on my Sabre anywaysTo me the 2 band is voiced more in the low mids, which makes it sound deeper, and the top end smoother. Where the 3 band seems more voiced in the upper mids which gives it more searing edge and grit. On a gig I defintely get more finger noise with the 3, and as a result have to turn the treble down more than it would be set on a 2.
To me the 2 band is voiced more in the low mids, which makes it sound deeper, and the top end smoother. Where the 3 band seems more voiced in the upper mids which gives it more searing edge and grit.
To me the 2 band is voiced more in the low mids, which makes it sound deeper, and the top end smoother. Where the 3 band seems more voiced in the upper mids which gives it more searing edge and grit....
spencer said:Im sure I can get an agressive tone from it,
Heck yeah you still can...it's all in how you set the treble tone knob.
One of my favorite examples of aggressive; listen to Rage Against the Machine's first album. That's a 2band Timmy is playing.
I once found this setting on the intra-webs...
3-band -
bass - all the way up
mids - all the way up
treble - all the way down
This gives me everything I want from my bass, with a fresh set of strings in particular. Try it. As the strings mellow out, the treble comes up. I would never crank the treble over halfway... OUCH!
Another way to describe them is that the 2 band sounds "more organic and warm", while the 3 band sounds "more mordern and clean". That said, they sound closer to each other than any other wannabe StingRay to a real MM SR.