Hey. I own a 30th sr and a 20th sr5 hh. I need some advice on getting my basses to sound good thru for industrial type music, think fear factory and mudvayne. I play mostly jazz and rock, but Im halping a friend out and he says my rays sounded to pretty and mellow. Any suggestions I can get for sounding addequate for this. I play finger and slap style btw thru a mesaboogie rig. powerhouse 1000 and bigblock head.
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rhythmCity944
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lots of mids, more treble than you think nessisary...you just don't want the sound to be mud...at least from my experience
oli@bass
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Play fingerstyle over the pickup, and dig in hard. Use fresh strings. On the bass EQ, keep bass and mids flat and boost treble by 10-20%. Get your amp into slight overdrive. If your StingRay then still sounds "pretty", I'm lost...
Jawshco
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My band is a heavy metal band too, though maybe not as heavy as the bands you mentioned and I get a very aggressive sound out of my SR. As others have mentioned, you'll need to use Mids. On my bass, I set mine slightly above flat, my Lows are at about 60% to keep the boom my band likes and I put in only about 20% highs to keep the clackiness out. On my Ampeg amp I set my Lows and Highs to Maxx, and then my Mids to 75%, then Graphic EQ is set at zero for my lows and low mids, but starting in the middle of the Mids I create an upward bell shape all the way back to the highest of highs, which puts my highest frequency back at zero. I think this is called the "Brillance" EQ. Anyway, I can turn my Graphic EQ on and off for an extra punch, if I really need to cut through- and then I turn it off when I want more of a low growl or want to slap without a lot of noise cutting through. Of course for me Compression is must for me.
I hope this helps/makes sense.
I hope this helps/makes sense.
Caca de Kick
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cky4ever said:
My friends' band is called Domeshots. Here's a couple of their songs to hear.
[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=kyo3wrXbX5I"]YouTube - domeshots - God Bear[/ame]
[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=PXfwJpBv248"]YouTube - Domeshots 'Reception' (live)[/ame]
He plays a Sterling through the same amp you have: Mesa BigBlock with powerhouse cab, plays only fingerstyle and grinds like there no tomorrow. Killer tone!!! He says he uses the ovedrive on the BB750, you should try it too.
