Thinking about selling my MM

[Dbox]

As of late im really not liking how punchy and twangy my MM is sounding. Is their anything I can do to get a better sound out of it. I played with the EQS but its still punchy and twangy as ever.

Also any recomendation on how to go about selling it

 

[bovinehost]

Twangy?

Dude, banjos are twangy.

Telecasters are twangy.

What kind of strings are you using? What sort of music are you playing?

Don't do anything rash just yet.

We're here to help.

 

[Dbox]

Its a 4 string stingray and I havent changed the strings in like 2 months. It sounds really like punchy whenever I play it unless I turn the mid eq ALL THE WAY DOWN. Then it doesnt sound clear enough

 

[TSanders]

Private message sent about your StingRay.

 

[Dbox]

Someone offered me a warwick corvette proline for it too

 

[FireAarro]

How close are the pickups to the strings? When I had the G too close to the pup it got pretty twangy.

 

[Rvl]

Raise the action a little , helps to make it sound bigger

Twangy makes me think the strings are too close to the frets and you are getting fret noise when you dig in.

 

[philthygeezer]

Lower your pickup to 5mm or more between the bottom of the string and the top of the pole piece. Worked wonders for me.

 

[bovinehost]

"Twangy" made me think he might like flatwounds.

 

[73jbass]

The big thing I learned with MM basses as far as getting versatile tones is to get an amp or preamp with a variable mid frequency.It will make all the difference in the world. I use and old Pearce BC-1 that has 2 channels with 3way tone controls with a varable mid sweep. I can get a nice thick fingerstyle tone, and a great aggressive Geddy Lee type tone with a press of the foot switch.The bass and treble controls are set to the same spot,but the mid frequency and it's boost and/or cut are different.That's the difference.Every amp makers tone conrtol center ferquencies are all a little different. The GK amps have a 4 way tone control that works well also. Search around for an amp or preamp with a variable mid,and I think you'll like what you hear. Good luck.

 

[philthygeezer]

"Twangy" made me think he might like flatwounds.

I just put Super Slinkys back on my Stingray so I know what he means. I got a great RHCP tone now but the TI Jazz Flats had more ass and thump, at the expense of aggression. It's all a tradeoff.

 

[philthygeezer]

The big thing I learned with MM basses as far as getting versatile tones is to get an amp or preamp with a variable mid frequency.It will make all the difference in the world. I use and old Pearce BC-1 that has 2 channels with 3way tone controls with a varable mid sweep. I can get a nice thick fingerstyle tone, and a great aggressive Geddy Lee type tone with a press of the foot switch.The bass and treble controls are set to the same spot,but the mid frequency and it's boost and/or cut are different.That's the difference.Every amp makers tone conrtol center ferquencies are all a little different. The GK amps have a 4 way tone control that works well also. Search around for an amp or preamp with a variable mid,and I think you'll like what you hear. Good luck.

Are you talking about a parametric mid adjustment? Should one have something to adjust low and high mids?

 

[73jbass]

I should have been a little more specific. Try something with a semi-parametric eq. It should have a knob for mid boost/cut,and another knob for frequency setting. I just started with a little mid boost and adjusted the frequency knob till I got the tone shape I wanted. Then I cut the mids a bit, and did the same thing.You just have to play with it till you find what you want. The Sansamp RPM has variable mids,most all the SWR amps have a q knob for 3 or 4 bands, depending on the amp. You just have to do some research and go try some out. It's worth the effort.

 

[Jaded]

Wouldn't make more sense to cut the treble down, instead of the mids? I can't imagine cutting mids the mids out of my Stingray, because it is already shy in them to start with.