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maybe you've heard this before, but....Boost with a wide Q until you hear some funky harmonics going on, the only way I can describe it is an ugly tone...you'll know when you hear it.
then narrow the Q till you've really pin pointed what frequency is causing that undesirable tone and tighten that Q as much as you can.
then cut it.
but that's not all, widen that Q a good amount because like someone already said in this thread...cutting and boosting with narrow bandwidths really do sound unnatural.
the high-mids are the hardest to get right...it's tough because a lot of instruments have some great harmonics that just sound sooo good in the 900-3k range. but not everything can fit in that spot...practice practice practice
best thing I've done when i first started out is to do a few projects for your friends, or your own...someone you can practice on and do the WHOLE thing without using ANY equalization after tracking is done....that way when time comes to mix your future projects, you'll have practice getting the sounds you need BEFORE mixing...and you can really utilize equalization for what it's really meant for when MIXING...fine tuning.
hope this helps
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