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Originally Posted by Sean Oneil To put it mildly, I am having problems with my gear concerning my bass tone.
I suspect the problem might lie in my bass (Mexican Fender P-Bass -a starter bass as I viewed it-)
I thought it sounded OK until I took delivery of my Event ASP8s, which have revealed my bass tone's true level of suck.
I am a guitar player of roughly 19 years, but am just a beginner at Bass (about a year into that.) Therefore, I am completely lost when it comes to good bass guitars, or good bass amps.
I thought I might find some help here in that area.
Can anyone suggest some good, versitle basses and direct recording preamp solutions?
I play 2 styles, clean and dirty :) The problem with my current tone is I find it flat, lifeless, dull, etc. I need something that will sound full and even, and one that won't shave off everything over 1Khz. Despite it just being a bass, I like to hear the harmonics coming off the strings and the attack of the pick/fingers, etc.
So anyways, any nudging in the right direction would be very helpful. I am literally looking for somewhere to begin, and I will take it from there.
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Nah, tone is mostly the player...since you play guitar you know that a well setup mediocre guitar in the hands of a good player will sound like a good player is playing it.
So I am not saying you are bad, but that the guitar is fine enough (check the setup though).
I have had very good results with the SansAmp Bass DI. It's cheap to...like $190 or so.
Check your monitors with a bass rich commercial CD you are very familiar with and feel has a good base guitar sound. If that CD sounds good and after you have checked your guitar's setup, check out the SansAmp from any guitar mart.
Cheap test AND you can return it if it doesnt help.
Good luck,
David