Game of Tones #5 - How to EQ Your Bass

[@MrIrekK]

Thank you Jayme! That was absolutely the best lesson on Bass EQ I’ve seen thru the years, and I’m 73 years young 😂. I’m running back to my studio to fiddle with my DI’s EQ, equipped with the invaluable knowledge I’ve learnt from your video. Thank you again!

[@Piotr7x]

Fabulous lessons Jayme! Finally someone who shares practical knowledge. I love your videos. Keep going. I was looking for good bass lessons on YT for ages.

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thank you, I'm honored!

[@tomsquires5741]

Hey man. I enjoyed watching this, and I salute your effort to help us to learn. You have an engaging persona and you clearly know alot. This video seems to meander quite a lot though. It takes a good 6 minutes before it starts to get useful (for me), and 10 minutes before it really gets useful. I reckon if you can script and edit what you do you'll have some absolutely killer vids. Please keep making, them. This was genuinely useful to me, (eventually) and I look forward to watching more.

[@edotensei3639]

11:25 that's exactly what I've been suffering from, thanks a lot for such a precious information.

[@deadbeatstudios]

my pleasure!

[@the_unspoken_of]

Thank you for this easy-to-get session about EQ. You deserve a subscription and a thumb up! Ben.

[@wtcornet]

Nice video Jamie. In my old age I find myself practicing the art of subtraction EQ more an more. But that could be a whole video in itself. ;)

[@deadbeatstudios]

Yes, I think for the most part that's what good EQing is about :)

[@juniorbrustolin7037]

Good video, helps me to understand bether and find myself... what kind of EQ iv been using. My suggestion to you is use some graphics to helps to explain the theory.

[@crtsdxn]

The obp3 doesn't have a sweepable mid selector. It gives you the option of 400 or 800 boost or cut.

[@yvindgjerlw4593]

Great lesson, man! Helped a lot!

[@mpasistasyalanci]

low cut etc are not types of shelving eq, they are filters, they filter out frequencies, shelving eq for lows is the eq that boost or lowers from a certain low freq and lower and for highs from some freq and higher (like a shelf not like a bell that changes around a central frequency ) /---- (high shelving eq) /\ (bell eq, all the other eq's that you have explained before)

[@leesbassment6393]

Incorrect. Semi parametric EQ allows you to pick the frequency and gain. Parametric EQ allows the choice of frequency, gain, and bandwidth.

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thank you Lee, yes I got my words mixed up :/

[@leesbassment6393]

Jayme Lewis, no worries, brother. I enjoy your videos.

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thanks Lee, I'm honored!

[@amdenis]

For some reason you reminded me so much of Maynard James Keenan when you do that professorial character. Uncanny old boy.

[@deadbeatstudios]

I'm honored!

[@slavesforging5361]

Great Video! i just discovered most of those frequency guidelines earlier today and agree completely! (now i just need a small poster of them to put on my wall!). thanks so much Jayme! Empress makes a 3 band parametric eq pedal that is great at removing trouble frequencies in your live rig, for anybody wondering how to do this outside of using a daw. as a reforming guitarist, i use my MXR 10 band eq for bass too, and it works great. better bass frequency sliders than most dedicated 6 band bass eq pedals. (i also stack it with a joyo 6 band- since none of the freuencies are the same- thus giving me a 16 band!- mwhahahhahahah!!) If your bass doesn't have low, mid, and high, controls on the instrument, Seymour duncan makes a wiring harness to replace a two volume-two tone setup to the full 3 band. thinking of getting one for my bass, but haven't tried them yet. has anyone else?

[@jdb123ize]

You mentioned the in-depth lessons on EQ, where are they

[@juanpablomiranda8955]

Great vid man!

[@tunez6969]

wuts up Jayme.. Hope all is well in your world my Bass Playn Brother.. First off , Thank You for sharing your gifts with the world my man.. You my friend are very talented and well , A Total BadAss on a Bass!! ... \m/ Respect \m/ .... Love your music too.. got that Al DiMiola thing going on.. Love it.. That being said , i got a question brother.. I do a lot of gigging and live performing on stage is my happy place.. My problem is My Low end notes punch thru like a MoFo.. but my high end notes when i go into the high register at the top of the fret board , they kinda disappear and they don't cut thru in the mix.. I Been playn Bass for decades but I'm just recently diving into and learning how to EQ.. But I'm not really having any luck correcting this issue.. I'm running thru The ULTRABASS BX2000H 2000-Watt class D Bass Head , with a GK 410 & a Peavey 410.. The Bass Head seems to have great EQ capabilities.. I just not real sure what to do wit it to correct this issue .. I know your a bizzy dood.. but i wud really applicate any advice you mite be able to share with me... Anymuthrfkwho, much Love and Mad Respect and thank you again.. Keep doing what you do brother.. It makes people smile.. That definitely isn't a bad thing right!! \m/..\m/ Rock On!!

[@SeverinoSE]

Are there any parametric eq rack mount units for bass? Or is that only done in plugins? Thanks!

[@jwise15]

@15:18 is great!

[@casebass2316]

Really digging your videos. Thanks!

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thank you, I'm honored!

[@eddiesanchez8415]

Love your videos!!! Great job!!!

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thank you Eddie!

[@gwillis637]

Great video, great information! Is there any advice you'd add or change with regards to using an upright bass (with a pickup) as opposed to an electric?

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thanks! I'd say that with a double bass, compression becomes more important than EQ. It's a hard instrument to tame dynamically, give then complete lack of sustain when playing pizz, so a moderate attack with a more aggressive release and heavy threshold will go a LONG way for double bassists :)

[@wilzaidan]

Nice video man!

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thanks Wilson!

[@markminor70]

I heard a lot of really good bass players and studio bass players keep their EQ knobs on their bass amps flat good season studio musicians bassamp knobs are 0 zeroed out or noon 12o clock. I just heard from several different sources that season bass players play there amps zeroout or at noon if they do deviate from zero or noon it,s just slightly. I know this is not everybody's method hood

[@technickn9n3]

thank god i found this video,

[@cletusrobinson]

Super stuff! A one page frequency recap download would be da bomb!

[@urielsternschein7861]

I wanted to know, how bad could it be to use a guitar graphic eq (like the MXR 6 band EQ) for a bass guitar? What could be the consequences of this mix? Thanks!

[@deadbeatstudios]

Probably no consequence; it just won't have the lower freq's on it more than likely (I doubt a guitar pedal would have 60Hz or 30Hz as an option).

[@slavesforging5361]

agree with mr. Lewis. so the mxr 6 band is gonna be like any other 6 band guitar eq. it has 100 hertz, then each one is an octave, meaning it doubles, 200, 400, etc. so yes, no sub range. but... the mxr 10 band eq starts at 31.25 then doubles from there. so there is a 30 and a 60 option on them; plus gain and volume which is nice. i literally just dialed one of the 10 band's in today for a bass. it worked great. (i should note, i'm a guitarist just starting to learn bass, not a bass expert).

[@tomnealon]

I'm not familiar with semi-parametric. Is that the same as graphic eq?

[@grooveandtheory8907]

What's the DI box you're using next to your tone hammer?

[@deadbeatstudios]

It's an A Designs REDDI. Fantastic DI!

[@kennyb.1844]

What's up Jayme great vid. When setting eq should I set the eq first on the amp or bass guitar?

[@deadbeatstudios]

I would set the amp first - set it for the room and then adjust from the bass. That usually works for me. Thanks Kenny!

[@idiotburns]

semi parametric is non movable frequency, parametric is can move the frequency center

[@idiotburns]

true parametric has freq, q width and level ;)

[@carlosvillarroel6665]

excellent video

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thank you!

[@starkcd]

Very helpful on the 'general' frequencies. You can also use the sweep eq to find 'sweet' sounds to boost. Crank up the amount and then sweep to find the spot that gives you the 'best' tone, then back it down to a tasteful amount. On a negative note, please don't perpetuate the "tonewood" myth. The sound from an electric instrument comes from a metal string vibrating over a magnet, converted to an electric signal. The magnets don't care what type of wood they are in. NO EFFECT. You can put a pickup in a bass body made from a concrete block and it will sound the same-it's been done.

[@deadbeatstudios]

Can you share these findings? I'm not asking to be condescending, I'm genuinely interested. Thanks!

[@ArjunR777]

Coy Stark are you saying the harmonics introduced by different materials, as well as the sustain do not get transferred to the string and hence to the pickups?

[@lucasvivante8988]

it does, but the difference bitween two woods isn't noticeable, and bitween two woods of the same essence it's also different to every tree. Nobody has ever been able to determine the type of wood of a guitar blindfolded, so for me that's a myth. It has an effect, but it's realy not determinist of the sound of an electric instrument, even more after an EQ

[@donnnick]

You can quickly tell when someone doesn’t know what they are talking about by how sure of themselves they are. Ebony or rosewood fretboard, ash or alder body and even the laquer used as rikenbacher has proven time and time again make a difference. But what Coy doesn’t need anything you have an opinon and an attitude and one thing is fersher a shitty knowitall perspective will guarantee the only one hearing your tone is those in your house and your unfortunate neighbors. So please try and shove opinion right up your ass and stop perpetuating the I am rude so I know what I am talking about myth, it’s self deceitful, defeating and childish.

[@donnnick]

And in the off chance you are actually receptive to learning new informations. No one is saying the magnets care, what is happening is the sound waves resonate with unique characteristics before the magnets pick them up. These changes are very minor and if you are two busy telling yourself how right you are you aren’t going to notice it.

[@xngr]

Finger counting intensifies

[@kcole83080]

Exellent

[@jeffweston2277]

Hello, it's a video. A hands on demonstration would have been way more productive than all the definitions and jibber jabber. Guess he didn't want to mess up his settings....

[@SeverinoSE]

Jeff Weston You obviously didn’t watch the whole video 😋

[@jeffweston2277]

@@SeverinoSE Well I watched it again...Didn't see him turn a knob or move a single slider. For people that may have very little knowledge of EQ, some simple demonstrations would have been miles better than just talking. Hence my comment that it's a video. Videos are supposed to be a visual experience. He should have shown the actual EQ's on his amp and tried different settings to show optimum and bad things that happen when you start twisting knobs. If I tell you how to change the oil in your car, you may get it figured out but if I show you how, it's a piece of cake. That was my only point. The guy is certainly knowledgeable but as a teaching tool for EQ newbies searching for help...not so good....

[@dscdrkel5546]

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[@ianchan9744]

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[@peterfuzz3887]

please stop chatttttttting

[@BassicVIC]

So many words. So little information.

[@plinkbottle]

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[@scottymoepower]

hard to take a guy that dresses like a twelve year old seriously.. grow up Mr. 40 something...

[@deadbeatstudios]

Can't win em all

[@WeDwellinaFiefdom]

Harder to take a man with Confederate flag profile picture seriously or even a fraction of that. Don't be so negative because a man dresses differently, at least they aren't delusional

[@samuelmaguta1749]

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[@b3nnyb3nny]

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