Good p-bass tone...

[Jake=Suck]

I hate having to make a thread like this but i have no choice, i've been trying to get a good tone out of the p pickup in my spector but i just cant do it, it always sounds muddy. I'm going for a pretty generic p-bass tone like what you hear in a lot of hip hop. I've been messin with my EQ for hours trying to get it right but it just sounds like crap. I'm using a Spector NS-2 with Bartolini P/J pickups and a 3-band eq into a Hartke bass attack preamp into a Laney BC-120. This is the first bass i've had with a p pickup so i dont know how to get this sound although i dont think the pickups are the problem because the Jazz pickup sounds imaculate. Any help?

[Aerodyne]

That's kinda strange, actually. :confused: Set everything flat. That's what I do with my P and it sounds like a P is supposed to sound.

[British Kid]

buy my G&L p-bass?

:lol:

in all seriousness.... set the eq on your bass flat, then cut some highs and boost the mids a wee bit on your bass. then do the same on your amp. if all else fails....

buy my p-bass.

[Jake=Suck]

Thanks, i got what i was looking for when i took the hartke preamp out of my rig and set it all flat.

[Dyslexic Magician]

i love the sound of a nice P.

[EADG]

i love the sound of a nice P.

I love the feeling of a nice pee


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