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Title: brighter sound
Post by: johnr on August 01, 2011, 05:23:49 AM
hey guys;i played at a restaurant sat.nite with my om o3e and my ultrasound amp.it 's that all nite my guitar sounded too bassy.i've got new strings and it has a lr baggs element pup installed for the factory.no matter what i did it seemed to sound "muddy".got lots of compliments though.,,any ideas?thx
Title: Re: brighter sound
Post by: unclrob on August 01, 2011, 10:24:19 AM
Was the amp on the floor or on a stand?If so,what is the floor's covering?How close to the amp were you sitting/standing?Where you tucked into a corner or up against  a flat wall?
Title: Re: brighter sound
Post by: johnr on August 01, 2011, 11:12:22 AM
wel i was right next to it3 feet awayand it was on a chair ,the floor is carpeted.i'm playin there again on aug 20;i'll have to see how it goes this time.do ya think i'm too close to the amp?thx
Title: Re: brighter sound
Post by: unclrob on August 01, 2011, 02:41:05 PM
You may be to close.Best suggestion is set the eq flat to start if you have a long enough cord step out in front about 6-10 feet away {if you can} and listen closely.If your hearing to much bass try adjusting the mid control first before removing bass.Its a weird dance sometime's adjusting the eq.Play around as much as you can at home.Sometime's adding something {treb,mids} works in your favor over removing something {bass} in this case.Never the less really getting to know your controls and how adjusting one thing effects the other.
Title: Re: brighter sound
Post by: rockstar_not on August 01, 2011, 06:29:39 PM
Quote from: unclrob on August 01, 2011, 02:41:05 PM
You may be to close.Best suggestion is set the eq flat to start if you have a long enough cord step out in front about 6-10 feet away {if you can} and listen closely.If your hearing to much bass try adjusting the mid control first before removing bass.Its a weird dance sometime's adjusting the eq.Play around as much as you can at home.Sometime's adding something {treb,mids} works in your favor over removing something {bass} in this case.Never the less really getting to know your controls and how adjusting one thing effects the other.


This is pretty much a spot-on description of how John Standefer (Larrivée endorsee) played his L in concert at our church - Ultrasound on a chair, about 6-10 feet behind him.  He played this way the whole concert.  I thought it would be a feedback nightmare, but it was not.
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