Reply With Quotedifferent tuning will not make your bass louder...... Sorry but a 15watt amp is for practice,and most likely will not be heard over a drummer.
Get your chops together ...take some time and save up some cash for something in the 100Watt range.
simple question on tuning
Hi all, im a begginer and i need some advice on tuning, i have a boss tu-80 tuner & metronome, i tuned all strings, but on the tuner it says: -50 . . . . 0 . . .accu-pitch . +50 .
where should it be if i want them to sound good and be louder tham drums on a 15watt b150 hartke amp?
sorry its been a long winded post.
different tuning will not make your bass louder...... Sorry but a 15watt amp is for practice,and most likely will not be heard over a drummer.
Get your chops together ...take some time and save up some cash for something in the 100Watt range.
Pay no attention to" The Man Behind The Curtain "
I read up in alot of places people saying this amp cuts through drums, i dont aim to use it for gigs, back to tuning, does making the keys hit certain parts on the the tuner make a diffrence?Originally Posted by TMBTC
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Yes. You're spozed to hit the zero.
The plus and minus numbers tell you how far
off you are, and in which direction. The zero
means you're not off at all, you're right on it.
I don't care what anybody said anywhere that
some particular 15W amp cuts thru drums. If
you use it for practice, maybe your drummer
will be reasonable and put muffler rings on
his drums so that the electric instruments in
the band can be played at practice level thru
practice amps. It's just stoopid when bands
play at gig level for practice. The usual poor
excuse is that the drums have no volume
control .... which is simply not the truth.
If you need to "cut through" during practice,
either fire the offender[s], quit the band, or
just quit practice and show up only for gigs.
If practice is not done properly, you're better
off to just gig without practice.
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Last edited by Golem; 02-18-2010 at 01:24 PM.
As mentioned above, your tuning makes no difference to the volume of your bass. You are either in tune or out of tune, and believe me you want to be in tune.
When playing live with other instruments it helps to use the EQ on your amp to emphasise the mid frequencies a bit to help you "cut through".
Just to add my 2p to this discussion - when I'm practicing with my drummer I use a Laney 30W amp I've had since I started and he puts the silencer pads on his kit and we get along just fine. I don't think a 15W amp is going to out muscle a full drumkit. You'll probably be OK if your drummer puts the silencers on.
Thank you everyone, do silences pads come free with drums or would the drummer have to buy them separate?
i have another question for you all if you wouldn't mind answering it, i brought a washburn taurus from a second hand shop last week and it was great but had rusty strings so i replaced them and whenever i use my left hand to hit a fret i here a clang noise, even when it's not plugged into an amp, i doubt it's fret buzz, but its really annoying, urgently need help with it he possible please guys? thanks
There's no such thing as a free lunch, I've never bought drums but I reckon they're an accessory which will need to be bought separately.
I'm not sure what you mean by a clang noise but seeing as you've changed the strings the bass will probably need a setup. It isn't too difficult to do with patience and the right tools. See here for some guidance: http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_setup/
As far as string height goes, I like to lower the strings and keep checking by fretting at the second or third last fret for any buzz. Once I start to get buzz, I raise them incrementally until they don't buzz.
I wouldn't try adjusting the neck until you've read several times from several sources how to do it. This is one way in which you can ruin an instrument.
Ultimately it might be worth your while taking it to someone who knows what they're doing and paying them to set the bass up. Shouldn't cost too much. If you get the opportunity - watch and learn.
Thanks for the reply but im pretty certain it's not fret buzz, and i have on idea if the trus rod will help, it's not actually a clang noise it's weird, you can hear both the metal parts and it sounds like you can hear something inside the strings...
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