The idea is, it is hard (sometimes impossible) to turn back to your amp, tweak the sound, and get back to playing. I use the EQ of my bass for minor tweaks during the gig, which involves tiny boost & cuts here and there (we will talk about this later).
Ideally, I do my main tonal setup by leaving my bass flat and tweaking the EQ of the amp. Parallel output of the DI box goes into my amp, and I use the amp as my on stage monitor. Sound Principles Essential Pedalsīuffer: With a passive bass, I use a buffer at the beginning of the signal chain to prevent high frequency losses.ĭI Box: To prevent ground loops, signal losses and many other problems I typically run the bass into a DI box at the end of the signal chain and send it to the mixer. Please remember that a good tone starts with the hands, the right bass guitar and a good setup. I can’t guide you through a walkthrough of absolute tonal success, but I will talk about my approach which might inspire you to develop your own.
How you should approach the tone of your bass depends on many factors such as your gear, technique, band, style of music, acoustics and size of the stage & venue, etc. Tone is a highly subjective matter of taste with no universal rights and wrongs.
