Big_Sam

Thanks for the replies, some good info there, I don’t want to give up on it (for one thing it was not cheap!) and it does do the low lows very well. I’ll have a look into some pedals, I suppose as it is quite a transparent driver I should look at my input signal more, I’ve been relying on the active eq knobs but that might not be covering the range I need.

Hello good folks of bass chat, I’m new here and after some assistance. I recently picked up a Cort C5 as I wanted to experiment with 5 strings and get back into bass after a 20y gap, so far it’s been a roller coaster, went from 10w practice amp to 60w Ashdown to a Barefaced Super compact in 6 months… I’m finding to hard to get the tone I’m looking for. I thought the round wounds on the Cort were too twangy so replaced with TI jazz flats and that helped, but still struggling to get a nice ‘bass tone’. Tried changing the amp from a TC BQ500 to Markbass little mark 58R and that helps a bit but I think it must be the Barefaced Super compact cab which is the problem. I like very solid lows, reasonable mids and no highs, so vintage knob 100% on the amp. But it still sounds hollow and not like I’m expecting. Tried boosting the low mids but still not there. also picked up an Ibanez from the 90s and it sounds the same. Compared to through the PA where it sounds fine, I simply can’t get a tone I like from the Barefaced Super compact. So the question is, can it be fixed via pedal/preamp or is it just the cab tone which can’t be changed and I might as well sell it. I’m looking for something very small and light but can do low C and make the window rattle, the barefaced does that but I don’t like the sound! Arghh!! Unfortunately I live in a remote spot hundreds of miles away from music shops and trying caba out is not an option. I did find a 70w Hartke to try locally and the C5 tone is nice but has zero bass thump in comparison. That’s the difficulty, the Barefaced does have insane subwoofer levels of bass when cranked up for its size, just don’t like the sound! anyway, if any can recommend a light ish cab that goes lowww but has nice tone would be much appreciated. Budget probably up to £600-700