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[quote name='TPJ' post='1148194' date='Mar 3 2011, 11:28 AM']++1

We usually ask the sound man to dump anything below 100-180 Hz to get a workable tone yet still retain good lowend.[/quote]


In my sound engineering days I reckon doing that to a bass would have got me hung, drawn and quartered... not to say fired. You would generally only "dump" frequencies that are a specific problem in the room you are in.

Mind you I wish I could have dumped 82.5 Hz at my gig tonight, every time I hit E2 I thought the place was about to take off...

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[quote name='NickPini' post='509808' date='Jun 10 2009, 01:07 AM']Basically, the trick seems to be:
drop out anything below 50hz unless you're using a sub. Frequencies below this apparently aren't naturally produced much in your bass anyway.[/quote]

Just noticed this while trawling through looking for double bass pickup advice... I'm sure most in here know that the fundamental frequency of a concert-pitch E string on a double bass is 41.25 Hz. Roll off below 50 Hz and you drop out everything from your low G down. Don't do it!

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