How do YOU eq your amp?

[greyscales]

If I want to use a clean amp, I'll typically go with everything flat at noon. Maybe a bump up here or there depending on how the room feels.

For dirty amps it really depends. For instance, I have used a Super Reverb with bass on 7, mids on 10, and treble off. But on my AC15 it is usually bass maxed, treble at noon or slightly lower.

[bigchiefbc]

depends on what amp, what i'm playing (musically and instrument-wise) and who i'm playing with.

with my band, i try really hard to fit in without overpowering the bass so i typically cut the bass a bit and slightly boost treble. i like my "clean" to be slightly dirty so the preamp gain is up a bit as well. other than that i generally tend towards a more flat EQ with no reverb. depends though! when playing out i always check how things sound in the room, since there are always weird bass traps, hollow stages, reflective surfaces, etc.

edit: when i play guitar at the shop, i usually go for as flat a response as i can get out of my fender twin, with a bit of reverb added.

Back when I first started playing bass, I played with that huge scooped sound because it was what I thought sounded cool when I was playing by myself. Once I started playing in bands, I found that almost every guitarist I played with scooped the shit out of his signal (because that's what all the METULLLLZ dudes do) and basically made it so that my bass was completely inaudible in the band mix. So I started turning down the bass and treble and cranking my mids all the way up so I could at least be heard. After years and years of playing that way, I'm so used to hearing it that way that I play with that EQ even when I'm by myself and now I hate it when my sound is scooped or overly bassy/boomy. It's made it so that it sounds wrong to me if my signal isn't crazy mid-boosted.

I worry that one day I'll play with a guitarist who's all about mids and I'll have to change my EQ again and everything will sound wrong and I'll hate it.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I often play with amp settings that if I had them playing by myself would sound terrible but really work in a mix. All mids and treble and very little bass, without a band it sounds terribly thin but with a band (bass, piano and guitar so it's fairly full) it fits in nicely.

[WeHuntKings]

On bass I currently have the bass maxed out, mids at about half way, and treble just past halfway. I like a wooly bass sound, it works very well in my three piece. Preamp volume is below halfway and the master volume is pretty high. I let my dirt and fuzz pedals push the preamp for me when needed.

Guitar eq changes by the day, but generally I go for a flat eq.

[fishtankdork]

well i used to be a bass player tll about 10 years ago, and i switched guitar. saying that; bass is cranked, mids is 6, trebs is 5. depending on amp mids and trebs flip flop. i usually use my neck pickup too. i just like the deep bluesy sound on my cleans. plus fuzz sounds best bassy w/ neck pu's

[kbit]

well i used to be a bass player tll about 10 years ago, and i switched guitar. saying that; bass is cranked, mids is 6, trebs is 5. depending on amp mids and trebs flip flop. i usually use my neck pickup too. i just like the deep bluesy sound on my cleans. plus fuzz sounds best bassy w/ neck pu's

Amen to that.

[WeHuntKings]

well i used to be a bass player tll about 10 years ago, and i switched guitar. saying that; bass is cranked, mids is 6, trebs is 5. depending on amp mids and trebs flip flop. i usually use my neck pickup too. i just like the deep bluesy sound on my cleans. plus fuzz sounds best bassy w/ neck pu's

Amen to that.

Yeah, ever since i switched back to single coils, I'd have to agree. Jaguar neck pickup into fz-2 is my new favorite tone.

[charmander]

Channels jumped everything wide open on my Alamo.
The EQ doesn't really work that well, it just sounds best cranked.

[Andrew]

Clean:
Reverb - 3
Treble - 6
Middle - 9
Bass - 6

Gain - 9
Treble - 8
Middle - 6
Bass - 7

I don't really have to fuck around with my amp that much and it sounds pretty good enough no matter the volume. I like my Gain beefy and my Cleans full.

[Bellyheart]

Musicman HD130 2x12

Deep switch on, bright switch off, bass 6, mids 7, treble 6

[goroth]

I worry that one day I'll play with a guitarist who's all about mids and I'll have to change my EQ again and everything will sound wrong and I'll hate it.

Wouldn't worry about it. I saw Anata live and when they were setting up the bassist told the sound guy to crank the mids and take it easy on everything else. The guitars were fat, modern metal sounding and the overall sound was great.

I also find there is a big difference in which mids you crank - as a guitarist I like low mids around 400hz and our bassist used to get a nice growl around 600hz and the sounds worked well together.

Mids FTW!