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More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:52 pm
by oinkbanana
God do I love it when the bass is cranked and rattling my chest
and the more my bassist cranks it, the happier I am.
so I found myself saying this to the bassist in my band this week:
"More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass"
I was amused, he was amused, everyone was amused,
thought i'd share.
anyone else experience this truth?
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:04 pm
by Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.
ive found that this "more bass" is the answer to alot of lifes little questions
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:09 pm
by bigchiefbc
oinkbanana wrote:I love it when the bass is cranked
I wish more bandmates, soundmen and bar owners felt this way.
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:13 pm
by Bassboar
Yeah. I don't worry about volume, only about the chest shattering low end that's pushing me away.
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:21 am
by Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.
BassMOAR wrote:Yeah. I don't worry about volume, only about the chest shattering low end that's pushing me away.
fixd
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:35 am
by greyscales
bigchiefbc wrote:oinkbanana wrote:I love it when the bass is cranked
I wish more soundmen felt this way.
I worked for a soundguy that couldn't get enough bass.
Unfortunately half of the time he eq'd basses so they only had treble.
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:52 am
by Josh Pelican
I love to crank my bass. My band only has one guitarist and I play with two fuzz pedals (and a boost). We like to play loud.
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:58 am
by smallsnd/bigsnd
more keyboards.
but yeah, more bass is usually good. but not always... those crazy bass-trap resonant frequencies when you play in weird rooms or on hollow stages are the worst.
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:09 am
by theavondon
I love speaker cabinets that throw all the bass super far away, so I end up cranking it and getting responses from my friends after the show along the lines of "It was so loud, I couldn't really hear anything, I could only feel it. My ears essentially shut down."
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:16 am
by smallsnd/bigsnd
theavondon wrote:My ears essentially shut down."
tshirt worthy
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:18 am
by theavondon
smallsnd/bigsnd wrote:theavondon wrote:My ears essentially shut down."
tshirt worthy
Indeed...indeed it is...
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:35 pm
by ryan summit
i dont think ill ever stop
tryin to get more low end
until people start vomiting
and pooping selves
then ill leave it right there
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:36 pm
by skullservant
I brough earplugs to the Sunn show when I saw them a few months back. Took them out 3 minutes in. It wasn't about how LOUD it was, I've heard much louder. It was about FEELING it, and I felt like shit the entire time and couldn't breathe because of the force of the sound
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:08 pm
by fungalattack
I like the bass so loud that it shakes the bowels and borders on stopping the heartbeat. But i don't like it when the bass is really loud when they aren't hitting the right notes or aren't picking as fast as I like it...
Re: More bass isn't louder, it's just more bass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:12 pm
by D.o.S.
Depends on the band.