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hey all-

i have a 4001CS and a SansAmp Bass Driver DI... and i love that "squire-esque" sound, but what EQ settings are you all happy with when you just plug straight into your amps?

I used to back off the midrange and boost the bass and treble, but lately I've been experimenting with more mids - more growl? I've also been using just the bridge pickup a lot more, and compensating at the amp by boosting the bass more.

I do the same thing,,funny though,,,JH said that the last time Squier's bass was in for repair, that the Horseshoe was completely disconnected, and looked like it had been for quite some time.

Go figure.

that wasn't his main bass though... that was the Rick he got from Donovan...

am i correct in this guys?

Actually I think it was his main bass. I say this because it kicked off a really long thread.

Here is the Donovan bass:

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I'll second Scott's ???????????

The thread about "The Bass":

http://www.rickenbacker.com/forum_view_thread.asp?thread_id=857&forum=Just_Basses&thread_name=Chris%20Squire's%20Bass

aha. thanks guys. i read bits of that thread a while back and thought they were talking about the Donovan bass the entire time.

I understand that Squire had the magnets on his aging horseshoe pickup regaussed but they were too strong afterwards so he disconnected the pickup until they degaussed a bit. Apparently, it was only disconnected for a short time. I got that from someone close to the action.

I used to EQ a ton, but then finally decided that no matter what I did, it ended up being too boomy or not boomy enough (at least, on my current amp), so I set everything flat, and went from there. Now, it's basically 1 o'clock on every dial; bass, mid, mid frequency, and treble. It sounds very good with pretty much every pickup combination and volume/tone setting. I may buy an Ashdown head and a cabinet sometime soon . . . my 1x15 combo is just way too boomy most of the time.

I agree Bobcat! Im quickly beginining to realize that often "less is more".

plugging straight into an amp ... start with all of the tone controls at 5 and adjust to your ears ... as the volume level changes you may have to tweak the EQ ... lower volume turn the tone dials up ... higher volume turn them down ...