Tips on EQ'ing 3 guitars for live mix

[prsman88]

So my band is loud, big time haha.

We have 3 guitars, bass, drummer, screamer.

B-52 Tri Rectifier 1/2 stack and Bass on one side

Single Rec w/ B52 1/2 stack and Dual Rec w/ Mesa 1/2 stack on other

We play metal, drop c, the stuff on our page isn't a fully accurate representation of our new material, however it is songs we still play (link at bottom) New stuff is more complex w/ the guitars, more leads, needs more articulation. Much like Newer haste the day, as i lay dying, all that remains, killswitch, it dies today..

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Shep]

dude do What my band does..

Have everything covering a different part of the audio spectrum..

Bass then basic rhy guitar should be the most thickness sound then the guitars have to get tighter with more mid's to cut thought..too much scoop-ness will get sloppy and things won't be heard...with the single and the dual recto's i would put 6l6 in one and el34's in the other?..

in my band we have a dual runing el34s and then my amp a mk IV.. the dual is scooped and big and fat and bottom end heavy and the mk IV is tight and midy and sizzles...they fit like clock work!


Tom

 

[prsman88]

Yea one of the recs is scooped, the b-52 is tight with mids, and i am about to get some el34s (winged c) and have mine just to be able to cut through.

We're getting there. There are 2 videos in another post i did in this category.

http://forum.grailtone.com/viewtopic.php?p=208013#208013

first video is more of the mix of all 3 together
the second video has more of the layers


Thanks for the reply

 

[Elpelotero]

Give the bassist low mids...250-500hz. Then top him off with 4k-6k and he'll cut through as well and hit people's chests!

 

[prsman88]

So on his built in eq how many db's are you saying raising the 250-500 and the 4k-6k?

just assuming that all frequencys are flat.


thanks for the info btw

 

[Bourque]

Like already mentioned, EQ based on who's doing what. In my band the other electric does big chords with a lot of low end in the lower registers. So I keep my mids and highs relatively even and play in higher registers. When playing the same rhythm pattern it just makes like one big guitar sound.

 

[mrd]

Try boosts of like +3-6dB, should do it. Even +6dB is quite a bit, but if you need it, no harm.

Like others said, keep in mind what the instrument is doing, and EQ it for the range it's in. If you can, get someone else to play your instrument so you can step back and fiddle with a mix to set it straight. Sometimes its hard to convey to someone else what you want if you can't really hear it because you're stuck up front playing.

 

[prsman88]

Thanks for all the replies dudes!