WOOFY SOUND. HELP!!!!

[MiSeRY]

yeah sorry about not posting the settings still. work has just been busy as hell and haven't had a chance to do it. in my opinion, how i have it eq'd isn't the problem, as i've tweaked with it for hours on end. if i pull the bass back too much, then i can't get the hard hitting bottom end that i need. my gain is usually around 1-2 o'clock. i still think that new tubes and a traditional cab may help out quite a bit. that standard cab that i have is just too woofy sounding on the bottom end stuff....not like the traditionals.

 

[Platypus]

yeah sorry about not posting the settings still. work has just been busy as hell and haven't had a chance to do it. in my opinion, how i have it eq'd isn't the problem, as i've tweaked with it for hours on end. if i pull the bass back too much, then i can't get the hard hitting bottom end that i need. my gain is usually around 1-2 o'clock. i still think that new tubes and a traditional cab may help out quite a bit. that standard cab that i have is just too woofy sounding on the bottom end stuff....not like the traditionals.

A recto that isn't EQ'ed properly will sound like absolute crap.. I've had mine for 2 years almost 3 now and I'm still finding this out. I'm not saying you're not doing it right but it's worth looking into before you start spending money. :idea:

 

[MiSeRY]

yeah sorry about not posting the settings still. work has just been busy as hell and haven't had a chance to do it. in my opinion, how i have it eq'd isn't the problem, as i've tweaked with it for hours on end. if i pull the bass back too much, then i can't get the hard hitting bottom end that i need. my gain is usually around 1-2 o'clock. i still think that new tubes and a traditional cab may help out quite a bit. that standard cab that i have is just too woofy sounding on the bottom end stuff....not like the traditionals.

A recto that isn't EQ'ed properly will sound like absolute crap.. I've had mine for 2 years almost 3 now and I'm still finding this out. I'm not saying you're not doing it right but it's worth looking into before you start spending money. :idea:

i'll try my best to post up my settings tonight after work. i know the recto can be a difficult beast to master from an eq standpoint. there is always a possibility that i haven't eq'd properly. i just feel like i've tried every eq setting imaginable and still get the same result.

 

[MiSeRY]

has anyone heard of Wing C tubes? Two stores in my area where arguing that Wing C is much tighter of a sound than the JJ's. Any truth to this?

 

[Cleekster]

I'm willing to bet the EMG 85 is the culprit. I had the same problem when I switched the pups around in my mahogany LTD. Try an 81 if you can.

I disagree i run an 89(a dual mode pickup...85 or sa)in my hamer californianand i get a nice tight crunch(it has a mahogony body........however GIBSON shaped guitars like the sg and les pual will reproduce bass freqencies as low as 40-60hz and maybe part of the problem...maybe 85's don't work in these guitars......i've always preferred superstrats(think Ibenez,Jackson,etc...) for the tighter more defined crunch and less muddy low end character.

 

[Platypus]

has anyone heard of Wing C tubes? Two stores in my area where arguing that Wing C is much tighter of a sound than the JJ's. Any truth to this?

Probably speaking about SED Winged C tubes.. people seem to like them but I don't neccessarily see them being tighter than JJ's 6L6.. just different tone.