Do bass guitars have lower output than standard guitars?
I just got back from a Music Go Round, where I picked up my first bass. The bass sounded fantastic at the store through a bass amp, but when I brought it home and plugged it in, I had to crank everything all the way up to even begin hearing anything. Is this normal? I messed around with the volume knobs--that's not the issue.
I have a GNX3000, which has several bass amps and cabs. It is hooked up to a mixer that goes to a set of monitors. Guitar = great. Bass = what'd you say?
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I have a GNX3000, which has several bass amps and cabs. It is hooked up to a mixer that goes to a set of monitors. Guitar = great. Bass = what'd you say?
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On top of that, many basses have active electronics.
However the big thing is that the Human ear cannot hear bass frequencies very well. It needs to be boosted maybe 4-8 times more than rythm to be heard equally loud. This is the limiting factor that makes bass appear weak.
I use a boosting limiter in front of the GNX3K when connected to a Bass Guitar.
An alternate way of boosting signals would be to turn up the hardware volume control at the back of the GNX3K when you connect your bass.