Sounds good right? Sound guy says my bass doesn’t have as much output as the other bass players’ bass.
Anytime the Sound guy says he has to turn you up in the mix, is a good thing. Most times we want to turn you down or off completely. A preamp pedal or Boost pedal may be enough to bring you tighter into the mix. The other option is to have the sound person leave the slider alone but turn up the channel gain until they have a level they like. then the slider can be used to refine the mix.
I’m going to first adjust the neck pickup since it is lower than the bridge pup. Next step would be to check with sound man about the channel gain. I am interested in the MXR pedal about and will be looking into one.
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking.
I’d strongly suggest you answer a few questions for us, before monkeying with the guitar. Raising pickups doesn’t just magically give you more output with no other effects. I am an experienced sound man. The very simple fix for this is to turn the gain up on the board. I have guys who share a guitar channel and all 3 of them will use it at versions times, all with their own guitars, and all three have different output levels. It’s very simple for me to adjust the gain depending on who is playing, to get the same level there, than it’s good everywhere else (you don’t have to adjust monitors, mains levels etc., if you match them at the input stage.
