oh and ear plugs are on order (hope we eventually go acoustic.ahem!).

So I would be grateful for any idea's, advice, thoughts on approaching this genre and using my gear in my signature below - particularly EQ settings to trial within the next practice. I also play entirely with fingers.Īt the first two rehearsals, I thought my sound was a little muddy and not really cutting through the guitars, although this may be entirely normal as it was the loudest thing I've heard in close proximity of two guitarists stacks within the last 10 years. I've done dirty funk many years ago with a typical smiley face EQ but that's about it - I've never adventured much with EQ. Now I know researching some of the original players that there are fretless basses, various modulating effects, distorted bass, valve amps, & a lot of plectrums (something I'm not very good at) being used but I'm wondering where to start on a 'generic' pub gig EQ for this music with my gear - as I say I'm used to heavy low-end dub bass so am not accustomed to mids, hi's etc.

I am used to mainly playing reggae and dirty funk for the last 20yrs or so and have never done the heavy rock thing until joining up with a few mates recently. It's gonna be a 'how long is a piece of string, and an entirely subjective type enquiry', but essentially I am playing in a new band doing a genre I'm totally unfamiliar with playing -'90's grunge rock' ala Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins etc.

Settings for equalizer rock music