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bodizofa
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08/07/2005 5:41 pm
What can i do to get more bass out of a crate blue voodoo 60 watt head?
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08/07/2005 5:59 pm
You can try and EQ pedal or maybe experimenting with different cabs, but my experience is that most people who start out with Crates usually end up saving their money and buying another brand of amplifier.
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08/08/2005 3:12 pm
If Crate ever did anything right... it was making the Blue Voodoo series. I've played them along with other highend amps and they're real nice tube amps. to get more bottom end... Well, EQ it so that your mids are up and your bass is up. If that doesn't give you a satisfactory outcome there are a few other things you can do... Play on your bridge pickup with your tone knob cranked to the bass side... This works in most cases... You can also go out and by an EQ pedal from Boss... and EQ it to boost your bass... The last thing would be to switch to a higher gauge of strings... I have a set of GHS Zakk Wylde Boomers (10-70 I think) on my Double Fat Strat and it kicks like a Bass. Those are a few things you can do... WARNING!!! If you choose to change your strings... especially to the HIGH HIGH gauge ZW Boomers... you will need a set-up. If you don't you will find that your action will go to hell and your trem will fly forward.... and your neck will bend like hell. It works awesome though... if you like to play in drop d and don't do a lot of speed stuff... I recommend switching to Boomers. They will strenghten your hands up real nice too.
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08/08/2005 3:36 pm
Sounds dumb but you can try putting the cabinet in the corner of the room.
The shape of the walls might help amplify the bass frequencies.
Try experimenting with elevating the cabinet a bit as well, so that the bass doesn't travel through the cabinet to the floor.
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08/08/2005 6:27 pm
That's very true Schmange. Play around with yuor cab placement. You might try putting the back of the amp closer to a wall. This will help project any of the bass that is lost out the back... toward you. Along with that... I want to correct myself... in my last post I said the bridge pickup. I meant the Neck pickup. But either way. Turn your tone knob so that it gives you a warmer sound. This will give you bass. If none of this can get the job done... Get an extension cab. It may just be the lack of speaker area.... more speaker area means the more air the amp will move making more bass. Just some more stuff to think about.
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08/09/2005 5:03 pm
The speakers in the cab makes a difference here too.....

I've got greenbacks in my cab and they don't handle the low frequencies that well, get's muddy with too much lows.....Vintage 30's on the other hand, really tighten up the lows.
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08/13/2005 12:26 am
I love my BV120. It's a crunch machine. Try preasence up & treble down until no more to much tint,bass up through a 4-12 cab(closed back),& lots of mids. Humbucker better than teli pick up.Tone is so subjective.
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