Vox Tonelab LE...best way to boost low end/what EQ?

[75lespaul]

The sound of this thing is perfect for me, except that the lows are not that full. Maybe its my amp, a 71 Univox bass amp, but I doubt it. Believe it or not, I've never run anything through a loop, so is an outboard eq the best way to go, and which one? How would I go about setting it so that it only boosts the low end, but doesn't change the overall tone of the unit? If that can be done.

 

[Dr. Vegetable]

Re: Vox Tonelab LE...best way to boost low end/what EQ?

Start by checking the EQ/Tone controls in the ToneLab. It's a great pedal and you should be able to get some pretty full sounds out of it.

If that doesn't work, get yourself a small graphic equalizer like the MXR 6-band or 10-band models. These will let you sculpt your tone by boosting just the low frequencies, if that's what you need.

Even better than a graphic EQ, if you can find a decent parametric EQ pedal, that is the best way to dial in some boost at a particular frequency. One knob sets the frequency and the other sets the boost (or cut) at that frequency. With one hand on each knob, it is very easy to dial in just what you are looking for.

That amp should have plenty of clean low end, but what speaker(s) are you using with it?

 

[75lespaul]

Re: Vox Tonelab LE...best way to boost low end/what EQ?

Got a V30/G12H30 on top and Warehouse Green Beret and Reaper 55 on the bottom of a H&K Triamp 4x12. Was using the first two speakers in an Earcandy Buzzbomb for many years. The setup does have nice bottom, just not the kind of bottom my buddy gets from his Line 6 XT Live, or even the huge bottom end I got out of a Fender Mustang single 12 modeling amp I played through on Saturday night. I'll try the EQ thing and hopefully, I can boost it a little. I dont' need insane, but a bit more would be nice.

 

[jon the art guy]

Re: Vox Tonelab LE...best way to boost low end/what EQ?

Tonelab > eq > amp. I love it that there are so many preamps in pedal form now because they output small signals that can have processing applied directly to them instead of having to do crazy stuff like load boxes or DIs.

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[jon the art guy]

Re: Vox Tonelab LE...best way to boost low end/what EQ?

I won a pedal from Mantic Conceptual that is a copy of the DOD meat box that is active eq for 30hz and 60z. Heavy lows.

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[Red_Label]

Re: Vox Tonelab LE...best way to boost low end/what EQ?

For my band's rehearsal space I use my Tonelab LE into a Tech21 PowerEngine 60 2X12 (loaded with V30s) and I get plenty of bottom end. I use a 7-string for several drop-tuned metal numbers and it sounds great. I don't think that the Tonelab is limiting you in regards to bottom. I think that what you're running it into may be (amp and/or speakers).

 

[75lespaul]

Re: Vox Tonelab LE...best way to boost low end/what EQ?

For my band's rehearsal space I use my Tonelab LE into a Tech21 PowerEngine 60 2X12 (loaded with V30s) and I get plenty of bottom end. I use a 7-string for several drop-tuned metal numbers and it sounds great. I don't think that the Tonelab is limiting you in regards to bottom. I think that what you're running it into may be (amp and/or speakers).

To test that out, what I'll do is have my buddy plug his Line 6 pedal into my amp this weekend. If it gets the same lows, I'll know its the Vox. If not, then I'm pretty sure it will be the head. He puts his Line 6 through a Plexi reissue with Greenbacks, so I'm pretty sure my speakers are not the problem. If anything, mine will have more bottom.