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> In my experience in a conventional studio most [read all ] engineers have
> wanted the bass with the treble wound up all the way so after being able
to
> get my hands on the dials in my own setup I was quite surprised to
discover
> that bass git sounded much better with a significant amount of the
freqency
> ranged rolled off ,

Spoken like a child of the sixties... Seriously, I have always liked a
bright
but warm bass sound, roundwound steel strings through Bartolini pickups
through a modern bass rig. Lately though, I have started playing my
passive jazz with flatwounds through a tubey fender setting on my
Sansamp PSA-1. Very different, but it manages to cut through the mix
without fighting other instruments in the treble range.

> not saying to disappear it but I am saying if you give it full range you
are
> going to be interfering with a whole lot of other inst.and not getting
much
> more kick\ punch\ smooth roundness or any of those wonderful qualities  we
> bass players dispense to the rest of the mere mortals

Well, tell that to Chris Squire... Although, as somebody mentioned,
different
basses have their treble at different frequencies. The old Chris Squire
sound
was a passive Rickenbacker, so it was midrangier and lacked the extreme
highs 
(and lows) of a more modern bass, but it was punchier and more audible in
the 
mix as a result... 

BTW, one guy to listen to is Will Lee (Letterman Show), who manages to make
a 
bass sound like a real loud punchy bass through 3 inch TV speakers. Amazing.

YMMV, That's how I feel today, and various other disclaimers apply...

	-smeet