MistaMarko
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Then for a little while they had a bass player and it was like the fucking sky opened up and finally let their riffs come through the wall of noise. Why? Cause the bass player (who's no longer with the band unfortunately) had an awesome tone that provided the low frequency groove, but also the *perfect* middle ground of low-mids and mids to sit between the 2 guitar players who were essentially mid/treble city.
You can get away with a scooped sound in the studio if you're into that thing, since everything is in nicely-tempered rooms and all these plugins and editing control these days makes it possible. Live, or at practice? You'll be swallowed by the low-end of the guitars and especially the kick drum. I'm not one for the "high-mids" sound (around 1K), but I'm a firm believer that low-mids act as a "bass sound" but don't carry along the "wash the mix out" side effects, so keep your mids boosted around 500Hz or so. Don't think that because you play "bass" that you need to boost the "bass".