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My tone was apparently too midrange or whatever for the sbdm band, so my drummer and guitarist came over to "fix it"
My normal bass tone is GK Backline 600 with the treble rolled back a tiny bit, high mid almost all the way up, and bass and low mids raised a bit
They took my mids and rolled them back at around 9 or 10 o'clock
I couldn't hear myself during practice yesterday, changed the line to just playing 0-0-0, and sometimes muting myself to see if anyone else noticed, and they sadly didn't.
I devised a plan that worked
I raised my high mids a bit to around 12 o'clock, and I was able to actually hear myself better
It's not like I'm one for disagreement, or being an asshole about this stuff, but it irritates me when I can't hear what I'm playing
I will do tiny adjustments over practice days until it's all fine
I WILL BE HEARD
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samsux
You really want to be careful with raising high-mids on a bass, because those frequencies genuinely do conflict with the guitars. It's probably easier for you to hear yourself because it accentuates a "melodic" bass tone, since it fits in a more "melodic" range that the guitars are in. If you want to increase presence for your bass tone without covering up the bass drum, try boosting low-mids (80 ~ 100 Hz). Lower than that, and it will turn to sloppy mud. If you want to increase clarity to your playing, try boosting the harmonics of specific notes that are muddy (midrange, but with a very thin window. e.g, 400~410 Hz and not any wider than that, or for whatever note is muddy). What will also help overall is to boost the lower-highs, specifically at 1000 Hz. This increases the pick and metal scrape attack to your notes, which should make it clear when you're playing and when you're not. Guitarists and vocalists do the same, only at 2000 Hz.