You make it seem like the sound-techs had a tour-encompassing plan for the bass sound & then abandoned it after the first five minutes of the Hollywood Bowl show. "Oops! That loud bass idea we had isn't working. Turn Pino down for the rest of the show & the rest of the tour."
I don't have the answers. I just know Pino was low in volume for the majority of the shows I saw in 2002 & that many fans who saw other shows said the same thing. And Pino was low when I saw him with S&G, as well.
Do we fans have to start picketing for louder bass at rock shows?