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Honestly they’re more different looking than similar from the dials and sliders. You should give those settings a spin and hear what the similarities are. Be good to hear how they A/B!

Ah it’s the fx return not power amp in he was using. That’s where I got my wires crossed. Your amp doesn’t have a power amp in.

Which would be redundant if using the ‘power amp in’ option in the back. Just saying!

I might have been reading too literally but if using the ‘power amp in’ section’ you only get the power amp none of the other amp features would be available as you’d only be using the power section. Obviously you might be saying just plug into the front of the amp. There’s a power amp in the TS for £400 ish which does 3kwatt at 4ohm. Plenty of headroom with that and it’s only 8kg!

Dug amp has some great features and sounds big!

Going for a Jesus Lizard thing? Now that’s a bass tone!

Top notch! Let's hope it's retained the funk!

I was just repeating myself Look forward to hearing your experience with it and making captures of your bass head @bjelkeman

There is that 😀

Hölger is dead on!

Superb!

I had been using a Basswitch preamp for many years (8+) so I had my additional tonal needs covered with that for a long time. Clean clear and dual semi para mid eq was a great help for additional tone tweaking but I’ve used other preamps too.

I’m not in the market as I continue to use my HXStomp for my additional eq needs. If I did go down the active eq path I’d be looking at a Uni pre (set and forget with the option to tweak the internal parameters should I fancy an afternoon tweaking) or a tone capsule based on what I like eq wise in relation to the sensible Bass Mid Mid eq points

I suppose from my perspective and this may well not be shared by many but I’ve always wanted my eq to offer options which aren’t available ‘behind me’ at the amp. I gigged a Markbass TTE head with a three band eq for ages. The head sounded good and was lightweight but for more flexible eq I used a Basswitch. This gave me the flexibility of need to get more option. If you’re still gigging the DG AO you’re already looking at a good 6 band eq with pretty much the same eq frequency points as the Glock (which I thought you disliked in the Sandberg) except the super high on the treble. If you go down the Bergantino BIAmp route then you’ll be looking a a programmable eq. If the Carvin will be a gigging bass is personally say get the EQ which offers you the best options in relation to your other gear so a Uni Pre may be a bit more expensive now but having all those option of selecting lows and highs make it much more future proof and also makes the bass more versatile. Plus you could fit the Uni pre yourself or have a mate who’s competent help you and save on the fee charged by a shop. Spend the money once by getting the right bit of kit - you were never that keen on the glock in your Sandberg and it’s not offering anything that different from your amp. The UniPre is a far more adaptable unit and it will allow you to further enhance what the natural voice of the bass is doing precisely because of its adaptability/flexibility.

Thing is if your amp is already giving you control over 40Hz with the bass tone pot (or something thing pretty close) having that flexiblity of another less “boomy end“ related EQ point say at 70hz or 80hz onboard the bass would be more sensible or certainly give you another option to cut some ‘boomy end’ and still give some poke or punch down in that region (while still creating a nice space for the kick but that’s into studio/recording/mixing levels of geekdom). Fitting an on board EQ which covers 2/3 of what you amp is basically doing seems less useful. The example I’ve used recently - my Fender amp - its 40-400-4k. If I were fitting an on board EQ I’d be actively looking for additional flexibility not mimicking what’s already available on my amp so an Aguilar would be off the radar as it’s only really offering one different option (plus my amp has a semi para mid too so I can tweak the basic BMT further anyways). It’d be like buying a DG AO pedal and setting the drive up on it exactly the same as the drive setting on your amp DGAO amp You’ve talked a lot about eq over the years and I think this is you’re first refit of the electronics on a bass so why not be bold and give yourself the option you’ve been on about for quite some time😀 I think you discussed the East Unipre or it has been on your radar too so no surprises with the features and flexibility it offers. If your never gonna gig the bass and it’s only gig home use then the logic would be have it set up to do something different and be that super flexible EQ - you’ll be well familiar with your home rig and how each bass sounds to notice what something like the Unipre offers - you’ll really be able to get into and the most out of it. If you’re gonna soup up a ‘bargain’ you might as well go for it! It’d be a teal wasted opportunity when so much has been said about eq points over the years that the default is go with what’s already available on the amp. Plus the AO amp’s graphic must have given you a few good ideas about what those EQ points do to the basic sound which would inform what an on board should bring. Again if your Gigi g amp already have a bunch of eq options it’s be good to work around those and have that added control for when it’s needed.

I suppose there are a few questions before deciding which eq. Sweepable mids or switchable between two or three frequencies? Do you often switch mids about on your current gigging bass or do you settle on one setting? Aguilar make nice eqs but as I mentioned before the Fender norm of 40Hz on the lows and 4k on the high is kinda what the Aguilar is set at with the mids sweepable. If the lows at 40 aren’t your preference then there’s other more suitable options such as rhe uni pre etc. Bass direct have a good selection which I’m sure you’ve checked out but with what you’ve said previously about eq preferences I’d be looking at some other options before the Aguilar namely the East Uni or tone capsule specifically for the lows being a bit more useful.

It is a very nice looking bass!

So was the eq busted or just not set up correctly for the bass?

So in answer the the poll a fourth option was needed. “I’ve my eye on a third bass which I’m more likely to get” 😂

There is a bit of that eq’ing with the eyes not ears too but that’s not always as easy for folks to do. Manufacturers should be quite explicit in how to get the best form their gear and it’s naff when the manual say things like ‘Bass Control: controls the amount of bass in the signal.’ Doh! 😀

That’s the thing though so many tone stacks are based of two main designs the baxandall a la B15 or the Fender and while it’s not ‘common knowledge’ as such there’s been heaps written about the Fender stack and it derivatives being ‘flat’ at 0-10-0 or 2-10-2 if folks are buying an amp with BMT it’s worth trying the above as a starting ground. I know it’s been covered on basschat numerous times. Plus Mesa bass amps often favoured a passive mid control but it’s not immediately obvious I think the Walkabout labelled it as passive mid - they tend to sound more musical I..e it’s less likely to screw up your sound with a passive cut only.

. Sorry my bad. I thought you’d nabbed a 5’er but returned it due to a dodgy eq. Look forward to the warts and all in a nbd thread 😀

Anyway there’s a killer Sandberg for 1k going in Scotland for any synth bass fans who love a five string, reverse p and fancy a near mint go to bass!

Didn’t you already nab one and return it?