gear4djs Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Hi guys! This is Mike from Gear4DJs speaking. I'm trying to come up with the best way to get either a one or two double bass pickup system into my amplifier without too much rigmarole (or cost). I've noticed that the Boss LS-2 (which I own already) has 1MOhm inputs - does this also apply to the returns of the pedal? And does that mean, if that's true, that I could put a 'slap' pickup through one return and then the 'normal' pickup through the other, which'll then enable me to mix them together? Cheers all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 If you've already got one why not try it? It won't damage anything. FWIW though I tried a Bassmax into my LS-2 to see if I could avoid buying a dedicated preamp, but it didn't help - I still got a nasal, horrible sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Yup - it'll work just fine. I've been doing this for the past few years with a Boss TU-2 or Boss GEB-7 pedal, and more recently with the Boss LS-2 to mix two pickups. Sometimes the lower impedance of 1Mohm actually works better than a higher one. I was previously using a Fishman Dual Parametric DI as an impedance buffer but it's 10Mohm input just let in far too much low end that I ended up using the parametric eq to take out all the low end. Hooked things up back to front one day, with the Boss TU-2 first, and it instantly sounded better - like putting it through a high pass filter. But yeah, as mentioned -try it and if it sounds good then it works!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeponehandloose Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Put the upright pickups into A and B , you can then use the remaining input for your electric bass. Set the dial to A +B mix and you can swap from upright to electric with a press of the pedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gear4djs Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 [quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1331234290' post='1570103'] Yup - it'll work just fine. I've been doing this for the past few years with a Boss TU-2 or Boss GEB-7 pedal, and more recently with the Boss LS-2 to mix two pickups. Sometimes the lower impedance of 1Mohm actually works better than a higher one. I was previously using a Fishman Dual Parametric DI as an impedance buffer but it's 10Mohm input just let in far too much low end that I ended up using the parametric eq to take out all the low end. Hooked things up back to front one day, with the Boss TU-2 first, and it instantly sounded better - like putting it through a high pass filter. But yeah, as mentioned -try it and if it sounds good then it works!!! [/quote][quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1331235794' post='1570136'] Put the upright pickups into A and B , you can then use the remaining input for your electric bass. Set the dial to A +B mix and you can swap from upright to electric with a press of the pedal [/quote] This is EXACTLY what I was hoping to do keeponehandloose - I'm intending to do 'doubling' gigs and it was causing me an enormous headache trying to work how to get the setup so that I could a ) switch quickly between electric bass and double bass, and b ) hopefully not have to splash tons of money in the first place. I don't even mind if it doesn't sound 100% perfect - it just needs to work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbassist Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Its a great idea using the TU2 for impedance matching. I always use one for tuning but its a great extra feature if you are using an amp with low impedance. The mute feature is also useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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