Fender_Greg Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I've had a Vintage EST96AF 5-string for some time now and always known its output volume is pretty loud but I've never recorded with it and I didn't have any pedals then. Now I've made a board and filled it up this bass is cause some horrible problems. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Mine is so damn loud it makes my my audio interface clip at 0 on the input volume and also I'm finding it hard to run it with my pedal board as the output drives my compressor (on low settings) mental and kills the sound along with keeping my Enigma Q balls overload light on. [/font][/color] [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]It doesn't matter if i compress first or after the effects, I get the same problem. Any ideas on how to tackle this?? I've tried taking the battery or preamp as a first idea but that just doesn't work. Could I convert it to passive? or should I look at getting a better preamp?[/color][/font] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I have a V800 and the active output is no more than a strong passive. (I have no idea if the circuitry is different in the EST, however) Have the manufacturers of your fx kit put any sneaky active/passive switches anywhere? I would have thought if your kit behaves ok with a passive, then there's an attenuator missing somewhere. Other than that I'm on headscratch duty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 lower the pickups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fender_Greg Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 [quote name='Vinny' timestamp='1357728867' post='1927236'] I have a V800 and the active output is no more than a strong passive. (I have no idea if the circuitry is different in the EST, however) Have the manufacturers of your fx kit put any sneaky active/passive switches anywhere? I would have thought if your kit behaves ok with a passive, then there's an attenuator missing somewhere. Other than that I'm on headscratch duty! [/quote] Everything works perfect with my deluxe jazz which is active but this bass is probably louder than my p bass passive. Somethings buggered somewhere! Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Have you tried turning the volume down on the bass? Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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