yorks5stringer Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Would this work on a Bass too? [url="http://www.stewmac.com/tsarchive/ts0182.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ts0182"]http://www.stewmac.com/tsarchive/ts0182.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ts0182[/url] Quote
neepheid Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Don't see any reason why not. If you do it his way with the alligator clips you can test it without changing anything on your bass to see if it does anything useful Quote
ezbass Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 When I played guitar I had this mod fitted (PRSs come with it as standard BTW) and found it useful as I would turn them down to 7 to clean the tone up and then turn up for solos. However, on my basses I always run them wide open unless doing a fade out/swell in. If you run your volume not wide open and find it muddy then it would work. It will actually add a bit of treble if it reacts the same way as on a guitar. Great suggestion by neepheid about the croc clips for testing. It's a cheap enough mod, give it a go. Quote
BigRedX Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Yes. You may want to play with the capacitor and resistor values to see which ones suit the value of the volume pot(s) and the amount of high frequency you want to let through. Quote
iiipopes Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 We play bass. The mod retains treble. Why? Quote
neepheid Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 [quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1359069995' post='1949596'] We play bass. The mod retains treble. Why? [/quote] Because there's nothing wrong with a bit of top end sizzle being available. You can always dial it out, but you can't fabricate it. Quote
rmorris Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 You'll prob need to experiment with different R / C values for bass and dependent on pickup(s) and value of the volume potentiometer. Unless you really need to use the volume control on the bass it's much more predictable to use the amplifier or mixing desk level controls. Quote
brensabre79 Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Yes it works, i've done it on my passive Jazz. Quote
BigRedX Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 [quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1359108380' post='1949895'] Yes it works, i've done it on my passive Jazz. [/quote] What component values did you use? Quote
Protium Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 I wired something similar into my P-bass: 220pF cap and *I think* a 100k resistor Quote
brensabre79 Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 I've had a look for the article I found that modified this circuit (its basically the Fender Greasebucket circuit) for Bass guitar but I can't find it! I don't have the bass I did this to any more either but I think what Protium has done sounds about right. Basically you don't need as much treble preserved as with a guitar so its about changing the resistor and capacitor to a lower value to lessen the effect. I did find that Fender use the same cirvuit in bass and guitar though so you probably can't go too wrong with that - you could experiment with the values though to see what you like. As I recall I bought lots of capacitors and resistors and tried a few different ones out. Quote
Protium Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Some good info here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/41568-p-bass-treble-bleed-mod Quote
brensabre79 Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 [quote name='Protium' timestamp='1359497857' post='1955873'] Some good info here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/41568-p-bass-treble-bleed-mod"]http://basschat.co.u...reble-bleed-mod[/url] [/quote] Yes I think that's the one I read originally! Great mod for a passive bass IMO. Quote
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