police squad Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 So, anyone know anything about these. I have just bought a MarkBass cab on ebay and have been chatting with the seller. He says, if you put one in the FX loop it takes away all the sub 50Hz signal (Ok with a 4 string) and so cleans up your sound and makes the cab tighter. The speaker will do less work because all the sub 50Hz noises won't come through It sounds like a good idea. Has anyone any experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Have you heard of the Thumpinator? Plenty of people on here with one. I tried Happy Jack's, it certainly worked and with no detectable loss of tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Same concept as the sfx Thumpinator. Some amps already have this in their preamp sections. I believe the East preamps have such a HP filter also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Ha ha beaten to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 sounds like something from Dr Who meats Ken Dodd. It's not something I've ever thought about. I'm not that anal with my sound, I know what I like and it's quite easily achieved but I like the idea of the cab being a little better protected, especially when I'm running the amp hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 [quote name='police squad' timestamp='1387211210' post='2309423'] sounds like something from Dr Who meats Ken Dodd. It's not something I've ever thought about. I'm not that anal with my sound, I know what I like and it's quite easily achieved but I like the idea of the cab being a little better protected, especially when I'm running the amp hard. [/quote] A top reason to use one is so your bandwidth is not eaten up with useless frequencies. The FoH should like you for that, and you should get a better tone through the PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1387211105' post='2309419'] Same concept as the sfx Thumpinator. Some amps already have this in their preamp sections. I believe the East preamps have such a HP filter also. [/quote] I understand the Genz Streamliner has sething similar in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Out of interest where does the Thumpinator work best? Just before the amp seems to do it for me but I've not played extensively with this aspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I would have thought before the preamp - gives the preamp more headroom this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 [quote name='Graham' timestamp='1387232863' post='2309784'] I understand the Genz Streamliner has sething similar in it [/quote] I think it's only the shuttle 3 and 6 that has the filter, to help not ruin their 'combo' varient's speakers. But it works with all cabs and PAs I've plugged my 6 into. Helps get more power(thus volume I guess) out of the amp. I think the sfx thumpinator is set at around 30hz and the shuttles the same IIRC at least. I had the thumpinator a while back when I was using marinade stuff and it worked a treat. Couldn't tell it was on till I took it out of the chain, but sold it once I got the shuttle head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Yeah Thuminator is everything below 30hz, don't think I'd want to cut any higher than that tbh, cutting at 50hz you're going to be losing from the E string which I thought sat around 41hz Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1387290072' post='2310284'] I think it's only the shuttle 3 and 6 that has the filter, to help not ruin their 'combo' varient's speakers. But it works with all cabs and PAs I've plugged my 6 into. [/quote] All of the Genz class D heads have the high pass filter built in, the cutoff point 30hz. I also learned from BC that engaging the bass preset on the Shuttle bypasses the HPF. On the Shuttle 6, the cutoff point was set higher than 30Hz, but then lowered to 30Hz for the 6.2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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