franzbassist Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 So, I love my Allegro, I really do, but I find that the ultra high top end is impossible to EQ out. The bass is stock, with a piezo bridge and an active 3 band Bartolini system installed, but if I cut the treble on the bass it still doesn't get the really high stuff, which is too nasty and brittle to my ears. Cutting treble EQ on my amp also doesn't get rid either, so what gives? Is it the piezo, and I just have to live with it? Any ideas, Team Basschat? Cheers Gareth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJ Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Seems odd that you can't eq out the high frequency. I don't remember that kind of noise on mine when it was stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubsonicSimpleton Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Maybe giving some more detail would help get a useful answer; What amp/cab(s) are you using? Are you connecting the EUB direct to the amp, or is there anything else (preamps, effects etc) in the signal chain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 Okay, it's a Demeter VTBPM800D into a TKS1156. I often use a Radial Bigshot i/o, as I switch between the BSX and an electric bass a lot, but nothing else gets in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero9 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Do you have the same problem with the electric bass? If not, the problem is with the BSX. Have you tried running the BSX through something else, including headphones? This might help isolate the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 The Demeter is a naturally clean and bright amp, but it's just the really high frequencies on the BSX that are the problem (my electrics are fine). If I cut the treble on the onboard EQ it loses body from the overall sound, rather than the sheen on top, which stays there and just makes finger noise over the strings sound scratchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubsonicSimpleton Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Sounds like you need a low pass filter - you might be able to bleed off the exteme treble using passive components, shorting the high freqencies to ground in the same manner that the tone control works on a passive bass. The values of the components might need a little tweaking to get result you want, but maybe someone like KiOgon would be a good person to ask if this is a potentially viable solution - it would be fairly simple to implement such a device in a small component box to avoid the need for any surgery to your BSX, assuming of course that it didn't degrade the signal in an adverse fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 I wonder if a Headway EDB-2 might do the job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Hi @franzbassist Apologies for resurrecting this thread - especially as the last post was Nov 2014 But I was just wondering whether you solved this issue? I'm interested, because I always liked the look of the BSX Do you still have the bass? How are you finding it performs? Cheers now, Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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