Guest MoJo Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I gigged the BG250-115 for the second time last night and something came to light that concerned me slightly and I just wanted to check that this is a BG250 characteristic and that I haven't got a problem. I always set the input 'gain' by turning it up while playing deliberately hard until the clip light starts to flash and then backing it off a touch. I did this last night and, with my passive P-bass, the gain was between 6 & 7. I'd loaded the Spectracomp toneprint into my amp and had the control at 12 o' clock. During the bass break in 'Hot Legs', I noticed my tone was fuzzy. I backed the gain down to 5 and turned up the Master and it cleaned up. Why was I getting this 'fuzz' when the clip light is not illuminating. Is it the Spectracomp? I didn't think I was driving the front end that hard. Is this normal for a BG250 or do I need to take a trip to PMT? The amp is only a couple of weeks old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Might be the Spectracomp I know this sounds daft but some of the Toneprints "did not like my amp" some are great but some do sound a bit farty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyquipment Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 The toneprint stage happens post gain so that's probably why the light wasn't coming on and you were getting this driven farty tone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos3h Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Yeah, IMO the design is a bit of a pain - you have to watch SC as it'll cause clipping - 12 o clock is quite high, I use a dab, usually not over about 9 o clock and find that's loads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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