alembic1989 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Hi. I am new to this forum..it looks very cool and informative. I am looking for a parametric Eq. I have seen a couple that are within my budget, but one in particular has caught my eye. It is the DTAR Equinox..it seems designed for acoustic guitars..is there any reason why it couldn't be used for bass? Does anyone actually use one already. The other ones I have seen are the Presonus EQ3B..3-band parametric, and a 5 band Behringer (non tube). Any input /advice would be brilliant..my budget will stretch to about 200 quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrkelly Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Hi there, Welcome to the forum. I have an equinox for sale at the moment. Great piece of kit and works brilliantly for double bass. Being desiged for piezo pickups it has a very high input impedence (3.9M ohm if I rember correctly) so should work fine with passive bass guitars but may not work properly with active ones. What instrument are you intending on using with it? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alembic1989 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 [quote name='chrkelly' post='269736' date='Aug 25 2008, 08:21 PM']Hi there, Welcome to the forum. I have an equinox for sale at the moment. Great piece of kit and works brilliantly for double bass. Being desiged for piezo pickups it has a very high input impedence (3.9M ohm if I rember correctly) so should work fine with passive bass guitars but may not work properly with active ones. What instrument are you intending on using with it? Chris[/quote] Hi Chris, thanks for the reply. I have a variety of basses and was hoping to be able to use them all through the same unit...the idea being that it would be cheaper than getting a preamp installed in each of my basses ...which would cost a lot. Most of my basses are active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrkelly Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 [quote name='alembic1989' post='269784' date='Aug 25 2008, 09:32 PM']Hi Chris, thanks for the reply. I have a variety of basses and was hoping to be able to use them all through the same unit...the idea being that it would be cheaper than getting a preamp installed in each of my basses ...which would cost a lot. Most of my basses are active.[/quote] In that case why not try a dedicated outboard bass pre like the EBS Microbass or the Aguilar tone hammer. There's loads of info on the site on the microbass and the Aguilar is soon to be released. Neither have full parametric eq but I've never felt the need for it with electric bass. I'm quite interested in the Aguilar myself, it would save me bringing my rig to a lot of gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 [quote name='chrkelly' post='269827' date='Aug 25 2008, 10:12 PM']In that case why not try a dedicated outboard bass pre like the EBS Microbass or the Aguilar tone hammer. There's loads of info on the site on the microbass and the Aguilar is soon to be released. Neither have full parametric eq but I've never felt the need for it with electric bass. I'm quite interested in the Aguilar myself, it would save me bringing my rig to a lot of gigs.[/quote] If you bought my Microbass ( [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26040"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26040[/url] ) then I could buy Chris's Equinox. Everyone would be happy. You knows it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alembic1989 Posted August 27, 2008 Author Share Posted August 27, 2008 [quote name='owen' post='270651' date='Aug 26 2008, 11:18 PM']If you bought my Microbass ( [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26040"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26040[/url] ) then I could buy Chris's Equinox. Everyone would be happy. You knows it![/quote] Thanks for the offer...but I've just found a 4 band digital parametric for only £99!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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