CameronJ Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) Imagine if someone chopped the tone knob out of your passive bass and stuck it in a pedal enclosure - does such a thing exist? Surely such a thing could be done? I ask because the previous owner of my BTB33 upgraded with preamp with an Aguilar OBP3 and an active/passive switch but when in passive the only controls that work are volume and pickup pan. No fancy "treble knob operates as passive tone" magic that I've heard folk speak of on basses. So a pedal like I've described above would be quite cool to have. Thoughts? I'm not looking for a wah pedal... Edited February 27, 2017 by CameronJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Markbass used to do a preamp/Di that had the VLE control! which I believe is a similar thing to a passive roll off. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Actually, Markbass also do a very small pedal which is just the single VPF filter in a box but I don't think they do a standalone VLE filter do they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubrad Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 A possible experiment could be to tweak a passive volume pedal with a capacitor.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 im pretty sure you could rip out the tone pot and resistor from any bass and use it in your signal chain. Theres no power required so unless you specifically want to turn it on and off with your foot, you could wire it into the back of a guitar cable for example. it would be so light, and within reach without bending down. Maybe something like the Neutrik NP2 RX-Timbre... but with a larger resistance, not tiny capacitance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) - Edited February 24, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 If the issue is your bass (i.e. a lack of a feature), why not have a luthier add a passive tone control on your bass? Easy enough to do. Even possible to have a tone control work across active and passive, pretty helpful. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 [quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1488292000' post='3247576'] If the issue is your bass (i.e. a lack of a feature), why not have a luthier add a passive tone control on your bass? Easy enough to do. Even possible to have a tone control work across active and passive, pretty helpful. Si [/quote] +1 This. Although I'd say stick with the active option myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 The East Deluxe circuit with the passive tone is fantastic 😀 strangely enough I dont tend to use the passive tone though 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 Some great responses here guys, thanks. I think a Bright Onion custom job might be the most convenient way of getting what I'm looking for. I don't know how much additional modding I want to do to my bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Whilst brightonion will do an amazing job (I have one of thir buffers a d one of their patch bays) it really would be so easy to build yourself if you fancied a cool little project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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