krispn Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 (edited) So following a bit of chat about the TSB10 I thought I'd post a quick run through of the unit which is fitted in my p bass. The bass is a bitsa P bass with a Mike Lull T Bird pick up so it's not gonna sound like your 'classic P bass' however as I've said before a TS can really offer a heap of usable tones in any single pick up bass. I've repeated a bass part and on each pass I've gone from the TS in the 'tone rolled off' position and gone through each 'click' until hitting position 10 which bypassed the TS and is effectively just the pick up's natural voicing. The bass has some eq and comp on it from my DAW which isn't really that important as the voicing of each setting still comes across. This is the kinda setting I like to use whan playing along and learning stuff at home via headphones Apologies for the slight clipping as I wasn’t aware I might have been pushing too much signal so not the greatest recording ever! Tone off - 0 - 0:26 Pos.1 0:28 - 0:54 Pos.2 0:57 - 1:23 Pos.3 1:25 - 1:53 Pos.4 1:54 - 2:21 Pos.5 2:22 - 2:50 Pos.6 2:51 - 3:18 Pos.7 3:20 - 3:47 Pos.8 3:47 - 4:14 Pos.9 4:15 Effectively 'bypassed' Edited August 7, 2019 by krispn Tidied up and link added 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 (edited) Beauty of a bass and great clips - love me a Tonestyler- Bravo sir As we were discussing before, I number it 1 through 10 from wide open to closed, and you go t’other way round - but we end up bout the same clicks from our starting position, although not the same tone! Edited August 7, 2019 by Cuzzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 (edited) Cheers! Yeah I wasn’t consciously thinking about it until I did the recording and then recalled that folks might well start with wide open as the 1st position. Either way it’s pretty easy to figure out and should give an impression of why there’s a few folk singing the praises of these wee units. If I may... Cuzzie has one of these in a traditional P bass and sets his more to the wide open side whereas I find in about position 3 or 4 (as I hope you can hear above) with the T bird pick up it adds more of that lower mids thing which isn’t a P bass but does add in that quality/character so I have best of both worlds. Edited August 8, 2019 by krispn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Yes you may! Mine is a self build, Creamery ‘58 pick up , TI flats and sits around clicks 2-5 from open depending on the scenario. It adds just a touch of ‘grit’ and break up and is very satisfying straight into a PA, pick or fingers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 I must add that I have a couple of Tonestyler Duo6’s about to be unleashed on basses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 The Duo6 does look pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) Oh defo - the Ten is cool, they even have an eleven, but as we know we rarely use every available sound available on equipment. For a Jazz type/2 pick up bass - the 6 will be just right for most people’s tastes. Not just that though, it differentiates the capacitance between the neck and bridge pick ups within the circuit to make it more pleasing - genius kit Edited August 8, 2019 by Cuzzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I was not aware of these. great idea. Quite tempted for my P Bass now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Do it Very responsive company on email as well small operation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) @fretmeister especially if you have more than one P bass and want to offer yourself a little something different then these are a great shout. With my PBird I find on a gig I'm using maybe three settings over the night. This PBird really benefits from the ability to tweak the voicing just enough to have better tonal options than a classic taper tone control IMO. Obviously it's not a P pick up but the TS does offer me a few more options and it's worked out exactly as I had envisioned it would. It's the simplicity of recall too or knowing where your tone control is set. Edited August 8, 2019 by krispn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I must also add, with the knob having defined clicks and positions it’s therefore very easy not to get lost in tone wars and where were you etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 On 08/08/2019 at 20:53, krispn said: @fretmeister especially if you have more than one P bass and want to offer yourself a little something different then these are a great shout. With my PBird I find on a gig I'm using maybe three settings over the night. This PBird really benefits from the ability to tweak the voicing just enough to have better tonal options than a classic taper tone control IMO. Obviously it's not a P pick up but the TS does offer me a few more options and it's worked out exactly as I had envisioned it would. It's the simplicity of recall too or knowing where your tone control is set. I've only got 1 P. But at the moment it's got the risible Greasebucket circuit in it. I'd be happy just to rip that out and replace it with spaghetti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 The take the plunge It's quite a tidy wee unit and if the current tone gubbin's ain't working for you it can be easily reverted back to stock if it doesn't work out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Worse case - it’s a tone knob. Instead of a Pan you have clicks, it will go through the frequencies of your pan, via the clicks and more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 11/08/2019 at 19:56, fretmeister said: But at the moment it's got the risible Greasebucket circuit in it. I'd be happy just to rip that out and replace it with spaghetti. Excellent use of “risible” - haven’t heard that in a while . What’s so bad about the grease bucket circuit? Can’t say I’ve used it. I’ve recently installed a Tonestyler in my Dingwall Super P and have to say it’s excellent. I usually have it wide open or 1 click off closed, depending on the song. If it’s not quite right, I’ll adjust from those positions but generally those are my starting points and they tend to be spot on for me. Fully closed is cool but I find it loses the characteristic of the P pickup as it’s pure sub. 1 click off fully closed introduces just enough of that P character for me whilst still being very dark. I still use the fully closed position for fun sometimes though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 Three people recommending the unit. What more convincing do you need 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Cameron is the size of 8 people and I am the weight of at least that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Nice clips, @krispn I love that bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Thanks man! It is pretty tasty and you’re always welcome to try it again any time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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