bigjimmyc Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I've had my thumpinator at the end of my pedalboard for a long while. I'm sure it earns it's keep when playing at live volumes, protecting my cones and keeping things tight. However I just got myself an all valve head. I love the natural tones I'm getting through this rig and might dispense with a lot of the fx henceforth. However the apparent heft of the new amp has me worried about removing the thumpinator. Reading up a bit, it appears that the thumpinator is designed to be used in front of the amp or in the loop. Is there anyone out there that does use it in the fx loop? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 It would only make sense if the loop is a serial loop. If it's a parallel loop, you're only filtering out half of the annoying low frequencies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 In the days when I was still using a traditional bass rig I had my Thumpinator in the effects look of my amp after everything else, the idea being that if any of the other devices were boost unwanted frequencies that was the best place to have it. Also IMO all effects loops should be serial, or switchable. Parallel is only for effects the require a clean portion of the signal to be present, and plenty of effects need to process the whole signal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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