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06-26-2011, 05:58 AM
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I am coming from the guitar world, where you can have as little as a volume knob and be done. I notice that many of the basses have tone stacks built in, just like guitars.
My current top two choices are the Musicman Stingray and the P-Bass (I know they are completely different, but both have their own tone stacks).
So is there a one knob bass amp?
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06-26-2011, 06:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Cleveland, OH | | | It's designed to be a power amp, but I think the SWR Amplite can be used as an amp on its own. Only one knob. I have no idea how this sounds, though. |
06-26-2011, 06:33 AM
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06-26-2011, 06:35 AM
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06-26-2011, 06:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada | | | I would imagine that most of them have preamps built into them. What you are looking for is a power amp on it's own.
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06-26-2011, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Smallmouth_Bass I would imagine that most of them have preamps built into them. What you are looking for is a power amp on it's own. | But will the on board pre be enough to power the power amp? He might need a mini preamp in a box to set and forget. |
06-26-2011, 06:44 AM
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06-26-2011, 07:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Nashville, TN | | | Electric Amp makes an amp called the Power Unit that's pretty minimal, just three knobs. I believe it can also be used purely as a slave amp, bypassing the internal tone circuitry entirely.
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06-26-2011, 07:53 AM
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Here's a shot of Steve Albini's (Shellac) amp... I know he's the guitar player, but Bob Weston uses the same one. I know nothing about them except that they sound awesome. |
06-26-2011, 10:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I been everywhere, man... | | | Hartke's LH series amps have an old-school Fender-style tone stack. Aside from a brite switch and a compressor/limiter bypass, the only controls are volume, bass, middle and treble.
Alembic preamps are very similar but more expensive.
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06-26-2011, 11:39 AM
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06-26-2011, 11:47 AM
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06-26-2011, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Staunch 
Here's a shot of Steve Albini's (Shellac) amp... I know he's the guitar player, but Bob Weston uses the same one. I know nothing about them except that they sound awesome. | That's a box with other pres and amps inside, a Tapco transistor preamp and a power amp are hidden in there. Looks super cool though I admit.
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06-26-2011, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeremiah_S I am coming from the guitar world, where you can have as little as a volume knob and be done. I notice that many of the basses have tone stacks built in, just like guitars.
My current top two choices are the Musicman Stingray and the P-Bass (I know they are completely different, but both have their own tone stacks).
So is there a one knob bass amp? | when all the knobs are on 10, its flat. Tone stack is passive and is cut only.
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06-26-2011, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeremiah_S I notice that many of the basses have tone stacks built in, just like guitars. | What do you mean by "tone stacks" most guitars have volume & tone knobs...that's it. Quote: |
My current top two choices are the Musicman Stingray and the P-Bass (I know they are completely different, but both have their own tone stacks).
| A P bass is usually a passive instrument, having a volume and tone knob. A Stingray has an active preamp...meaning it takes a battery to run and has the ability to adjust Treble, Mids, and Bass frequencies.
When you say they are completely different, yep you got that right. When you say they both have their own tone stacks, I'm not sure what you mean.
If you're planning to plug either of these basses right into an amp without a preamp, I don't think that is going to work for you. They just don't put out a strong enough signal. Quote:
Originally Posted by Von Felgenhauer But will the on board pre be enough to power the power amp? | No, not normally.
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06-26-2011, 02:19 PM
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06-26-2011, 02:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA | | | Also, P-basses, as well as most guitars and basses, don't really have "tone stacks." P-basses have a single passive (cut-only) tone knob, as well as a volume knob.
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06-26-2011, 02:23 PM
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06-26-2011, 02:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH | | | my fender musicmaster only has two knobs V/T. But I wouldn't recommend it for anything but practice(granted I love the tone) |
06-26-2011, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga The Alessandro Basset Hound seems pretty simple. | 
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