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12-07-2005, 04:58 PM
| | | | I hate it when I go to try basses and I cant figure out what each knob does.
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... I cant figure out what the hell each knob does.  so much time wasted. |
12-07-2005, 05:21 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | But that is better than trying a bass somewhere, and the salesman decides he should impress you with his wankerism. He picks up the bass, plugs it in, and then goes on a 3 minute solid wank/slap/crap/tapfest. I actually walked out of a GC once before I even got to pick up the bass! |
12-07-2005, 09:11 PM
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12-07-2005, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by cheezewiz But that is better than trying a bass somewhere, and the salesman decides he should impress you with his wankerism. He picks up the bass, plugs it in, and then goes on a 3 minute solid wank/slap/crap/tapfest. I actually walked out of a GC once before I even got to pick up the bass! | Ain't that the truth! I hate that crap, and it is the main reason that I tend to avoid Guitar Center.
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12-07-2005, 10:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: forest hills ny | | i actually went to go sell a bass at GC a while ago.. and the dude jsut sat there and played it for like half an hour.. lol but nothing fancy.. jsut random bass lines.. beatles, tool, RATM.. stuff anybody would play while checking out a bass 
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12-08-2005, 08:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: perth, western australia | | | i used to be the same.
Theres usually only a volume, pickup balance, bass, mids and treble.
But i never understood the role of a "tone" knob. what the hell does it actually do?
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12-08-2005, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by embellisher Ain't that the truth! I hate that crap, and it is the main reason that I tend to avoid Guitar Center. | They're not ALL bad, but I've seen that a number of times at my local Sam Ash. Actually, the Guitar Center in Tampa that I go to is usually staffed with some good, helpful people - the old Mars Music people, who were always friendlier and more helpful then the Sam Ash guys. Still, you'll find those wanker salesmen - can't stand 'em.
Edit: I just realized we're derailing the thread. Yes, I do hate it when I can't figure it out. Being a passive Fender guy for a while, I couldn't ever figure out what having four or five knobs could do. Eventually, I figured out what the EQ knobs on MusicMan basses were.
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12-08-2005, 08:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: forest hills ny | | | from what i understand, it does treble mids and bass all in one.. pretty much a one band EQ
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12-08-2005, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by beyondhairy i actually went to go sell a bass at GC a while ago.. and the dude jsut sat there and played it for like half an hour.. lol but nothing fancy.. jsut random bass lines.. beatles, tool, RATM.. stuff anybody would play while checking out a bass |
Perhaps you should have sold it to him....
also, your username disturbs me greatly
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12-08-2005, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by chips But i never understood the role of a "tone" knob. what the hell does it actually do? |
It changes the tone......duh...    
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12-08-2005, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SnoBassMan Perhaps you should have sold it to him....
also, your username disturbs me greatly | heh, i went to sell that bass and a BOSS ceb-3 so i could get a digitech whammy.. he wasnt giving me enough so i didnt sell it..
it was a Cort - Pbass
haha, im actually thinking of calling my next band Beyondhairy.. so if u see us around 
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12-08-2005, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by beyondhairy heh, i went to sell that bass and a BOSS ceb-3 so i could get a digitech whammy.. he wasnt giving me enough so i didnt sell it..
it was a Cort - Pbass
haha, im actually thinking of calling my next band Beyondhairy.. so if u see us around |
Seeing your band doesn't sound too appealing....I'll just listen.... 
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12-08-2005, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by beyondhairy from what i understand, it does treble mids and bass all in one.. pretty much a one band EQ | BZZZZT...it rolls off treble.
The "treble mids and bass all in one EQ" knob is usually labelled VOLUME
It's easy to tell what each knob does:
1. Play a note
2. Turn knob
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12-08-2005, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by SnoBassMan Seeing your band doesn't sound too appealing....I'll just listen.... | haha, im actually the only hairy dude in the band lol
im using "hairy" as a metaphore for how dirty the music is suppsoed to sound
but "hairy" is literal to me personally hehe
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12-09-2005, 08:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Jamaica, Queens, NY. By JFK. | | | Isn't there someone on here with a Conklin custom shop with like 8 knobs? Now lets see...
1. Volume
2. Bass
3. Mid
4. Treble
5. Blend
6. ?
7. ?
8. ?
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12-09-2005, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Tbirdbassist Isn't there someone on here with a Conklin custom shop with like 8 knobs? Now lets see...
1. Volume
2. Bass
3. Mid
4. Treble
5. Blend
6. ?
7. ?
8. ? | Those ? are sometimes related to the piezos, i.e. piezo/magnetic blend or midi volume, etc. Most conklins I've seen have 7 knobs. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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