Boss CS-3 Question/Help

Stampy · #1 09-08-2008, 04:50 PM

I just added this pedal to the GEB-7 that I already had. First off I love the pedal it gives a nice warm analog sound like Rush's Moving Pictures(only thing I can compare it to) The only problem is when I am not playing a note and got horrible feedback and staticy noise. I play through an Ampeg BA115 amp and I know it's a noisy amp but this thing really has some loud feedback. I tried running the pedals both ways:

Bass - GEB-7 - CS-3 - Amp
Bass - CS-3 - GEB-7 - Amp

And I get the same loud feedback. Could it be a bad cable that I am running between the two? I just ran the CS-3 alone with my existing cables and I noticed the same feedback. I really hope it's not a bad pedal.

I suppose a Boss NS-2 Noise Suppresor pedal would cure it but I don't to drop the extra money. Just wondering if anyone else using this pedal has this problem? I really really love the sound but the feedback is super loud. Help Please

bongomania · #2 09-08-2008, 04:59 PM

Odds are you have it set wrong. Try turning the Sustain knob down to like 9:30 or 10:00, and don't add the EQ into the chain until you've got the comp working correctly. And set the CS3 for unity gain, no boost.

Terry-MaQ · #3 09-08-2008, 05:11 PM

Bongomania is correct, the sustain knob is crazy at higher settings and can be a pain with a noisy guitar or bass. Also the cs-3 is incredibly noisy if you are using a poor power supply, my diago powerstation and it just didn't get along!

RickenBoogie · #4 09-08-2008, 06:15 PM

Them 2 just said a mouthful. The "S" part of that pedal is about useless.

Stampy · #5 09-08-2008, 07:08 PM

Thanks All, Thats what the problem was the sustain was to high. Works great now!

Correlli · #6 09-08-2008, 07:23 PM

I have a CS-3 and love it to bits. I have other compressors too, but the CS-3 has its own voice which I like sometimes.

smo · #7 09-08-2008, 10:52 PM

I have the humphrey cs-3 bass smasher.
It is great at what it does - but I find I still need to use an EQ to follow it - as it does tend to suck out the lows a bit.
If I knew how to mod the pedal further I may give it a go.....

I find this relegates it to using it as an effect - rather than a leave on.

Stampy · #8 09-09-2008, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smo

I have the humphrey cs-3 bass smasher.
It is great at what it does - but I find I still need to use an EQ to follow it - as it does tend to suck out the lows a bit.
If I knew how to mod the pedal further I may give it a go.....

I find this relegates it to using it as an effect - rather than a leave on.

You are right. I did notice it took some of the lows away. So on the GEB-7 I just turned the bass up a tad on that to compensate for the difference.