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09-22-2010, 09:54 PM
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never used it a whole lot before. maybe once in a great while. but since incorporating more overdrive into my repertoire, i've found it really comes in handy. 
it's called a "bass control knob." i've always believed knobs were those things on your bass that you turned all the way up unless you were between sets. but it turns out they're actually good things and have a lot of uses, and they can be lifesavers if you get too nasty a tone and can't get to your pedals to change your tone "properly." 
having a lot of fun with changing tones directly on the bass, and blending pickups at different volumes, too. getting some very cool variations in tones these days by doing that.
just thought i'd mention the knobs since it seems a lot of us have some sort of phobia about using them. i'm trying to break old conventions more and more these days, and i must say i'm having more fun than i ever have and getting some great sounds i never knew i could get.
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09-22-2010, 09:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hudson, North Carolina | | | I've got an active bass with a lot of room to push the bass and treble and mids.
I've found pushing my bass as loud as possible and then turning the volume to a reasonable level on my overdrive makes the pedal act so different it's insane.
Turn the gain up all the way and I've got a sputtery fuzzy doom metal sound.
Totally cool.
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09-22-2010, 10:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Portland, OR | | | Heresy. Knobs go all the way up on both pedals and basses. And amps. Just glue them in place set to 11.
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09-22-2010, 10:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New York, NY | | | Can I get this in a pedal?
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09-22-2010, 10:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Jax, FL | | I have 5 knobs on my bass that look exactly like that. Does that mean they are all "bass control knobs"? |
09-22-2010, 10:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Four Corners, USA | | You may want to investigate wooden knobs... way better sound!! Silver Rock Signature Knob - $485 ea.  |
09-22-2010, 10:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Jax, FL | | | Do those come in rosewood? I prefer a darker sound to my knobs. |
09-22-2010, 11:01 PM
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Accessories Sales Associate, Guitar Center Rancho Cucamonga, CA | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upland, California | | Everyone knows that solid Alder knobs will have the best tone... 
Honestly though, I've been getting more and more into using the preamp on my bass instead of having to turn around and mess with the settings on my amp. Now I have the amp dialed in for my standard tone, and use the bass preamp (I stuck a Glockenklang pre into my SR5... I know, blasphemy right?) to change the tone to my liking. |
09-22-2010, 11:09 PM
|  | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | | I'm having a LOT more success with both my Devi Hyperion and modded Muff after finding that the bass's on-board volume is how to reign them in...or not...
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09-22-2010, 11:15 PM
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09-22-2010, 11:19 PM
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09-22-2010, 11:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Aloha, Oregon | | | Why a METAL knob of course ....duhoe...
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09-22-2010, 11:44 PM
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09-22-2010, 11:47 PM
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09-22-2010, 11:50 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | wow, i sure am learning about knobs! this is all so great! i've really been missing out on all the new technology.
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09-23-2010, 12:02 AM
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09-23-2010, 12:10 AM
| | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Barn  Nikki Sixx plays without a bass control knob, amazing. | I've heard that Tim Schmidt prefers his basses to have an on-board volume control only...everything else is set on his amp's head(s).
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09-23-2010, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Dark Barn Nikki Sixx plays without a bass control knob, amazing. | interesting... looks like just a pickup selector. But what the heck is that handle thing below the bridge for? |
09-23-2010, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by TheMutt What next? Switches? | i went through my switch phase in 1982. got 'em all. coil splitting, phase splitting, even had a pickup selector. within 2 months i had it all removed except for the pickup selector. had it removed a year later.
too bad there wasn't a talkbass back then. i could have told you all about it.
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09-23-2010, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by TheMutt interesting... looks like just a pickup selector. But what the heck is that handle thing below the bridge for? | Maybe he hooks his finger in there and bends the whole bass instead of use a whammy, what a beast!
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