News to me (Boss EQ Content)

[lowregister]

http://www.bossarea.com/loadpage.asp?file=boxes/PQ4.xml

Anyone have any dirt on this pedal? Would it be worthwhile to checking it out?

It is obviously tailored more for gtar, but I'm curious.

[Jazz Ad]

Why not getting its bass sibling?
A quality pedal found on many bassist pedalboards for over 15 years.

[stingray69]

Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

Why not getting its bass sibling?
A quality pedal found on many bassist pedalboards for over 15 years.

+1

While also out of production (just like the PQ4), PQ-3B still shows up from time to time on E-Bay. There are a couple on there currently. I have 2 myself - great little pedal to have, albeit fixed "Q". One thing I also never understood is why did Boss make the frequency range wider (25Hz to 18Khz I think) on the "bass" PQ-3B than on the PQ4 (100Hz to 8Khz)? The wider band on the PQ-3B is be better suited not just "for bass", but almost any instrument regardless of its inherent range of frequencies. IMO, they should have just simply made one "Parametric" pedal with 25Hz-to-18Khz range & called it done, rather than these two. Just my 2 cents...

[Jazz Ad]

Contrary to what you'd think at first, the sonic range of a bass is much wider than that of a guitar.
It starts an octave lower of course but harmnoics and overtones are much more present on modern basses.
Guitar amps dramatically cut highs to get a focused tone. Which is why electric guitar doesn't sound good at all with a treble horn speaker.

[lowregister]

Hrm, pleasant surprise. Good work guys!

Stingray, you have two of them, why? Care to let one slide away perhaps?

[stingray69]

Originally Posted by lowregister

Hrm, pleasant surprise. Good work guys!

Stingray, you have two of them, why? Care to let one slide away perhaps?

Sorry for the late reply - check your PM.