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06-02-2011, 05:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Vancouver, Canada | | | Super loud pickups. Almost double volume of other bass.
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I have 2 spector euro basses, 4 and 5 string. I just recently got the 5er from another talkbass member and the bass is quite loud. I would say its output is almost double. Is there a way to adjust it so it's a more reasonable level. It's too hot and I dont want to have to turn my gain from a 6 o'clock position on one to almost a 2 o'clock position for the new one and have it red light all practice.
any advice or anything!?
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06-02-2011, 05:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Buckley AFB, CO. | | | Some sort of volume pedal might do it for you, or preamp config. My bass amp has a button with two modes, active and passive, that reduces the input dB by a few.
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06-02-2011, 05:37 AM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | Sounds like the preamp on one is hotter. |
06-02-2011, 05:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Vancouver, Canada | | | yeah I'm assuming the preamp is quite a bit hotter, is there any way you can adjust that to help out or no? pretty much it is what it is? |
06-02-2011, 06:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Zagreb, Croatia | | | What kind of bass is the new one, and what kind of preamp? Maybe there is a gain trim-pot you can use to lower the overall loudness a bit.
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06-02-2011, 06:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Vancouver, Canada | | | the new bass is a Spector Euro LX. I think it comes with the spector tone pump preamp |
06-02-2011, 06:49 AM
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Endorsing Artist: MLaghus Custom Basses | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boca Raton - FL | | | I'm sure there's a trimpot somewhere in the control cavity. Play with that and find the optimal setting for you. |
06-02-2011, 01:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina | | | Some Spectors have high gain passive pickups (EMG HZ) + a preamp/booster. That combination produces much more output than a 100% active.
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06-02-2011, 01:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Beaverton, Oregon USA | | | If you don't have a trim pot in that preamp (I know a lot of Ibanez preamps don't) then you'll just have to live with it if you can't afford a new preamp.
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06-02-2011, 07:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Alexandria Virginia | | | You could build a simple voltage divider and buffer circuit. Also, if the existing pre is made from components rather than a single IC, then you could try to reverse engineer the circuit and swap out a component or two to drop the gain.
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06-02-2011, 07:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Norton, MA | | | Is one running at 9v and the other18v ?
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06-02-2011, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by MarTONEbass Is one running at 9v and the other18v ? | 18V is not louder by nature. That's up to the gain setting on the preamp. 18 volts gives more headroom.
If the preamp in question does not have a gain trim control, it's simple to wire up a trim pot as a set-and-forget master volume control and install it inside the bass. Then you can adjust the output as you wish.
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06-03-2011, 10:54 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Philly | | | Tone pump is 18db of boost. I replaced mine with a Hazlabs pre and now have better control. Works with the EMG-DCs well but not with those TW's obviously.
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