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02-15-2010, 01:00 PM
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02-15-2010, 01:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anasleim, CA | | It records everything that's played on the bass it's installed in. It allows authorities to evaluate what was played in the event that the bass explodes.  |
02-15-2010, 01:08 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | With only three leads, I'm guessing a passive filter of some sort?
Either that, or one of those horrible onboard distortion units. |
02-15-2010, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by elgecko  It records everything that's played on the bass it's installed in. It allows authorities to evaluate what was played in the event that the bass explodes. | LOL!
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02-15-2010, 01:15 PM
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02-15-2010, 01:30 PM
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02-15-2010, 01:30 PM
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02-15-2010, 01:33 PM
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02-15-2010, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by line6man With only three leads, I'm guessing a passive filter of some sort?
Either that, or one of those horrible onboard distortion units. | You mean two diodes in a little black box 
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02-15-2010, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by jchrisk1 30' Stanley tape measure | I concur.
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02-15-2010, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by jchrisk1 30' Stanley tape measure | It very well could be a 12', or a non-Stanley knockoff. It could even be shopped.
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02-15-2010, 01:42 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX | | Is this a game? What do I win if I guess correctly? Ah, I know. I will win the HONOR of worshipping at the (imaginary) feet of said black box, right? 
Are there any part numbers on it at all? Identifying markings? Three wires...hmm...pickup of some kind (piezo)? Inline filter? |
02-15-2010, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by i_got_a_mohawk You mean two diodes in a little black box | Yeah - it looks like the (in)famous Black Ice Overdrive, although that only has two wires.
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02-15-2010, 01:58 PM
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It looks like either a filter or a black ice overdrive (which I've never actually heard or seen).
EDIT: Damn. Beaten to both.
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02-15-2010, 02:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dallas Texas | | | This has no markings.
It was in a bass I picked up from a pawn shop, seemed to be wired into the tone circut, instead of a capacitor.
The bass didnt have any distortion, so I dont think it is a variation of a "Black Ice"
Ok, so I am thinking it is an inline filter.
I was thinking someone may recognize this, and know specifically what it's intended purpose / application was.. |
02-15-2010, 03:32 PM
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02-15-2010, 05:10 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bergen County, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve 1100 This has no markings.
It was in a bass I picked up from a pawn shop, seemed to be wired into the tone circut, instead of a capacitor.
The bass didnt have any distortion, so I dont think it is a variation of a "Black Ice"
Ok, so I am thinking it is an inline filter.
I was thinking someone may recognize this, and know specifically what it's intended purpose / application was.. | Can't think of a reason anyone would encase a capacitor in a cube - that's all that's needed to make a filter. The tone pot is the resistor, plus a cap = a filter.
The Black Ice diodes (two schottkeys) will give an overdriven sound if the PUPS have a high enough DC resistance (the new ones require at least 10K ohms). If the PUPS don't have a high enough resistance it won't produce distortion, so it's quite possible someone tried to get an overdriven bass sound by wiring in this device, but from what you're saying it didn't work.
How was it wired in? It's a little odd that it has 3 wires. One wire to the tone pot and two wires attached together running to ground?
There is only one way to find out - carefully open it up. You can always recreate whatever it is, diodes are about a nickel each if that's what's in there, caps and resistors are equally cheap if it's a filter.
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02-15-2010, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by zenrad Can't think of a reason anyone would encase a capacitor in a cube - that's all that's needed to make a filter. The tone pot is the resistor, plus a cap = a filter. | Whose to say there isn't an inductor in there? |
02-15-2010, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by line6man Whose to say there isn't an inductor in there? | Possible, but like I said, there's a way to find out. I would have SO had that in pieces by now
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02-15-2010, 06:19 PM
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