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[sfx] user appreciation society

bassbrad

bassbrad

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#1
[sfx] Users unite
The usual TB Clubs are just not classy enough for Max's special creations.
No secret handshake just an appreciation for Max's goodies.
What do you have, what do you say?

Have you looked inside? Talk about class: printed custom circuit board, artistic layout, top quality components, bundled wires with all the solder points shrink wrapped. We're talking attention to detail you just don't see outside of high end hi-fidelity, military or NASA spec work here.

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#2
Agreed 100%. I still use the original Thumpinator as a permanent part of my rig. The only time I ever consider replacing it is when I think about ordering another custom [sfx] piece (preamp/EQ) that contains a Thumpinator.
 
#7
Consider me interested in the micro-thumpinator. If I'm to understand this correctly, it should allow me to get at least a little more volume out of my cab without worrying about blowing it to kingdom come? Not that I need the volume but I hate seeing my speakers look like they're working hard.

A few quick questions though. When you say it gets rid of string thump were not talking about the audible thump you hear when your thumping a string, right? Lastly, where would be the best place for this on my board? Right before the amp or directly after the bass itself?
 
#10
Kwesi said:
Consider me interested in the micro-thumpinator. If I'm to understand this correctly, it should allow me to get at least a little more volume out of my cab without worrying about blowing it to kingdom come? Not that I need the volume but I hate seeing my speakers look like they're working hard.

A few quick questions though. When you say it gets rid of string thump were not talking about the audible thump you hear when your thumping a string, right? Lastly, where would be the best place for this on my board? Right before the amp or directly after the bass itself?
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read the comments attached to Max's description and the TB thread in which Max speaks! Talks exactly about the "thump" and reassures that you dont lose it, at least to good "thump". Most people try it to see where it works best, first or last in the chain.

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http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/sfx-thumpinator-micro-687269/
 
#11
Kwesi said:
If I'm to understand this correctly, it should allow me to get at least a little more volume out of my cab without worrying about blowing it to kingdom come? ...
A few quick questions though. When you say it gets rid of string thump were not talking about the audible thump you hear when your thumping a string, right?
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What it does is it removes the part of the thump that isn't "useful". In each thump there's a subsonic spike that can do a lot of damage, without being part of the lows we want to hear.

The total package for speaker protection includes using the normal EQ on your amp to boost the "good lows" (like from 60 to 200 Hz, broadly) and turn down the lows below that. Again, this is in the context of a wide bandwidth, medium-shallow slope, like a typical amp EQ. What the amp's EQ can't do is surgically remove 100% of the useless subharmonic thump, without also killing all the good lows. So the Thumpinator does that job, and allows you to use a more shallow cut of the lows on your amp. This balancing act allows you to have a little more confidence that any EQ adjustments you make are on the "useful" part of your sound.

The other bonus is those subharmonic spikes eat up a lot of wattage, so if you have a lot of thumping, it can reduce the amount of power in the rest of the notes during those momentary surges. Eliminating the subharmonics ensures that only audible notes get power.

It's a tool for fine-tuning the performance of your amp.
 
#13
I'm still using my SFX 'Loop Logic' - an LS-2 replacement with a stomp for each channel that Max designed for me. It's the only thing on my board that is in my signal path 100% of the time, it's a great transparent line driver too.
 
#15
Looks like I'm gonna get me a thumpinator at some point. Damn you all for having me spend more money on my pedal board ;).

I am interested in more info on where you guys put yours (before or after the pedal board). Between my envelope filters and octavers I'm wondering if it would be best for it to go after so it can quell the havoc that those effects wreak on the deep low-end.
 
#16
Kwesi said:
Looks like I'm gonna get me a thumpinator at some point. Damn you all for having me spend more money on my pedal board ;).

I am interested in more info on where you guys put yours (before or after the pedal board). Between my envelope filters and octavers I'm wondering if it would be best for it to go after so it can quell the havoc that those effects wreak on the deep low-end.
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2.5 weeks from payment to my door from the UK to the US. Very sweet!
 

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