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-12db pad?

Discussion in 'Effects [BG]' started by insomniac2295, Jul 3, 2008.

  1. Jul 3, 2008 #1
    insomniac2295

    insomniac2295

    Dec 12, 2007
    Minneapolis, MN
    does anyone know if theres maybe a little magic stomp box out there thats just a level pad? my fender bassman 300 is cursed with only a -6db pad and i'd like to actually have a pad that does something. i know, im lazy

    i've seen some pretty weird stomp boxes before. once there was this one box with a simple in and out and all it had was a knob. pretty sweet.
     
  2. Jul 3, 2008 #2
    superbassman2000

    superbassman2000

    Dec 20, 2000
    Minnesota
    EQ pedal?

    just thinking out loud, but i wonder if you'd get the same effect by just making a pedal that is just a volume pot, like one off your bass--if its cut only, then it wouldn't even need batteries.
     
  3. Jul 3, 2008 #3
    Nyarlathotep

    Nyarlathotep Inactive

    Feb 5, 2006
    West Coast of Canada
    FX Doctor makes something like that
     
  4. Jul 3, 2008 #4
    RickenBoogie

    RickenBoogie

    Jul 22, 2007
    Dallas, TX
    Couldn't you use any pedal with a level control? A compressor, whatever, just wondering if it's just that easy.
     
  5. Jul 3, 2008 #5
    niftydog

    niftydog

    Jun 23, 2005
    Canberra, Australia
    A pad consists of two resistors, you could even build it into a jack plug!

    It might even be reasonably trivial to modify the bassman!
     
  6. Jul 4, 2008 #6
    bass-shy

    bass-shy

    Jan 11, 2005
    Around
    If you search for "Ebtech" it will turn up their Line-Level Shifter. That's the closest I have seen to what you are looking for. Good luck.
     
  7. Jul 4, 2008 #7
    Pacman

    Pacman Layin' Down Time Staff Member Gold Supporting Member

    Apr 1, 2000
    Omaha, Nebraska
    Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars, DR Strings, Aguilar Amplification
    Your amp has 2 gain controls, one called "gain", for the dirty channel, and one called "volume" for the clean channel. Those are really your input pads. The volume for the amp is the Master Volume control.