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Basses with the most control knobs and switches.
- Thread starter mettec
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Let's see, the front of a Peavey B-Quad 5-string has 5 knobs, for controlling volume and tone networks for the 2 magnetic and 1 piezo pickups, plus a switch for stereo-mono mode. On the back, it has 2 sets of paired pots for each string, one set of pots to control level and stereo pan for the magnetic pickups, and another set to control level and pan for the piezo pickup.
Total: 26 switches, knobs and pots
Total: 26 switches, knobs and pots
I seriously was reading this thread and then set my phone down for a nap and had a dream I was playing this weird folding bass with a laser that detected where your fingers were and how you plucked/fingered. Also had switches and knobs and LEDs everywhere. Strange.
I'd post a pic of my Wishbass but it would lose as the only control is the volume knob which loosely regulates the amount of static it puts out.
I am surprised nobody has mentioned the Bongo, there's a lot of weird things you do with their knob within a knob, surrounded by a knob and wrapped by 7 knobs thing.
I am surprised nobody has mentioned the Bongo, there's a lot of weird things you do with their knob within a knob, surrounded by a knob and wrapped by 7 knobs thing.
Jeff Scott said:Pics or it didn't happen!
Haha let me break out the dream catcher real quick...
My Warlock looks tame in comparison to some of those!
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Although the booster is fun to play around with for overdriven sounds, the rest of the switches are mostly "sounds good" in one direction and "sounds bad" in the other.
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Although the booster is fun to play around with for overdriven sounds, the rest of the switches are mostly "sounds good" in one direction and "sounds bad" in the other.
Second on the Jaguar bass...no-one who picks mine up can ever get their heads round the switches and knobs.
Also, it's not a bass but the old Vox organ guitars are very knob-heavy...
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Also, it's not a bass but the old Vox organ guitars are very knob-heavy...
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I'd say Lokire's old Stambaugh 6 has to be on the list.
Some of the controls may not be labeled correctly in this photo though. . .
Why would the "Groupie Panties" switch need an ON position...?!?!
Oh, also the Vox Constellation:
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Not mine...wish it was, though!
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Not mine...wish it was, though!
BurningSkies
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I'll throw the Dingwall Z3 in the ring. It "only" has 5 knobs and three switches, but hidden within the knobs are a ton of tonal features.
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You need to look up the Z-3 that Sheldon built for FRB. It's got a much more complex switching system. He wanted ALL of the possible combinations of pickups and all choices of parallel/series between them, along with all of the internal choices too.
Sheldon only did it once then swore it off for good.
I don't have a close-up, but these are the controls on an old US Bich, mentioned earlier but no pics, so..
Don't think anyone has mentioned Hamer Quad.
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Don't think anyone has mentioned Hamer Quad.
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So that's what became of Ebenezer Scrooge's door knocker from the movie A Christmas Carol....
