How do you wire it up to work in conjunction with a passive tone control? That would be perfect!
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Darkglass Electronics Tone Capsule Preamp
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this pre is awesome! it sounds great, i have a passive active switch on it also but the active is so nice you won't ever use it in passive.....i use it with the B7K also and it kills. if you have a good cab and head it will blow you away.....the only gripe i have is that it should have capabilities for a mid switch.....
the tone control is a stack on the bass knob....in passive its the tone, active its the bass control.....got it from best bass gear... 50k/250k tone pot.
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Hey! Sorry for the late reply but I wasn't following the forum!
Doug sent it to me in a form of a box in order to avoid installation over and over again for the needs of the video.
Does the TC come with three pots as shown in the manufacturers pic?
And what are they? As in what K and are they intended for Bass, lo mid, hi mid?
And what are they? As in what K and are they intended for Bass, lo mid, hi mid?
- Sep 8, 2014
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- Endorsing Artist: 39 Custom Guitars, Darkglass Electronics, Delano Pickups, Dsm Noisemaker, Hipshot Products, Red Sound cables, Taurus
Anyone know if a graph showing the EQ curves of the TC exists anywhere? And if so, where can I
get a copy? Someone else in this thread was also curious how the "hi-mid" control actually works
as whether it's a bell curve of shelf EQ.
I'm seriously thinking about installing the TC in my Spector Euro LX5 and most interested
in looking at how the EQ circuit works. My Spector has the stock Tone Pump Jr. "boost only" pre
and is fairly useless for me. The bass always sounds nasal and any bass EQ just makes the low end
sound like a big elephant fart.
I'm also curious if the TC is really transparent in the "flat" settings. I look forward to
hearing your impressions as to how colorless the TC is and whether or not the true sound of
the instrument can remain intact without having to completely bypass the preamp.
Many thanks in advance for any info.
No worries, thank you for clarifying! I was confused how you were able to switch it on while nothing changed visually in the demo.... more Darkglass magic perhaps?
I'm looking at picking one of these up to put in my LTD signature series (that is just like the older B series basses). I'm just not too sure if it'll fit in there. Does anyone know the dimensions of the TC? I sent an email through to Darkglass, but I haven't got a reply.
Any chance you could measure it?
An inch cubed is going to be pushing it! The EMG pre that's in there at the moment is really streamlined and takes up almost no extra room and there's not much free space.
i would have to pull the pickguard on a fender adpv! id rather do it during a string change... im sure some guys on here have one!
