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Dual output bass

whisper14072

whisper14072

May 16, 2008
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Grand Island
#1
Ok here is my idea... not a new idea just trying to work it out. I want to build a bass like the Yamaha attitude with dual outputs. using the following pickups:

DiMarizo Model 1 for neck

EMG P bass for bridge....

Now what I want to do is mix the 2 together.... would I be able to use a Behringer UB802 mixer to be able to run them into one amp.
Now I know this is defeating the purpose of the dual output... but I won't have the ability all the time to run them into 2 amps.

What I am asking is will this setup work with the mixer? I know that one may be overkill for what I want but I look at it I can use the mixer for other things when not using it for the bass :)

THanks for the input... feel free to give me your opinions also...

just for the record... I am not trying to imatate a Yamaha Attitude... just like the idea of that set up :)
 
#2
you mean like this home made or the more traditional passive, using 1 stereo jack and splitting it on the other end??

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#5
Years ago, Versatone Amps made a Pan-o-Flex amp that split the sound by bi-amping the low and high separately. Jack Casady's bass was close to your idea and he got a huge sound. Listen to Crown of Creation. That's one bass making all that music. You need two amps for what your trying. I think.
 
#12
Man, that is a great looking bass! Dual outputs actually look cool. I would probably wire one output stereo and the other blended mono and use a stereo to dual mono y-cable. That mixer should work though. Lines 1 & 2 in have variable input gain, so it seems they can handle anything from mic to line level.
 
#17
sikamikanico said:
you can probably have a switch on your bass turning it from dual output to single output...

or the mixer idea... I used LS-2 with success for that purpose...
Click to expand...

My Conklin 9-String has 2 outputs and and a 3-way switch that lets me:

1. Send both pickups to output 1
2. Send one pickup to output 1, the other to output 2
3. Send both pickups to output 2

Additionally, each pickup can be split 3 ways too (low strings only, full, high strings only). Lots 'o fun!

Whisper, you can probably get a cheap ABY box, and just reverse it (use the outputs as inputs)... seems like that would be better than a mixer.
 
#18
Certain Rickenbacker's have stereo out, here's how it's wired: One jack has both pups wired together in parallel at the 1/4" mono jack. The other jack is a stereo 1/4" jack, with the pup leads sent to that jack as a neck pup and bridge pup. You use a stereo 1/4" cable, then split them with a stereo to mono 'Y cord' at your amp.
 
#19
Jean Baudin said:
My Conklin 9-String has 2 outputs and and a 3-way switch that lets me:

1. Send both pickups to output 1
2. Send one pickup to output 1, the other to output 2
3. Send both pickups to output 2

Additionally, each pickup can be split 3 ways too (low strings only, full, high strings only). Lots 'o fun!

Whisper, you can probably get a cheap ABY box, and just reverse it (use the outputs as inputs)... seems like that would be better than a mixer.
Click to expand...

DOH!!!!! forgot about those... thanks.... must have had a brain fart..lol
 
#20
sikamikanico said:
you can probably have a switch on your bass turning it from dual output to single output...

or the mixer idea... I used LS-2 with success for that purpose...
Click to expand...

There is no need for a switch, the outputs can be switched automatically, depending on how many cables are plugged in.

If you use two mono jacks with break terminals, and wire the break terminal on one to the tip on the other, and vice versa, plugging one cable into either jack will give you a mono output, and inserting a second cable into the other jack will split to a stereo output.

The other method is the Rickenbacker style of having one mono output, and one stereo output. The stereo output being TRS, so that only one cable needs to be used instead of two.
That is done with a TRS jack and a TS jack with a "make" terminal connected to the ring terminal of the TRS jack.
 

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