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EBMM Gamechanger??

#146
mongo2 said:
How much button pushing and knob turning would I have to do to do that?
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I don't think it works like that. It's my understanding that you create presets on a computer and then upload them to the instrument.

So, if you have one of the presets assigned to bypass whatever, you simply select that preset.

But, truth be told, the gamechanger doesn't really interest me. So, I can't be 100% certain.

cybersnyder said:
It would be nice to have a "bypass because something went wrong and I can still play in passive mode" switch.
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Well, they built an "oh, crap" setting into the Big Al and Reflex with the "all buttons up still makes sound." So, I wouldn't be surprised if something will still happen if the Gamechanger dies.

But, even if it doesn't, it's not really any different than any other active preamp dying at a gig with no "default to passive," is it?
 
#148
bassmonkeee said:
I think Gibson has done something with Les Pauls, but other than modeling like the Roland VBass, I haven't heard anything (not that I'm looking).
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Yeah, but I thought the Gibson system was on the market prior to the Gamechanger (which isn't technically on the market yet). However, I was wondering whether the buzz from the GC has caused other companies like Fender or Ibanez etc to start working on a competitor product. I'd imagine probably in the guitar sphere more than the bass sphere, I'd wager EBMM would sell more 19mm spaced 5 strings than they will Gamechanger equipped basses in the first few years! :) However, I could see guitarists from the ESP / Ibanez schools being into something like the GC.
 
#149
Mark Latimour said:
Are there rumours of any other manufacturers / pickup makers looking to release a similar system to compete with EBMM?
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This is similar and I kind like that it doesn't rely on software to "program" it. I'm a computer professional, but I'm against anything that boots up in my instrument. How many obsolete electronic devices do you have in that drawer where devices go to die? Crap you can't even give away.
 
#151
Darkstrike said:
Or maybe Leo got it right in '76, or whenever he designed them. :D
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Personally, I DO think Leo (almost) got it right, but not on the MM, but rather on the GNL L2500. That bass freaks a lot of people because of all the switches. But I think Leo understood that when you are playing you DO NOT want to be "dialing-in" your sounds. You just want to flip a couple of switches and go from this to that sound. So, to me my L2500 with all the switches is much better than say my Conklin covered in knobs. I've set up all my SX basses to replace the pickup mixer volumes with a master volume and a rotary switch that goes neck.both series,both parallesl, bridge. No knob twiddling. Leo had it right.

So what about "game changer"? Well not enough to actually change the game, I'd say. Not really an EQ control but just a preset series/parallel thing. Hey, my Modulus has three pickups and they are wired (I posted it here some time back) with switches that let you select series or parallel or off for each pickup. Love it. It doesn't do a few combos the gamechanger can, but most of those aren't very good anyway. The big difference between me and the gamechanger is it only needs one preset push to change a configuration, I have to flip a number of switches to do it. An improvement for sure, but not exactly huge. But I don't need computer to run my bass either.

So what is MY idea of a real "game changer" bass? well, It'd be like this: There'd be a row of pushbuttons along the upper horn. They run to a computer "Pod" system that would let you "dial-in" ANY AND ALL aspects of your bass tone. And you do. Pre-gig or during working up a song, you dial-in all the tones you need for that tune or tunes. You assign them to a given button. Then when you are playing a simple touch of the button changes you from dark to bright, soft to loud, wet to dry, or clean to dirty. Whatever you need. Dig?

Let me say that I own a BP8 pedal and I experimented trying to create a bunch of different presets using only EQ. It wasn't very successful. Too hard to set up. What you really want is a bunch of standard controls (like say the switches on my GNL, and you set them the way you want and then hit "save" and that exact bunch of settings is now available at the touch of a button. THAT is a "gamechanger".
 
#152
It seems to be fairly well agreed that "gamechanger" is a terrible product name - it might be ironic if it ends up being a "game changer" in terms of bad product naming for guitar companies. However, the product itself seems to be pretty neat. I could perhaps see a use for a stripped down version of it as a module to give users access to any wiring config for their pickups and preamp, but the full blown version seems a bit much for my uses.
 
#155
Looks great!!!

Sounds great!!!

Plays great!!!

This is one of the best feeling basses I've ever played. The system is easy to use and I would have bought, but I would have had to live in my car and there is not power for my amp in my car.

GC has ordered 90 of them.

If you have questions, I will be glad to try and answer them.

Dimitrius
 
#159
In looking for people who had tested this out to see how it functioned I came across this page:

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Looks like PMT music are bringing claims for patent infringement against EBMM for the Gamechanger. Presumably because the gamechanger is on the market EBMM has resolved them (or found them to be baseless) in some way, but its interesting reading for those interested. Clearly this webpage is only one (biased) side of the story.
 

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