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Curious, what are your bass settings on Kalahari ? Very nice tone for this piece.
Damian Coccio
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Thanks. Trying to recall ... Treble almost all the way up (always), I think the pickup pan around 20-30% toward neck, probably single coil but not too far off center to minimize hum pickup. A little mid bump maybe 10%. Bass flat or very near.
That's one of the beautiful things about fodera's; tonal options...
So I rolled into work this week to my new band (Air Force Band) in Virginia and I was looking around our stockpile of basses (probably a dozen or so) and among the sadowskys, warwicks, fenders, alembics, and others, was a BEAUTIFUL almost perfect condition Fodera Buckeye burl Emperor 5 string bolt on with dual coils, Walnut/rosewood! Now I have a 5 string to tour with along with my YYS as it has been the only bass I gig with in the air force band lately. I'm super excited about this, it sounds great, and the low B is killer huge. Whoever ordered this had good taste.
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For better, or worse, I am NOT a frequency geek. I know what I like purely by experimenting with how it sounds...sorry, wish that I could answer better than that. I DO have the information written down somewhere in the shop. If someone sends an email to us at:
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I will get the question answered on Monday!
Cheers,
Jason
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I will get the question answered on Monday!
Cheers,
Jason
The instructions for the 2010 preamp refer to " low mids, medium mids, and hgh mids". What are we looking at in terms of frequencies (hz)? Right now I'm guessing but I'm often wrong!
I'm posting this here because I thought others maybe curious ut maybe everyong already knows but me!Thanks!!
If the frequencies are the same as those in the FlexCore, they are:
Bass +/- 12dB @ 46Hz or 90Hz
Lo Mid +/-12dB @ 330Hz or 473Hz
Hi Mid +/- 15dB @ 1kHz or 1.8kHz
Treble +/- 15dB @ 6kHz or 10kHz
Bass +/- 12dB @ 46Hz or 90Hz
Lo Mid +/-12dB @ 330Hz or 473Hz
Hi Mid +/- 15dB @ 1kHz or 1.8kHz
Treble +/- 15dB @ 6kHz or 10kHz
Actually there are three different midrange center frequencies:
"The Active Board is where the EQ is located as well as the ground driver, cable driver, and analog switches for midrange and bass switching. The jumper block on this board is where all of the midrange and treble frequency selection is done.
There are a total of 3 possible midrange frequencies from which to choose. We’ll refer to the mid frequencies as “LOW”, “MEDIUM”, and “HIGH”. Any two of the 3 can be assigned to the Multi-Function Switch."
The instructions don't call out what they are. The sound like they are around 200/650/1.4K (plus or minus a few hundred hz
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I have mine set at low and mid. The upper setting is a little too scratchy for my taste, especially with my Baer cabs. The low setting fills out the upper lows, and the mid setting is great for cutting through a mix. I typically leave the switch so I'm at the middle frequency.
"The Active Board is where the EQ is located as well as the ground driver, cable driver, and analog switches for midrange and bass switching. The jumper block on this board is where all of the midrange and treble frequency selection is done.
There are a total of 3 possible midrange frequencies from which to choose. We’ll refer to the mid frequencies as “LOW”, “MEDIUM”, and “HIGH”. Any two of the 3 can be assigned to the Multi-Function Switch."
The instructions don't call out what they are. The sound like they are around 200/650/1.4K (plus or minus a few hundred hz
)I have mine set at low and mid. The upper setting is a little too scratchy for my taste, especially with my Baer cabs. The low setting fills out the upper lows, and the mid setting is great for cutting through a mix. I typically leave the switch so I'm at the middle frequency.
Actually there are three different midrange center frequencies:
The instructions don't call out what they are. The sound like they are around 200/650/1.4K (plus or minus a few hundred hz
I have mine set at low and mid. The upper setting is a little too scratchy for my taste, especially with my Baer cabs. The low setting fills out the upper lows, and the mid setting is great for cutting through a mix. I typically leave the switch so I'm at the middle frequency.
This is helpful. I'm currently tweaking my new Imperial. I usually don't boost mids. I generally prefer to cut mids to get rid of the nasty stuff. My Imperial is set to mid and high mids and I'm cutting the hi mids, which sound pretty close to 1000hz. Since I'm not really using the "mid" mid setting it may be more useful to me to change it to low, but I wanted to get an idea of he frequency before I mess with those little jumpers!
I have a three way mid range frequency switch on my Lakland and I tend to boost at 200hz so that option would be nice on the Fodera.
I'm going to be doing some live recording in November. In that situation I prefer to run passive. I just changed the master tone control to the P bass setting which has helped a lot in passive mode. Thanks for the info!
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+1 both of my imperials had the tone knob switched to the P-bass setting and after doing so I've been able to use them in passive mode almost exclusively.
J, welcome to your new band. Is this the bass you are talking about? I saw it there when I was a manning assist in early 2010. Sadly, I only got to play it for a few minutes and without an amp. It is a beautiful thing! Enjoy it, and make sure to take care of it too!!!
(PS - if you see a 6 string Roscoe with 3 pickups there, don't hate on it too much. I had them buy the guitar new, then after a while had the extra PU put on since I wasn't quite getting 'the sound'...)
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Yes it is Leo, it won't be my main bass but it will probably make the line up since it has a low b and it sounds thunderous. I don't know if its the 35" scale, the construction, or the extended low b headstock (probably all of that combined), but the low b is one of the best I've heard. She will be in good hands!
I use iGig bag, and bass is always with me, if roadies take care of bass then I use a case but with my old '73 Jazz Bass.
I only play at my church, and I don't gig. So most likely I will just use the custom hardshell case. I have a few gigbags (igig and Mono) and the basses in those have hardshell cases I can put them in if I want to bring it in a gigbag. But most likely I will use the Custom hardshell case, since it also isn't as bulky as a normal hardshell case.
I only use a Levy's double gig bag. All my hard cases are mint and stored under my basement stairs. I only ever bring a case if I have a travel gig and have to check my bass... The Fodera stays home for fly gigs.
The Levy's is about $250 and is HD nylon with leather trim. I love mine.
The Levy's is about $250 and is HD nylon with leather trim. I love mine.
Mono M80 double gig bag on every gig. Doesn't have a ton of storage but I carry other bags so that isn't an issue. Have had it out on a couple hundred gigs the last few years with zero issues (knock on wood).
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