Lusithand F1 - (Studio Filter Preamp) - Best Bass Gear
Lusithand F1 - (Studio Filter Preamp) - The F1 uses the same filter typology that we use on our NFP filter preamps.
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Is Anybody Familiar With This Pedal: Lusithand F1
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Sure. What do you want to know?
I got one. I love resonant LPF based tone shaping. I have several products that operate on this principle including the F1.
I got one. I love resonant LPF based tone shaping. I have several products that operate on this principle including the F1.
Yup, got one a little while ago. Very fun, wide range of tonal options, built exceptionally well.
Honestly I've never heard of this pedal and I was quickly looking over the product page and they are showing a diagram body of a Wal bass & Alembic bass, is this pedal suppose to either get a Wal bass sound out of this pedal and or a Alembic FX-1 preamp sound as well?
It’s more like the Wal than the FX-1. It’s a lot like the Alembic SF-2 (which I also have).
It’s a very new product. I got mine a month or so ago and I have serial # 012.
Also, in the same family is the Frequency Distiller:
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And the broughton:
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None are identical. They have slightly different feature sets. They’re all good. I have all the ones I mentioned on this page.
I also have 3 different onboard filter preamps and one of passinwinds filter projects.
If you want jump in the deep end in pedal form both the frequency distiller and f1 are great places to try these things out.
It’s a very new product. I got mine a month or so ago and I have serial # 012.
Also, in the same family is the Frequency Distiller:
Frequency Distiller Special Blend — Audiofab
Dual state variable filter delivering powerful tone shaping for bass or guitar.
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And the broughton:
Resonant Filter Equalizer
The Resonant Filter Equalizer creates unique tone control by combining a high pass filter, low pass filter, and middle equalizer. Both filters have their own resonance control, allowing a bump at the cutoff frequency, accentuating the effect of the filters. The semi-parametric middle eq includes...
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None are identical. They have slightly different feature sets. They’re all good. I have all the ones I mentioned on this page.
I also have 3 different onboard filter preamps and one of passinwinds filter projects.
If you want jump in the deep end in pedal form both the frequency distiller and f1 are great places to try these things out.
I wish that I had more to offer on this thread, but this is my first filter preamp pedal, and I pretty much just turn the knobs and flip the sliders on this thing until I find something pleasant. I particularly like it with my Ray 34 and L-2000. Nice and thick and meaty, with some pleasant top end clang. Gets really interesting when I double up preamps, especially with the Rusty Box. Anyway, I'm having fun with it, and I'm glad to see Lusithand is making more past the initial 50 limited run.
It is a very nice pedal that is a KISS version of more complex pedals like the Frequency Distiller. It has the options you really for those kind of sounds and it is easily adjustable and has a formidable build quality. And a very nice form factor. I am still playing with it but plan to put on my gigging board together with a Mantle.
I have one. It's an astonishingly good tone shaper, it goes way beyond standard EQ or even paramentric. I bought one because I have a Wal and wanted this type of control for my Stingray 5 with piezo bridge pickups. There is magic sauce in this pedal! It can take your tone from absolutely thumping deep dub without being boomy or muffled to super toppy rock and slap tones, but without losing bottom end. Small tweaks make a big difference. I have found that you need to find the sweet spot for the resonance frequency settings for each bass you use, then tweak the amount of resonance for the tone and character you're after. Then there's a pan control between the two filters which can take you form dub to double bass to super bright with a small adjustment. The pots feel very high quality super smooth with a little resistance, it's a very well built pedal.
One use I have found is that it can make a 2 x 10" cab sound like a 4x 10". It seems to be able to bring out the sub low frequencies that a lot of modern music has in it without muddying the tone, and somehow adds a little punch. Very highly recomended.
One use I have found is that it can make a 2 x 10" cab sound like a 4x 10". It seems to be able to bring out the sub low frequencies that a lot of modern music has in it without muddying the tone, and somehow adds a little punch. Very highly recomended.
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It'd be closer to the Alembic Series onboard electronics or the SF-2 rack unit, the FX-1 EQ section is based on the good old Fender passive tone stack rather than resonant filter tech.
I think Alembic should have used a different name for their single-channel rack mounted preamp than the oft-transposed "F-1X." 
Seriously, though, since the F1 is made in the UK, the price is currently a lot higher now than it was. I like the idea of this pedal, and I will get one eventually, but I'm much less likely to at $340 than if it still were $240 as it was before, ahem, last year.
Seriously, though, since the F1 is made in the UK, the price is currently a lot higher now than it was. I like the idea of this pedal, and I will get one eventually, but I'm much less likely to at $340 than if it still were $240 as it was before, ahem, last year.
No, it won't make another bass sound like a Wal, that sound is from the Wal pickups. This pedal is evolved from Lusithand's NFP bass pre-amp, which if combined with the right pickups will get you close to that sound. I have a Wal so understood what this pedal was about and bought this to increase the tone-shaping possibilities of other basses, in particular my Stingray 5. I would say this pedal has the ability to elevate the sound of whatever bass you plug into it whilst still keeping its character. My Stingray seems to have more bottom and more top but not at the expense of scooping midrange tones. It sill sounds like a Stingray but enhanced. It took quite a bit of experimenting and tweaking to get a handle on this pedal, but now I've got it tuned into the Stingray it sounds amazing with a range of sounds from deep saturated dub to bright edgy rock or slap.
I've ordered one of these pedals through Bass Direct here in the UK. Looking forward to seeing how it works. I'm really after a very cool 'stop.drop.rewind' kind of tone.
It's a combination of two resonant filters in parallel (one low-pass, one selectable). Should be possible to build something similar in a DAW pretty easily. My experience with the standard Lusithand NFP pre is that there seems to be some slight saturation (at least run at 9V) that might be harder to emulate precisely (though of course there are all sorts of plugins that can do this).
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Sorry you are correct, but point still stands re: being able to get something in the ballpark using plugins! Presumably as bassists we will usually be choosing at least one low-pass in the mix though! Years ago I had a 2-channel ACG filter pre that I built into a pedal and actually made it blendable between the two LPFs and found lots of cool tones that way (plus there is an HPF in that circuit as well). I do prefer the sound of the Lusithand NFP pres to the ACG personally though, they have a bit more aggression and "honk" on tap that really pops in a mix IME while the ACG is a bit more smooth and polite. I wanted to check out one of these pedals, but bought to many things leading up to their release and thought twice about my need for one at the moment.
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Hi, I wanted to ask you about this thread. I have a Music Man Stingray, a Gallien Krueger Legacy head, and a series of effect pedals. I was curious to know if with the Lusithand F1 Studio Filter Preamp pedal I can get close to the tone of Justin Chancellor's Wal Bass, without imitating it perfectly, obviously. What setup do you use with your Music Man, or what do you recommend to get closer to the Wal bass? Thanks a lot.
Here you go! Sterling Ray35CA
It was a great mod platform, but moved on for some nicer instruments. 10/10 would mod again.
