Hi I recently bought a gk 1001 rb and cab it seems the stress light comes on and sounds distorted I don't know much about ewes but I tried the one s in the manual I go for a kinda prominent sound a little dampened but like to hear a good slap and pop I guess it's a combo of bottom end and top end but I'm struggling could some one give me some pointers or some settings they use. Also I'm thinking of buying a zoom b2 would this improve my sound
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New gk user
- Thread starter Leighrobertson
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Was it bought new?
What cabs are you running it into?
GK gear is pretty reliable now but I heard they had some problems about 5-7 years ago.
What cabs are you running it into?
GK gear is pretty reliable now but I heard they had some problems about 5-7 years ago.
Do you mean the clip light? Is the clip light always on? If it is always on then the amp is damaged.
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Thanks it isn't always on just if I turn up loud or use b string or slapping around
It's at our jam room but yeah ill get my mate to send me a photo or ill post on fri thanks appreciated
If memory serves, the "clip" light on a 1001 is before any of the controls (except the "pad" button) and isn't affected by gain or EQ settings.
It will almost always blink on when you slap/pop notes.
What speaker cabinet are you using? My guess is that, unless you're using radical gain or EQ settings, the distortion is coming from the speaker cabinet. A 1001 is capable of stressing almost any typical cabinet. Especially if the 4/5 button is depressed.
Turn up the "Contour" knob if you want a slap/pop tone.
It will almost always blink on when you slap/pop notes.
What speaker cabinet are you using? My guess is that, unless you're using radical gain or EQ settings, the distortion is coming from the speaker cabinet. A 1001 is capable of stressing almost any typical cabinet. Especially if the 4/5 button is depressed.
Turn up the "Contour" knob if you want a slap/pop tone.
wcriley is absolutely correct, the clip detector light is before any amp control. The only thing that sets it off is your bass or effects between your bass and the amp input. It comes on to warn you that you are about to clip the input stage, not that it is clipping. If your B string sets it off with normal pluck, your pickup height is too close to the strings or you have an active bass with too much bass boost dialed in.
Ok that makes sense the bass I use is a ray 5 sub series's music man not the best bass and its a gk cab ill send a photo tomorrow thanks for everyone's help I can't believe the response and am glad I'm on the forum
Also, where are the EQ controls set on your bass? If you've got all of the knobs turned up all the way that's something to address as well.
A friend has Bongo bass and it is really "hot". It's the only bass i've had to pad down going into my amp.
Thanks I did some recording tonight and the sound guy got me a good sound he turned me down and changed some settings back to a more normal but I would like to turn up a bit and I changed my cab because I thought it was my cab but there gk cab didn't sound great either I think ill put the pickups down a bit and I do have all my knobs up so ill take that into account but tomorrow Ill play around with it and take a photo but some how I wish you could here it. In saying that I did get a sweet sound and was more than impressed
Ok I am starting to think it could be more with my bass what is padding down and thanks for reply appreciated
The 1001 has a pad button. But it drops the signal a ridiculous amount.
Better to just turn down the volume control(s) on the instrument itself.
Better to just turn down the volume control(s) on the instrument itself.
Quite the opposite.
I'd only use the pad button if I wanted to send a line level signal into the input jack.
I'd only use the pad button if I wanted to send a line level signal into the input jack.
