PRESENCE KNOB ON GALLIEN-KRUEGER'S

"It adds edge and definition to higher frequencies."

 

The manual says it boosts some particularly high frequency, 500k or something.




Silly joke, rather, 10k.

 

Stays on zero if you're using an active bass.

 

Stays on zero with my passive bass as well

 

I like it.

 

The implication was that active basses have plenty of top-end on their own and don't need a presence control (which is essentially a high EQ band) to achieve the same results.

My passive bass has plenty of top-end with the presence knob turned off, so the point is moot for me.

 

I like it, but above 3 o'clock it gets a little to hissy for me. But it does add some bite/presense, especially to fingerstyle playing.

 

It stays off for me as well.
Jonathan

 

When I was adverse to using a pick, I used my presence to achieve a more picked sound with my fingers. What ended up happening was growing out the fingernails on my pointer and middle fingers and using lots of lacquer on them. 5 years later, I use a pick exclusively and the presence knob might as well be gone.

 

I thought it was for better stage presence?

 

from the owners manual: +9db @ 10kHz