quick question about emg's and bass eqs in general.

[Gojiberry22]

Hi i have a quick question regarding emg's.

Im planning on adding a single emg35dc and an eq to pair it with, most likely a bqs eq.

The bqs is a 3 band eq with knob for bass/mids and treble. So my question is since i only plan on having a single pickup i wont be needing a blend knob right ?, nor would i need a tone knob?

so that leaves me with a volume knob and 3 other others for eq. Totaling 4 knobs in the end.

Is the BQS the correct eq to choose in this situation?

 

[smeet]

A blend knob would make no sense with just one pickup. A passive tone is nice though, as it sounds quite different from the treble control in the typical 2 or 3 band eq. The passive tone Control sweeps a low pass filter's cutoff frequency. The treble control usually changes the amount of gain in the filter, leaving the cutoff frequency constant.

 

[ctmullins]

Is the BQS the correct eq to choose in this situation?

There is no "correct"; it's all personal preference. But yes, a BQS sounds like a great choice here. I run a BQS with a 35 CS-X in one bass, and it's very flexible.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

AFAIK, you could install the BQS and leave out the balance/blend knob.

We have an EMG endorsing artist here (@JimmyM) who might know, or you can ask EMG directly.

IMHO, the only reason you should buy a EMG EQ system is if you like their EQs that much, or because you really want to stick with the solderless system, which makes sense if you're already going to buy a EMG solderless pickup.

 

[Gojiberry22]

Im mainly sticking to the emg's because of a les claypool themed bass build I have going on. Also ther's hardly ever a situation where I roll down my tone knob on my other basses so I feel fairly safe just completely excluding it this time. But then I do want some way of messing with the tone so the bass eq it is. The easy of installation of a solderless system is a bonus too.

So it seems that im going to go with BQS controll in the end since I wont need a blend knob with just the single pickup and i prefer having 2 sepeate knobs for bass and treble rather then a concentric knob.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

If you only want a two-band EQ there are cheaper options from EMG.
A treble cut pot (tone knob) is completely superfluous if you have a preamp with an EQ.

 

[JimmyM]

AFAIK, you could install the BQS and leave out the balance/blend knob.

We have an EMG endorsing artist here (@JimmyM) who might know, or you can ask EMG directly.

He asked me already. I recommended the BQS and don't install the blend since he wants 3-band.

 

[rwkeating]

A treble cut pot (tone knob) is completely superfluous if you have a preamp with an EQ.

I've often wonder about this but never had the opportunity to experiment. My thought was that if that active treble cut was at a different frequency than the passive treble cut, then maybe there may be some value in that type of setup. Another option would be use the passive cut and then use the active treble boost (once again, as long as they are not in the same frequency range.) Just some random thoughts I've had about this ...