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seymour duncan studio bass compressor

#21
I ended up buying a new Wampler Ego. I don't like how it distorts the first attack in a series of notes. Either I haven't spent enough time dialing out the attack or this is the wrong compressor for me.

Maybe the Seymour Duncan Studio bass would work better for me in trying to smooth out my notes.

If the Vice Grip an the Studio Bass are nearly identical, what makes one for "bass"?
 
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I couldn't wait. I decided I had a enough time to return my Wampler Ego so I got return postage for Wampler Ego and pulled the trigger on the Studio Bass. I played with a little last night and today I'm going to play a little more.

Bongo is right: the mid/full/low switch ("side-chain" as he calls it) is quite useful. It is far more useful than the tone knob on the Ego, which I didn't use at all. The user guide is also very helpful, except for a few things like the mislabeling of knobs (referring to the compression knob as the sustain knob, and others), though anyone with any clue about compressors shouldn't have trouble figuring out what is meant.

I found the compression in general to be far stronger and even fattening compared to the Ego. Even though I was using a solid state practice amp, I felt some of the settings sounded a little "tubey," (slightly overdriven) which I like.

I'm still trying to find the right setting for me for evening out the notes to sound like Hook in Joy Division's Transmission without the strange attack spikes I was getting from the Ego. So far I like the SD Studio Bass far better, but the name is boring.
 
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danyosound said:
I couldn't wait. I decided I had a enough time to return my Wampler Ego so I got return postage for Wampler Ego and pulled the trigger on the Studio Bass. I played with a little last night and today I'm going to play a little more.

Bongo is right: the mid/full/low switch ("side-chain" as he calls it) is quite useful. It is far more useful than the tone knob on the Ego, which I didn't use at all. The user guide is also very helpful, except for a few things like the mislabeling of knobs (referring to the compression knob as the sustain knob, and others), though anyone with any clue about compressors shouldn't have trouble figuring out what is meant.

I found the compression in general to be far stronger and even fattening compared to the Ego. Even though I was using a solid state practice amp, I felt some of the settings sounded a little "tubey," (slightly overdriven) which I like.

I'm still trying to find the right setting for me for evening out the notes to sound like Hook in Joy Division's Transmission without the strange attack spikes I was getting from the Ego. So far I like the SD Studio Bass far better, but the name is boring.
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Do you find it noisy? Another TBer sent his back because of excess noise.
 
#27
birminghambass said:
Do you find it noisy? Another TBer sent his back because of excess noise.
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I do not find it noisy at all for my uses.
I rehearsed with it in one band that sounds a bit folky and weird, and then I used it on stage with my punk band later that night.

I used a setting similar to the "Punchy Rock" sample setting given in the manual (and the website).
I selected the Mids which determines the frequencies emphasized by the Clean Blend knob.
I kept Compression around 12:30-1:00, Blend around 2:00, Volume to unity gain.
The Attack I left around 8:00, but that's the knob I'm the least familiar with.

I feel that the Wampler Ego is noisier only in the sense that I didn't like the attack spike I was getting with it when the pedal was engaged. I don't have that spike with Studio Bass.
I also find the switch on the Ego to be more noisy when switching on, a common problem with TB pedals. The Studio Bass also has a little bit of that noise, but not as much as the Ego.

Studio Bass Compressor - Seymour Duncan Pedals
 
#28
Bumping this.

I still have my Double Back, the only reason it isn't on my main gigging board is the size of it. I replaced it with a Aguilar TLC, and while I like it, it is a little noisier than my SD DB.

The Studio Bass Comp looks to be (as others have said) a re housed and and improved Double Back.

Looking forward to the review Bongo!
 
#30
Seymour Duncan Studio Bass and Vice Grip
Took me long enough. ;)
I like it better than the Pigtronix. Actually I might like it a little better than the Keeley too, just because of the blend feature. The Keeley has a threshold control though, and a threshold indicator LED, and those are valuable.
 
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#32
The more I've used the pedal the more I like it. I've been using the Low switch feature a lot lately, since it give my little 210 cab a little extra in the low frequencies without merely raising the EQ on the amp. Using the Low switch is good in my band since it only consists of a guitar and bass, so the Low switch helps to fill out some of the space. If I was playing in a band with two guitarists, or a guitarist that used a lot more of the frequency spectrum, then I would probably prefer the Mid switch. In recording, I used the Mid switch for lyrical passages on the bass.

I keep the Studio Bass between my Bumble Fuzz and my Subterranea Synth so that I can switch two pedals at the same time: when the Fuzz turns on, the Compressor turns off; the Synth turns on, the Compressor turns off.

The Studio Bass never sounds like it's on. That's how I like it.
 
#33
Verdigris said:
Bump. Curious what other people's experience with this pedal has been. Any thoughts on how it compares with the Keeley Bassist (also a VCA comp) or the Pigtronix Philosopher's Bass (same price point)?
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The Studio Bass replaced my Philosophers Bass Comp. The blend knob with frequency selection made it invaluable for me on my ampless gigs, where the low setting fills out the bottom nicely while still retaining a lot of the higher end tone that I usually go with.
 
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Anyone know if the Studio bass has the same problem with high output basses the double back had? My basses have a very high output and the double back was distorting my signal, the only reason I ended selling it but I remember that I really liked its comp action and trasparency. If the new studio bass doesn't have this problem I think I'll end buying it.
 
#39
davideuck said:
Anyone know if the Studio bass has the same problem with high output basses the double back had? My basses have a very high output and the double back was distorting my signal, the only reason I ended selling it but I remember that I really liked its comp action and trasparency......
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bongomania said:
It will be the same in that regard.
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Dan's demo video uses a Dingwall - aren't those supposed to have some of the hottest outputs out there? The bass didn't sound distorted at all to me...

I hope this isn't too much of an issue! These look really nice!
 
#40
Just added mine to my board - it replaced an Aguilar TLC.

Very Happy with it. :woot:

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