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seymour duncan studio bass compressor

#47
Well, you get more headroom with a cleaner, clearer sound. I never had a need to do this as it always sounded great to me at 9v. But maybe for those with an ultra hi-fi type sound might like it.
 
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Resurrecting this older thread since I just got the Studio Bass pedal. Does everyone still like/have theirs? And if not, why? So far I like it but am still trying to dial it in to what I won't further fidget with. I also have the Ampeg OptoComp and like that too, but the SB has the blend and 3-way toggle.

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epoxo57 said:
Resurrecting this older thread since I just got the Studio Bass pedal. Does everyone still like/have theirs? And if not, why? So far I like it but am still trying to dial it in to what I won't further fidget with. I also have the Ampeg OptoComp and like that too, but the SB has the blend and 3-way toggle.
Thanks!
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I still have one and the only thing I don't like is the lack of a threshold indicator
I switch between this one and the FEA-CL
 
#52
Resurrecting this thread yet again! Curious if anyone knows what the mid frequencies on the Doubleback and the Vise Grip are. The Studio Bass manual says its mids are 150-1.5k Hz. Wondering if the guitar-oriented versions have the same mid frequency range, or are higher voiced. (Paging @bongomania)
 
#54
vivaknoxvegas said:
Anyone running their SB comp at 18V? What are the pros of doing this?
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I ran the Studio Bass at 18v for two years. The con is that I have a small board with a 9v chain, so I used two power supplies: one 9v and one 18v. I accidentally plugged the 18v into my 9v chain, and luckily only managed to damage one of my pedals. Since then I have run the compressor at 9 volts in the chain, and I don't foresee needing to get a fancy power supply like I have on my guitar board.

Sonically, I'm not sure what the difference is. I have rather good ears. I understand there's more headroom, but I'm not sure that it's necessary for me. I'm sure someone with a better understanding of these things (www.ovnilab.com) could explain it to me in person, but videos on the subject have not been very helpful to me. I run the compressor first in my chain, and mostly use it when I switch my pickups to single coils (so mostly on all the time).
 
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I have both the old Double Back and newer Studio. Both are great, I like the Double back a touch better, but the lager size is why I don't use in on my main board. Had the Keeley, it was good, but the Seymour Duncan with the mid-range clean blend is a great tone enhancer. If the tone is muddy in the FOH, I just blend more mid and it clears up the tone. Sometimes the FOH over compresses the signal, so I then back off or just turn the comp off. Great pedal for mild compression to even out playing, works great on 5 strings as well. Keep in mind that distorsion and fuzz can add compression as well has the FOH sound system; over compression is not good too.
 
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It's the only two images I have left from when I opened mine (had two at the same time, sent one back because it was the older design (the one on the right)

You can see the jumper on the middle of the first PCB of the first image. There is also "G"(uitar) or "B"(ass) on both PCB. I don't know why one that i had was ticked "G" for the board with the knobs. I suspect that there is also a jumper on this board, or that there is only one version...

If someone want to open their, it would be very helpfull
 
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