There are only three I know of; Rickenbacker, Yamaha Attitude, and some Alembics. Are there any other basses out there with two outputs (one for each pickup)?
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Stereo basses
- Thread starter Sound Chaser
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Those Carvins look pretty amazing. If they still made them stereo with Kahler tremolos, I'd probably buy one.
- Feb 24, 2004
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- Feb 24, 2004
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- Endorsing Artist: Phantom Guitars, Eastwood Guitars
Not all Rickenbackers are stereo - the 4001 & 4003 are, but the various S models (like the 4003S/5 and 4003S/8), and the 4004 models, are not. Oh, and of course the 4000 models aren't either, since they only have one pickup!
Some Guild JS-2 basses are stereo.
But there's another kind of stereo where each string could be panned right or left. I think Hamer made a few, and if you listen to some live Grateful Dead recordings from the early '70s, Phil Lesh had his basses panned. Very strange and disorienting!
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As mentioned, but not stereo, QUAD. Each set of 3 strings has it's own p/u coil, channel in the on-board mixer, and output thru a DIN-type plug. The regular p/u is for mono use.
question is why do you want stereo? Do you want each pickup to have a seprate out? Do you want to just split your signal and sent 2 signals different places. All of those things are easily done to any bass.
Thanks for that subtle but important distinction! And thanks for the pic! I have a feeling Phil Lesh's bass was quad too...
And people say Alembics have too many knobs. Wow.As mentioned, but not stereo, QUAD. Each set of 3 strings has it's own p/u coil, channel in the on-board mixer, and output thru a DIN-type plug. The regular p/u is for mono use.
Send each pickup to it's own amp. How would that be easily done to, say, a passive warwick corvette?
As mentioned, but not stereo, QUAD. Each set of 3 strings has it's own p/u coil, channel in the on-board mixer, and output thru a DIN-type plug. The regular p/u is for mono use.
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Is it something you really want to do? In my own experience, I haven't found it particularly useful. I usually just use an A/B/Both box and put effects on one signal and keep the other clean.
But what were you thinking of doing?
I own several Rics with stereo output, but never use it. I do like to run stereo, with two amps, and mixed fx on one side or the other, but seperating the pups just doesn't appeal to me.
Agreed. One of my main reasons being that I love the sound of both pickups together, which you lose if you run the pickups separately!
When running stereo the middle position of the pickup switch still works you know. On my Rick B-115 amp (2 pre amps/mono post amp) this gives a better sound than running mono. I can give each pickup a different EQ now.
You haven't had your full quota of fun for the day 'til you've biamped your Yamaha Attitude. Some basses are made for it and stand out best that way.
