The Reverend Club (part 8)

[DanTheMan2112]

Any Decision P owners have success taming the aggression, or is that even possible?

 

[El Trueno]

Any Decision P owners have success taming the aggression, or is that even possible?

I've learned to live with the aggression and love it but yes there are a couple of ways to tame the beast. One is to dial back the volume to 'normal' levels (these pups are super hot) and the other way is to install flatwounds, which also sound awesome on the Decision P.

 

[DanTheMan2112]

I've learned to live with the aggression and love it but yes there are a couple of ways to tame the beast. One is to dial back the volume to 'normal' levels (these pups are super hot) and the other way is to install flatwounds, which also sound awesome on the Decision P.

I read a post (don't remember who) about switching to 250k pots. In the short term, I might try lowering the "P" pickup a little.

 

[El Trueno]

I guess that would work too, makes sense!

 

[HueyFreeman]

Lower the pickups if you don't like the impedance increase that comes with lower volume.

 

[DanTheMan2112]

First full gig…

 

[tekhna]

I am really surprised it is up for sale used already. I have it in silver burst and I love it! Such an amazing sounding bass!

Looks like it's a NAMM display model. Although I just can't get along the roasted maple fretboard and black block inlays for some reason.

 

[johnyrocksville]

Looks like it's a NAMM display model. Although I just can't get along the roasted maple fretboard and black block inlays for some reason.

I dig it, but ended up with the silver burst one. I thought it looked just a little bit better

 

[DanTheMan2112]

I know it will probably be considered heresy by many, but I don't really care for the sound of the stock Decision P. I tried it on a couple gigs and couldn't get any real warmth out of it. The funny thing is, I would have killed for that tone 25 years ago, but not so much these days. I just ordered a Nordstrand Power Blade to replace the P blade. It seems like it has a lot of bottom and smooth treble. We'll see what happens.

 

[John Stephen]

Good luck with the Nordstrom. Report back after you've installed it and had a chance to play it.

 

[El Trueno]

I know it will probably be considered heresy by many, but I don't really care for the sound of the stock Decision P. I tried it on a couple gigs and couldn't get any real warmth out of it. The funny thing is, I would have killed for that tone 25 years ago, but not so much these days. I just ordered a Nordstrand Power Blade to replace the P blade. It seems like it has a lot of bottom and smooth treble. We'll see what happens.

Let us know how the Nordstrand works out for you!

 

[Kevin Doyle]

To keep a potential theme going. I'm having trouble dialing in tones I like on my new dub king. I really like it at home but two weeks in a row I brought it to rehearsal and any sustained notes are just far too Boomy and I can't seem to dial it back in anyway except lowering the volume and then it's not loud enough…

 

[Bass Ape]

To keep a potential theme going. I'm having trouble dialing in tones I like on my new dub king. I really like it at home but two weeks in a row I brought it to rehearsal and any sustained notes are just far too Boomy and I can't seem to dial it back in anyway except lowering the volume and then it's not loud enough…

Are you playing straight into your amp or are you running thru a comp?

 

[HueyFreeman]

To keep a potential theme going. I'm having trouble dialing in tones I like on my new dub king. I really like it at home but two weeks in a row I brought it to rehearsal and any sustained notes are just far too Boomy and I can't seem to dial it back in anyway except lowering the volume and then it's not loud enough…

Looks like you may benefit from a high pass filter.

 

[Kevin Doyle]

Are you playing straight into your amp or are you running thru a comp?

Straight into the amp.

 

[Kevin Doyle]

Looks like you may benefit from a high pass filter.

I am pretty new to all this so I will look into that! Thank you.

 

[sPiKi]

Any Decision P owners have success taming the aggression, or is that even possible?

I owned a Decision P, having wanted a PJ for some time but eventually sold it on for this reason after a couple of years. Lowered the pickups, tweaked the amp depending on venue (Mesa D800+), tweaked the IEM settings etc. and would eventually find a tone I was happy with, but it was a bit of a faff at gigs. In short, great bass, hot pick-ups but just not right for me. Still have my Sentinel (same P blade pickup) and Mercalli and recently bought a Thundergun. What does that tell you?! Reverend make great basses and have their distinctive tone. But it might not be your tone.

 

[PizzaBall]

I find myself using my Fender Am Pro II for older music (60's, 70's) and Indie music. I find the good ol DP (I say this as I giggle like an 8 year old) is fantastic for synth heavy music, or aggressive punk rock. Reverends do have a distinctive tone, and although the DP is a PJ bass, it does not sound like a traditional Fender PJ.

One thing I did to sort of lower the aggressiveness is roll the tone to about 75% and then roll the pickup blend knob to about 10 o'clock or slightly favoring the bridge pickup. The Jazzbomb is not as hot as the P Blade, so rolling the knob back a bit towards the Jazzbomb will mellow out the P blade.

JUST A DP DOING DP THINGS amirite

 

[frosty4d]

Anyone handing out numbers?

 

[Clark Westfield]

I know it will probably be considered heresy by many, but I don't really care for the sound of the stock Decision P. I tried it on a couple gigs and couldn't get any real warmth out of it. The funny thing is, I would have killed for that tone 25 years ago, but not so much these days. I just ordered a Nordstrand Power Blade to replace the P blade. It seems like it has a lot of bottom and smooth treble. We'll see what happens.

I too struggle to get the sound I love out of my Decision P.

It works, but I struggle.

Let us know what the pickup change does for your sound.