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Tone Knob Pedal
- Thread starter Swamp_Ronin
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If you'ret looking to attenuate the "HIs" - while not a "tone knob", I've found LPFs to be very useful.
My use actually started to "tame" a Stingray.
Tone knobs (in a passive bass) roll off the highs, but also change the freq curve a curve a bit.
With an LPF - you just select the "cutoff" freq, and everything below remains unchanged.
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/how-tone-controls-work.1644471/
My use actually started to "tame" a Stingray.
Tone knobs (in a passive bass) roll off the highs, but also change the freq curve a curve a bit.
With an LPF - you just select the "cutoff" freq, and everything below remains unchanged.
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/how-tone-controls-work.1644471/
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Yes, I was thinking the same thing. I found a full EQ pedal much more useful. If you just want to roll off the high end you can do that, but you can also bump things or fine-tune your tone in lots of ways that just don't work with a single tone knob. Most of them have a level adjustment as well, which can be super handy if your newly-shaped tone doesn't match your neutral gain level exactly.
I'm surprised to find that I often use my TC Spark to adjust bass & treble more than my preamp. Plus, the 3 way toggle allows even more tone shaping.
I believe the Markbass super booster pedal has something very much like a "tone knob" called vintage loudspeaker emulation (VLE) but it's a 12 volt pedal
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I'd go the filter approach...you may want to consider an RFE which adds a very useful, desirable "bump" at the cut-off frequencies:
www.broughtonaudio.com
Here's a representative graph...it's my Audere high-Z mode. It's a b**** to adjust the onboard module complicated by self-doubt as to what sounds good:
Riis
Resonant Filter Equalizer
The Resonant Filter Equalizer creates unique tone control by combining a high pass filter, low pass filter, and middle equalizer. Both filters have their own resonance control, allowing a bump at the cutoff frequency, accentuating the effect of the filters. The semi-parametric middle eq includes...
www.broughtonaudio.com
Here's a representative graph...it's my Audere high-Z mode. It's a b**** to adjust the onboard module complicated by self-doubt as to what sounds good:
Riis
The effect of a tone knob after active electronics is not exactly the same as a tone knob on a passive bass. More specifically, the resistance and capacitance of the tone control interact with the pickup's own reactance (inductance + capacitance, but mainly its inductance) to produce a different effect. But yeah, wiring a tone knob in a metal box will give you a shallow low-pass filter (6dB/oct.). You might find that an active low-pass filter works better (also because the transition can be much sharper, depending on the "strength" of the filter).
Wash pedals are band pass resonant peak filters. Not exactly the same as a passive tone control.
I have several passive tone boxes using different value pots, capacitors and resistors. My favorite is a "Trickled" circuit that uses a 47 uF and 22 uF in parallel and a 250 k pot that works well to tame active circuits and I also use that setup on my fretless basses.
I did see an onboard one
True!
Now I’m just picturing this phenomenon of people buying Joe Darts and finding ways to add tone controls to them
The Broughton LPFs and RFE are nice. There’s also the new Empress Bass para eq, more features and more expensive. As many said passive tone controls don’t sound the same as low-pass filters.
Hey! I appreciate all the responses. I know about LPF's and EQ's and all of that. There are a million solutions of course. I have a parametric eq on my amp. I don't have a problem with hiss or etc, I was thinking about those Sadowsky circuits is all.
What I actually wanted was a passive tone knob in a tiny pedal, pretty much like in post #10 on this thread. I thought it would be cool. Maybe even one that doesn't need batteries. The limitation is the point, I don't want something that can do more.
What I actually wanted was a passive tone knob in a tiny pedal, pretty much like in post #10 on this thread. I thought it would be cool. Maybe even one that doesn't need batteries. The limitation is the point, I don't want something that can do more.
In that case I agree that a diy solution is in order. Couldn’t be simpler, really.
