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#941
I have some other stuff just cos I want it, but honestly I could go LeBass, CaliCB and amp and be happy.

B channel is set up to be a near carbon copy of the A sound with a little more mids so A on it’s own, B on its own or cold fusion give slight variance of the same.

Rest of rig is a Form Factor amp And Barefaced Supertwin

It’s just bloody great
 
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#944
Guys! Compare my record. First part cab sim is off, second part is on. Le bass direct to sound interface. No any daw or effects.
StingRay 5H (2001) maple fingerboard. Humbucker is in parallel mode.
What do u think?
I think sound with no cab sim will be pretty nice for funk, pop.
The second part with cab sim on will be god for rock or metal
 

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#945
ddamm said:
Guys! Compare my record. First part cab sim is off, second part is on. Le bass direct to sound interface. No any daw or effects.
StingRay 5H (2001) maple fingerboard. Humbucker is in parallel mode.
What do u think?
I think sound with no cab sim will be pretty nice for funk, pop.
The second part with cab sim on will be god for rock or metal
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Hi I think it sounds great! and crisp go into wall of sound and try the 15" speaker cab, as an option it would suit your style of playing.Thank you
 
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Ranjith Hegde said:
How is everyone finding the sound from the headphone out option?
Even with cab sim on, the high end is really harsh and starts to distort pretty early even on channel A
This is a new headphone, days old ATH m30x
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Are you only experiencing this with the headphones? It sounds like it might be the headphones themselves, I've always found the cab sim's high end to be extremely lacking.

Distortion on the A channel sounds unusual, though - it usually stays clean unless I push it really hard.
 
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Johnny Mac said:
Are you only experiencing this with the headphones? It sounds like it might be the headphones themselves, I've always found the cab sim's high end to be extremely lacking.

Distortion on the A channel sounds unusual, though - it usually stays clean unless I push it really hard.
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yeah i agree, I got a Neunaber Iconoclast because the Le Bass was too dark
 
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ddamm said:
Guys! Compare my record. First part cab sim is off, second part is on. Le bass direct to sound interface. No any daw or effects.
StingRay 5H (2001) maple fingerboard. Humbucker is in parallel mode.
What do u think?
I think sound with no cab sim will be pretty nice for funk, pop.
The second part with cab sim on will be god for rock or metal
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That's the included cab sim? That sounds nice to these ears. Although I've heard clips that sound darker but I like that. I wonder if thats your Ray bringing presence back in?. Solid playing! :)
Best wishes,
Brent
 
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Johnny Mac said:
Are you only experiencing this with the headphones? It sounds like it might be the headphones themselves, I've always found the cab sim's high end to be extremely lacking.

Distortion on the A channel sounds unusual, though - it usually stays clean unless I push it really hard.
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No the harsh highs are really reduced with cabsim on but its not 'gone'. I am experiencing that when I connect my headphones or my studio monitors through headphone port. DI out to audio interface to the same headphone/monitor has much improved sound.

FYI, I play an extended range violin that has the upright bass range, not a bass guitar/UB. I go for bass oriented things because guitar or regular violin oriented gear cant handle any bass from my instrument
 
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Ranjith Hegde said:
No the harsh highs are really reduced with cabsim on but its not 'gone'. I am experiencing that when I connect my headphones or my studio monitors through headphone port. DI out to audio interface to the same headphone/monitor has much improved sound.

FYI, I play an extended range violin that has the upright bass range, not a bass guitar/UB. I go for bass oriented things because guitar or regular violin oriented gear cant handle any bass from my instrument
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Sounds like an issue with the headphone out then. I'd contact Two Notes customer support and they should sort it out for you, you'll probably have to ship it to get repaired but they were helpful when I had a problem with the bypass on mine.
 
#953
I just joined this club!

I'm in a band where my very awesome Darkglass Vintage Ultra doesn't quite drive hard enough for the modern desert rock vibe, but my Swollen Pickle fuzz is super overkill (well, it's perfect on a couple songs). Someone had one for sale and I went into debt and got it.

Sure enough, it's delivering some huge overdrive, and goes from nice to naughty with a few adjustments. And whew...channel A sounds slightly scooped but not enough to fight an active mid boost, and I'll see how it plays with model J single-coil pickups later. It just sounds huge, though. I've been playing with ways to get A, B, and Hot Fusion all lined up with just stomps, and seeing how it works with other pedals. In a word: perfectly.

I'm really jealous of some of y'all's pedalboards btw, but mine will serve my purposes for the time being.

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Btw, you may notice I have a 1 Spot powering this beast.

On paper, the Pro CS12 pushes 100mA from the 12V outlets...but after doing a little digging (bc my seller forgot to include the power supply, which I still want but for now don't need), I discovered that these units can push a lot more current than that as long as the total current draw stays under 3000mA.

How about that. The Hyper Luminal is rated for 250mA, and the rest of the pedals in the ~100mA range down to like 10mA for a couple. So I tried it out, and here we are. Nice and quiet, too.
 
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@Real Soon welcome to Two Notes heaven.
I agree the A channel is scooped, but if you want to run a clean sound with no scoop there are 2 options.

Set up the B channel so it’s not Dirty, almost emulates A, but puts some mids back in, or my current fave is run it in Cold fusion so it’s a full, clean, fat sound with more mid presence and brightness.
 
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Cuzzie said:
@Real SoonSet up the B channel so it’s not Dirty, almost emulates A, but puts some mids back in, or my current fave is run it in Cold fusion so it’s a full, clean, fat sound with more mid presence and brightness.
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One of my new favorite tricks in Cold Fusion mode is to start with Channel A totally dialed out, set Channel B so that I get close the tone that I want and it breaks up a little when I dig in, then cut the bass control on that channel down to about 10 o'clock and dial in some of Channel A to bring the bottom back in and add a fuller sound. The cool thing about this preamp is that you can find all kinds of ways to get the sound you want, so I'm always experimenting.
 
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I crapped my pants switching from Hot Fusion to Cold Fusion a couple of times haha...that blend knob is mighty powerful!

For the sort of OD I'm looking for with this group, I'll try out Hot Fusion and the B channel at rehearsal tonight, and whichever seems to fit the bill best, I'll tailor the other uses around that.

Having seen reviews/discussion in places about problems with the DI being noisy, I haven't tested that yet but will plug it up in the next couple days to see what I get. If it's no go, no big deal but if it works, that's that much more flexibility.
 
#959
Hi there, I would also like to chime in and pick a number :)
Ordered mine about half a year ago as this also my first post ever on TB. Reading a lot though...

What I like from the LeBass:
1. The Sound. Whatever I throw at it...a dead cheap bass starts to sound awesome. This makes it a keeper.
2. Versatility. Can play just about anything with it.
3. DI. Noise free and makes most sound guys happy.

What I don't like:
1. No, or limited mid controls. I use it live and have no bass amp for personal monitoring. Just a QSC with a cab. I cannot get a sound with a load of hi-mids to hear myself on stage AND send a proper sound to the PA.
I need channel a to have a switchable frequency for mids. Channel B should have switchable hi and low mids.
2. No Post/Pre EQ option. Also to fix the above Issue, you could go to PA without EQ, soundguy can manage, as long as the cabsim and pedals are processed.
3. Channel A EQ is boost-only. I found out that in quite some bars and venues, the sound is still to woolly. I need to cut more bass. (I play a Jericho Alpha Blackm which is kind of a normal passive P/J bass).
4. Channel B could have a tad more headroom for lows.
5. 12V. Come on, how hard is it to make this 18V....This could also get a little bit more room to power an amp with a bad input sensitivity.
6. Cabsim. Too dark/woolly but need to live with it. I have no money for a C.A.B.. Hope to get me a CabDry in near future. Really need it to play on headphones which I do most.

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Thanks for all the info in this topic so far. Helped a lot. Also have some JJ and EHX tubes rolling around...so maybe one day :)
 
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