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13 hours ago, Doctor J said:
Three should have a centre detent - the pickup blend and the bass & treble cut & boosts. Set them all to the centre.
The one without the detent is the volume. Turn it all the way up and plug the bass into the amp.
Take a screwdriver (or anything metal) and gently tap on the split pickup. Now, rotate the other three pots one at a time. When you cut one of them, the sound of you tapping the pickup will disappear from the amp completely. That's your pickup blend.
Of the remaining two pots, you should be able to figure out which is which by boosting or cutting. The treble will get very bright when you boost, very dull when you cut, but do it when the other EQ pot is centred.
Thank you to everybody for your help.
Particularly Doctor J for the breakdown on how to establish which pot is which. So, it seems like this:
Lower front - is the mix pot
Upper front - is treble cut/boost
Lower rear - is volume
Upper rear - should be bass cut/boost, however it seems behave more like a second volume which doesn't quite go 100% off.
Is it possible that the guy from the shop wired one or other pots to the wrong part of the central board (i.e. the blue thingy attached to a board)? Or would that then cease to function altogether?
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1 hour ago, Happy Jack said:
You just left my comfort zone.
Someone who knows what they're talking about will be along in a minute ...
Thanks Jack 🙂 BTW, the info on what pots should be where was already a big help. Thanks.
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10 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:
Upper front is PAN, upper rear is VOLUME, lower front/rear are Treble & Bass boost/cut.
There's no parametric / sweepable mids.
Thanks for the super-quick help Jack. The odd thing is, that the upper rear (i.e. volume) is indented and the lower rear (bass - boost/cut) isn't. Do you reckon the guy wired the two the wrong way around? Would the bass even work (i.e. make a noise) that way?
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Hi All, I wonder if anyone could help me.
I have what I believe to be an SB 303 (4-string fretless), although I thought the 303s were all passive. I bought it on FleaBay, and the previous owner had swapped out the original electronics for a Glockenklang pre-amp. Long story short, shortly after my buying it, the battery in the Glockenklang suddenly heated up and wrecked the whole pre-amp.
No matter, I still had the original Bass Collection electronics. I had a local guitar shop wire it in for me - I know nothing about wiring stuff up. With everything wide open, there is one, very usable and decent sound. However, the individual pots seem to make no sense whatsoever. The way the pots react, I can't seem to even guess at what their functions are. Could anyon tell me where I might find a wiring diagram?
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Just saw this on YouTube. Steel strung, so possibly resolves the intonation issues normally associated with fretted U-Basses…?
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The OP reminds me of Spike Milligan‘s “An Audience With…” appearance in the 80s. “Hello! I have nothing planned for this evening… so nothing can go wrong.”
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Hi Guys,
thank you all for the advice. You’ve certainly given me plenty of good ideas to work with. I will be trying these various options in the near future.
cheers,
Paul
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Next port of call will be a high pass filter. A parametric would be after that. I’m already at low volume. Any quieter and I’ll wear out my right hand (I’m stood right next to the drums, on the “wrong” side i.e. next to the floor tom).
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16 hours ago, chris_b said:
GRAMMA pad. Beer crate. Move the monitor to a different position.
Thanks Chris. Space is very limited, so changing position options are too. It’s a semi-permanent set-up on a show stage, so a crate, even covered looks a bit meh. Gramma pad May be an idea.
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Hi all,
I work in a show without an amp - instead I hear myself via a pre-amp through an active wedge. All fine so far.
However, the wedge tends to turn the riser that I am on into a massive sound box, producing tons of muddy bass frequencies.
Improvised efforts to decouple the wedge from the riser improve things significantly, however, I would like to build/buy something more permanent and optimal.
Are soft acoustic pucks more effective or are the small spikes (reducing contact to the riser) better?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Paul
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On 24/06/2023 at 09:35, Rayman said:
BUT, while away…… does anyone one else look at pictures of their gear, and look forward to seeing it again when you get home? Like missing the dog you had to put into kennels? 😆 A picture came up on my phone, of a couple of my basses, and my heart did a little flip….. it’s pathetic right?
I’m drinking coffee by the pool….. and I’m on here, looking at the latest posts….
My name is Paul and I am a bass-player…Hi Paul….
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That is simply fabulous
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15 hours ago, SICbass said:
Love the poster …..as in the advertising medium, not Mr. msb. That‘s how rumours get started.
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Will you lads at the back puLEASE keep it down…. SOME of us are TRYING to listen to the bass solo!
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5 hours ago, musicbassman said:
Errrr - no.
It's Paddy McAloon, his brother, the frontman and songwriter, who has the hearing issues, poor guy.
I stand corrected.
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18 hours ago, EJWW said:
I'm seriously considering seeing Martin when he plays in lichfield in September but I'm just wondering what the band format will be because if it's just him on an acoustic guitar I'm not interested. I want to see and hear him on electric bass.
I think I read somewhere in this thread that he has serious hearing issues. If that is the case, I can't see him performing with a band, sadly.
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4 hours ago, MothMan said:
Harry Nilsson - Coconut
Love this song, and really enjoy playing it.
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Express Yourself - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
I Gotcha - Joe Tex
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Fun fact, in the product description from Thomann, the word ‘Affinity’ appeared. I asked, and they confirmed that it’s the same part as is used in the Squier Affinity basses.
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Thanks @BassBunny, that thread is super helpful 👍
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Thank you Fretmeister. I realise that, I was just considering buying the parts asap and then fitting them quickly ‘cos I’m on the road. I am reluctant to disassemble the bass just to measure it because it still functions at the minute and I have to have something to work with.
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Posted · Edited by SICbass
I don't believe in emojis, so "embarrassed face". I know what you mean - I even thought about that while writing my comment. It just "felt" less like a cut/boost in bass frequencies and more like a volume change. Which, as you pointed out, amounts to the same thing on a bass. (Walks away with hands in pockets whistling away my red face).
Thanks again for your help... and your patience.