[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1364210113' post='2023115']
No but what you are going to get is two lots of active EQ which may or may not conflict depending on how you have them adjusted.
I'm not a big fan of on-board pre-amps for basses, because I believe that you should EQ once in your signal chain and do it at the point where it is most effective. This normally means at your amp. It is generally the place where the least amount of restrictions have been imposed on the circuit design, either from power requirements or space. Any compromises in the EQ on your amp have been done because the designer wanted to, not because they had to through lack of space or the need to power it off 9V batteries, and IMO if you can't get a decent sound out of just your amp, then it is the wrong one for you, and you should change it.
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I totally agree with exactly half that
I don't think the eq in the bass will conflict with the eq in the pedal. After all, you can always just set one flat. And I don't agree that you should only EQ once. A typical recording chain might see eq applied by a Sansamp, the desk, then eqd again in mixdown, at mastering and finally by the (shudder) graphic equaliser in the car.
And if using a pedal makes the amp you already own sound great, why buy a new amp?
The bits I do agree with, fwiw, are: I don't go for onboard eq for the same reasons as bigREDex, and share his less-is-more philosophy.
If it was grinding and clanking I was after I'd go for a Sansamp, or an Ampeg SVP pro. And a Precision with new stainless steel roundwounds