fatback Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 (edited) Fitted the K & k Bassmax on the E side, and I'm having trouble with a 'pop' attack. The problem is mostly above D on the A string. Otherwise the sound is fairly good approximation to the acoustic. I'm using an EA Doubler on Ch 2, and a BF Midget, and I can only get rid of the 'poppy' attack by drastically cutting the mid eq. Using the notch filter doesn't help. I'm not using a preamp, as the Doubler is high impedance. The pickup may not be seated in a perfectly parallel bridge slot, but shifting the pickup about a bit doesn't change anything. Any ideas? The bass sounds great acoustically, and I'm not expecting to reproduce that, but I should be able to do better than this and without brutal eq. Any ideas? Thanks for your thoughts. Edited August 26, 2010 by fatback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 TBH I get that too. What strings are you using? I thought it might be my evahs because they are pretty thumpy anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 What exactly do you mean by 'pop attack' I have a bassmax on both my basses and use a doubler but haven't really noticed anything specific but I'll have a wee noodle about and see if I get the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 [quote name='steviedee' post='937773' date='Aug 27 2010, 07:14 AM']What exactly do you mean by 'pop attack' I have a bassmax on both my basses and use a doubler but haven't really noticed anything specific but I'll have a wee noodle about and see if I get the same thing.[/quote] It's as if the attack of the note has lots of high mids in, quite 'synthetic' sounding, not natural at all. Sorry I can't record anything just now for various reasons. Don't actually know what strings are on it, but it belonged to a jazz player, so they'll be pretty conventional, rather than rockabilly-ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 An update on this one. Managed to tame the 'pop' with a DHA DI/EQ by cutting the high mids with the parametric. Great. The sound is now perfectly acceptable, albeit a bit 'electric', but that's the K&K Bassmax, I imgine. Happy days. I can now think about a public outing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I have a bassmax on my stentor 1950. I couldn't get a sound I liked with spirocores, but the cheapo weedwackers sound brilliant with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 [quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1091709' date='Jan 16 2011, 07:14 PM']I have a bassmax on my stentor 1950. I couldn't get a sound I liked with spirocores, but the cheapo weedwackers sound brilliant with it[/quote] At least that shows it's not as simple as the bassmax not being up to it, which is encouraging. Turns out i have Pirastro Jazzers on mine (steel). Looking to change soon, but i guess i need something that can be bowed with not too much trouble, so weedwackers are out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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