Stofferson Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 NPD - EHX Bass Clone, Fancied using a bit of chorus, so purchased this one, after a good read up. Arrived yesterday, stuck on my board and off to practice last night. I use a Warwick Thumb BO with Active MEC pickups, It farts out, is there only way I can describe it, I guess it doesn't like active passes, the only way I can get it to sound "normal" is by turning down the volume of my bass quite significantly, which defeats the object really. Any one else experienced this? Or any ideas how to resolve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Have you tried switching the bass to passive mode? Some pedals don't like the hotter output of active electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stofferson Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 Just now, Doddy said: Have you tried switching the bass to passive mode? Some pedals don't like the hotter output of active electronics. Yeah, tried that, doesn't really attenuate the signal that much tbf, I'll have to try it with my passive bass to see if it is a hot output causing the issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stofferson Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) Yep, tried with my passive bass and it's fine, would have thought a bass specific pedal would account for this. Oh well. Edit! Ignore me it's been a long week. Pedal works fine and sounds great! 😭😂😂😂 Edited August 5, 2021 by Stofferson I'm an idiot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Ace. Pedals can be temperamental things at times, interesting to see how they react to different basses and other pedals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Doddy said: Have you tried switching the bass to passive mode? Some pedals don't like the hotter output of active electronics. Battery powered bass may have a high impedance pickup, or two and the preamp is only the tone unit. Even though the pickups may be battery operated (low-impedance, or "active"), the output can be even lower than with their high impedance ("passive") siblings. But it is true that the impedance difference may affect the effects unit behaviour. I found this out with fuzz/OD/dist and compressor pedals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stofferson Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 hour ago, itu said: Battery powered bass may have a high impedance pickup, or two and the preamp is only the tone unit. Even though the pickups may be battery operated (low-impedance, or "active"), the output can be even lower than with their high impedance ("passive") siblings. But it is true that the impedance difference may affect the effects unit behaviour. I found this out with fuzz/OD/dist and compressor pedals. Absolutely true, not on this occasion. Unfortunately, in my ignorance, which I should have known it was down to being underpowered, few changes in the power supply and it's good. I hang my head in shame, ahh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, Stofferson said: ...it was down to being underpowered, few changes in the power supply and it's good. I am pleased to hear that the equipment is up and running. If we just had gigs. Four cancellations during last two weeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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