Sadowsky Metro Express P/J Jazz

[Stealth]

Bit of a saga with this one. So I had an issue I assume with the preamp as it worked fine in passive. No output with the bass and treble off and tinny noise with maxed Fair play to Thomann who shipped the bass back at their cost and returned it “fixed” So now it sounds and plays great. But…..if I max the bass in active mode there’s Distortion even if I back the gain right of on whatever I plug into. Not a massive problem as there is tons of bass before it happens. Are they all like this ?

any ideas

[Hellzero]

Putting the bass to max is always likely to induce distortion with almost all preamps, and this one is no exception, especially with 18dB of gain at 40 Hz, which is ... way too much.

 

Back it and remember that this preamp is a boost only model even if some iterations have a center detent...

 

To be "flat", the bass and treble should be fully cut, so start sculpting your sound from there and everything will be fine.

 

By the way, it's an excellent bass and don't waste money changing the pickups and preamp for "American" ones, the improvement is really thin (I did it, so no need to do it again).

[Stealth]

You’re right I guess. I got an Atlas comp last week issue solved. Now I can hear it a ridiculous amount of bass unless your needing to demolish the foundations of a tower block.