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Topic: Too much bass! |
Jouni Karvonen
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 15 Oct 2013 3:05 am |
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I have a new 8 string lapsteel with a single Lace Tonebar 10 pickup. It gives out a little too much "boom" on the bottom strings played trough my reissue Fender Champ. Is there a way of adding third knob and some wiring to solve this problem, there's room for that on the plate. Being an idiot with electronics I trust local shops + I try to keep things simple.
Thanks in advance.
http://www.lacemusic.com/pdf/11_alumitone_diagram.pdf |
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Scott Duckworth
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Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 15 Oct 2013 3:39 am
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You can buy a "Fish & Chips" EQ pedal for $30 at Guitar Center of Musician's Friend. I'd rather see you do that than hack the guitar.
By the way... NICE!
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Jouni Karvonen
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 15 Oct 2013 4:48 am
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| Thanx, I also found a store, Music123, that does overseas business. |
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Mitch Druckman
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2013 7:52 am
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| Have you tried installing new strings? |
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Jouni Karvonen
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 15 Oct 2013 8:03 am
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Like the great Bobby Koefer I like old strings + my first project with a "George L" is less boomy with 5 yrs old strings. But maybe I'll try that, thank you.
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Scott Appleton
From:
Ashland, Oregon
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Posted 15 Oct 2013 10:19 am tone stack
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| you could put a tone stack with a roll off in low freq's. it would be a double pot . two controls in one spot. a good repair tech could do it for you. |
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Jouni Karvonen
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 15 Oct 2013 10:29 am
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| I'll show your idea to my solder guy, hopefully I find some diagrams. Thanx everyone. |
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Mike Schwartzman
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2013 2:06 pm
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Maybe inside the control panel there is a capacitor running from a contact on the tone pot to the volume pot. You'll have to open it to see, and read the value of the capacitor
Sometimes changing the value of that capacitor can tame the tone. Example: If there's a .05 microfarad cap try a .02 mf cap. You might also check the value of the pots. I'm not sure what value pot that is suggested with the Alumitone pickup, but I would check on that.
I would try the least radical changes to the guitar circuit first because the Champ has only an 8" speaker and 6 watts. If you played through another amp with a larger speaker and more watts the guitar might sound great as is. Try the guitar through a larger amp before you do anything. That's my take.
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2013 3:57 pm
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Does the Champ amp have a bass knob?
Are you saying that there's too much bass, or are you saying that it's too dark, too little treble? They are two very distinct things.
Brad |
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 15 Oct 2013 3:59 pm
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Can't really see in the photo, but can you just lower the bass side of the pickup farther away from the strings?
JE:-)>
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Jouni Karvonen
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 16 Oct 2013 8:04 am
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| Problem solved. Sold the Champ, thanks everyone / now how you delete a topic? |
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