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  • EMG's in a Minion Bass?

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EMG-PJ-Ba...cAAOSwoCNfdgJU

    I have to pile on a lot of gain at the HZ input of my interface to get a reasonable signal out of my Minion Bass. Would fitting this EMG set improve the output signal?

    Fuck ebay, fuck paypal

    "Finger on the trigger, back against the wall. Counting rounds and voices, not enough to kill them all" (Ihsahn).

  • #2
    what kind of interface do you have?

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    • #3
      Motu 828es
      Fuck ebay, fuck paypal

      "Finger on the trigger, back against the wall. Counting rounds and voices, not enough to kill them all" (Ihsahn).

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      • #4
        you're plugged in with a guitar cable to one of the two inputs in the front of the unit? if that's the case, I would think the interface would have plenty of gain to work with passive pickups. if it doesn't (as you've indicated), getting louder pickups (active or passive... in my experience active emgs are not really louder than your general "hot" passives, though they may be more present) should help.

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        • #5
          you could always preamp it like I did to my JS1M
          http://youtube.com/amimbari

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          • #6
            Originally posted by amimbari View Post
            you could always preamp it like I did to my JS1M

            Preamp it? I'm not sure what you mean. Some circuit I can wire in?
            Fuck ebay, fuck paypal

            "Finger on the trigger, back against the wall. Counting rounds and voices, not enough to kill them all" (Ihsahn).

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            • #7
              Originally posted by wilkinsi View Post


              Preamp it? I'm not sure what you mean. Some circuit I can wire in?
              EMG PA2 (EMG says it's for guitar but I can't imagine why it wouldn't work for bass)

              Also the BTC system is interesting...https://www.emgpickups.com/catalog/p...z/category/89/
              Last edited by metalhobo; 07-09-2021, 09:42 AM.

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              • #8
                yes as an alternative you could always just leave the stock pickups in and add a preamp to it.
                Or just toss a p/j set of emgs in it with the bas/treb/vol setup and use a stacked bas/tre pot so you can still keep the 3 knobs
                http://youtube.com/amimbari

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                • #9
                  Is it quiet in other circumstances or just with this interface? This just seems weird if it’s isolated only to this case use. I thought I had this problem once but it was interface issues and not my instruments. I ended up switching and issues disappeared.
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                  • #10
                    The interface will give me enough gain, provided I crank it. My Warrior Pro has a Seymour Duncan Invader, a little too hot with the interfaces' gain at 0.

                    I have since sold off my Minion bass. I'm trying to decide whether to get a JS3 (Satin Black), JS3VQ or an X series David Ellefson 4 or 5 string (the latter has EMG's). I've never played a 5 string. Does having a real B string sound better than just putting a heavier guage string set on a 4 string and down tuning it?
                    Fuck ebay, fuck paypal

                    "Finger on the trigger, back against the wall. Counting rounds and voices, not enough to kill them all" (Ihsahn).

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