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Re: [ChurchBass] [GEAR] Bartolini soapbar tone?

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#1 · October 23, 2003, 2:58 am

Posted by: wulf <wulf@...>

Dennis <jdwxly@gte.net> wrote:

> I need some input on Bart pickups. Last week the worship
> team was guys-only, which also meant that we got to turn up
> the instruments a bit 🙂 For the first time in a _long_
> time, my bass was loud enough that my minidisc recorder
> picked it up clearly.

Unrelated to the pick up thing, but have you tried moving
your microphone to a different position. There should be
places on stage where the bass is heard clearly even if
you're relatively quiet (eg. not too far away from the front of the amp).

> ... But I'd also like to warm up the tone a bit - it's a
> bit too "in your face" for my tastes when I solo the MM
> pickup.... I was looking at Bartolini's web site and
> noticed that they have a _bunch_ of humbucking soapbar
> pickups, in all sorts of shapes and sizes. I'm curious
> if there are big tonal differences between all the
> combinations - wide humbucker, skinny humbucker,
> "EMG-shaped" humbucker, etc.

I'm not sure about tonal differences - the twin Barts on
my Sei are about an inch wide and I think they sound
great.

However, I'm wondering if there are other things you can
do before going to the time and expense of dropping in
new pickups - eg:

- change your hand position and playing style
- adjust the tone controls
- adjust the amp settings
- add an outboard unit (like the Sans Amp Bass Driver DI
... much as I love my Barts, I love them even more
through this thing)

Even the SABDDI solution will be cheaper and more
flexible than buying and installing a new set of pickups!

Wulf

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