Oct 20, 2009 9:00 AM
New to LowDown Studio 110 (general impressions)
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Hi All,
So I have played guitar for about 5 years now and decided to pick up a bass.
Bought Yamaha RBX374 (didnt have any cash for an amp at the time) and plugged it straight in
my old Fender Champion 30 (30W) guitar amp, I know it "shouldn't be done", but w.e.
And you know it sounded rather very good, for a low 30W old guitar amp i loved it.
So i played for about 2 weeks, loved every second and decided to pick up a "proper" bass amp,
i play once in a while with my buddies so Studio 110 seemed like the best choise (wight/watt/price)
So i got home and plugged it right in, wanted to see what it will do on just a clean tone, and i was
surpised (as my bass has active pickups) i pushed in -10Db button, i had to go to almost past half (6)
on the volume knob to get the same amount of crip sound i had on my old Fender ... that got me worried.
I tried to play -10Db disabled, that sounded better or i guess louder at least, but at some point distorted, as expected,
and i did put a new battery in for my pickups just in case. All in all not too bad, and i have read the FAQ about the "volume pod"
that line 6 is using which is aparently not too responsive, i still failed to understand why (would be cool to know
who exactely can help me replace that, to have it increasing smoother).
Even though i have not spend too much time with it, only 2 days so far... i couldnt get this clean, crisp sound out of it as
easy as i was able to out of Fender guitar amp (appologies to mention fender here). Maybe i am just used to play and sound
of a guitar. Anyhow ... if there are any advices for the preset that would sound - maybe clean and ringy that would be cool
Maybe i am not using opto compressor right, kinda have an idea for what it is, just seems like it makes sound too dull if its
turned up too high?
Hope this amp grows on me... and thanks!
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