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  • December 30, 2008 at 2:58 am #77460
    Sixbladeknife
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    Anyone here have experience w/ the Bass Microsynth using it w/ guitar instead of bass? Any drawbacks vs. the regular Microsynth? Thanks :)

    December 30, 2008 at 3:26 am #89814
    Ned Flanders
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    Works fine from my understanding.

    December 30, 2008 at 2:51 pm #89835
    Tango
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    Isn’t the main difference between the bass and guitar versions just that the bass version has EQ bands optimized to bass?

    December 30, 2008 at 7:45 pm #89847
    julian
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    well the octave effects I believe are optimized for Bass. So it will respond better on lower notes, but not as well on higher notes I believe.

    December 30, 2008 at 8:31 pm #89849
    Sixbladeknife
    Member

    Thanks for the replies guys, I just scored one so I guess I’ll find out when I get it.

    December 31, 2008 at 8:23 pm #89904
    Ned Flanders
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    well the octave effects I believe are optimized for Bass. So it will respond better on lower notes, but not as well on higher notes I believe.

    IMO the MS responds better to lower notes anyways, I had the guitar version and I always preferred the sub octave to the upper octave.

    December 31, 2008 at 8:35 pm #89906
    Scott Matthews (EHX Staff)
    Member

    Warning! Warning! This is what happens when you use a Bass Microsynth with a guitar:

    https://www.ehx.com/blog/head-banger

    fwiw, if you check out the user-generated videos for the Bass Microsynth, you’ll see a few in there (mostly by this same YouTuber, La Griff) of the Bass Microsynth used with guitar…

    -Scott

    December 31, 2008 at 11:27 pm #89913
    Sixbladeknife
    Member
    Quote:
    Warning! Warning! This is what happens when you use a Bass Microsynth with a guitar:

    https://www.ehx.com/blog/head-banger

    fwiw, if you check out the user-generated videos for the Bass Microsynth, you’ll see a few in there (mostly by this same YouTuber, La Griff) of the Bass Microsynth used with guitar…

    -Scott

    Haha- outstanding!!

    January 1, 2009 at 12:12 pm #89937
    nightraven
    Member

    i believe Jack Conte uses a bass micro synth on his acoustic guitar

    January 7, 2009 at 10:31 am #90241
    Sixbladeknife
    Member

    Well I got it, and it seems to work fine on guitar except for optimal performance the preamp (of the pedal) in bypass needs to be very overdriven. If I tweak the trimmer on the back to get a more clean signal, the effect is weakened when the unit is activated. It’s not on my board so its not much of a problem. Still wondering if the regular guitar version might work better for me, although I have been able to coax some very useable/cool sounds out of it…

    January 7, 2009 at 7:54 pm #90273
    julian
    Moderator

    you can always put it in a bypass loop

    January 7, 2009 at 8:38 pm #90284
    Sixbladeknife
    Member
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    you can always put it in a bypass loop

    Great idea.

    October 21, 2010 at 3:45 am #112064
    bigrigg
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    Hey everyone,
    any experience with 7 string or some drop tunes like drop D or even C? Would the bass version be better suited for the lower tuned guitars, 7 string etc or is the guitar version still fine?
    Thanks for any clarity and experience. I want to make the right choice.

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