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glocke
Intermediate Member Username: glocke
Post Number: 101 Registered: 9-2002
| Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 6:34 am: | |
Well, after years of just playing with a clean sound, I am starting to think about expanding my tomes....My main amp is a demeter pre which has minimal eq (the way i like it).... I have started using a Q-tron, and am thinking about adding something else. Two things that come to mind are the line 6 bass pod xt/xtpro, and the SF2. What types of things can be done with the SF2 ? Is it just basically an EQ tool? Or are there weird and wonderful sounds to found in it? Also, if anyone has any experience with the bass pod speak up..im basically wondering if i is just a toy or a serious musicans piece of gear. |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 3239 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 6:49 am: | |
In the context of your question, the SF-2 is basically and EQ tool. |
glocke
Intermediate Member Username: glocke
Post Number: 103 Registered: 9-2002
| Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 6:54 am: | |
thnx Dave...feel free to answer out of context....lol... Also, if anyone is in the philly area (or wilmington DE or NYC) and uses one in their rig when they play out, let me know....Id lvoe to hear an SF2 live b4 buying one without hearing it first... |
palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic
Post Number: 2288 Registered: 9-2002
| Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 6:59 am: | |
As I say always: the SF-2 is able to let you sound like you also "behind the corner". So the minimal-eq-that's-me-sound will stay that way on the other side of the pub. It doesn't WORK as an EQ so the "tweaking" is different. Some like it and some really don't. In EQ terms: it is "just" 3 band. One "dry" where you can "add" modified frequencies you choose. So agree with the Moder: it has nothing to do with "effects" tough it will work great in the "effect-loop" of the Demeter I guess. Paul the bad one |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 3241 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 7:31 am: | |
Well, the SF-2 doesn't do things like reverb, envelope following, flanging, chorus, octave dividing, distortion, etc. The controls are similar to what's on your Series bass, except that instead of just low pass, you have the additional options of band pass and high pass. So when you ask about weird and wonderful sounds, I tend to think that the SF-2 helps make my tone more "wonderful" (to my ears anyway; others may "wonder" why in the world I would want that tone <g>). And I suppose that, for instance by the deft use of the band pass, it could help make your tone more "weird". But it's not a chorus, or a divider, nor a ... Edit: Paul beat me to it; I got tied up on the phone. (Message edited by davehouck on February 17, 2006) |
glocke
Intermediate Member Username: glocke
Post Number: 104 Registered: 9-2002
| Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 8:14 am: | |
thnx guys....both responese are very helpful |
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