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allmeatpizza
Copper Member
Philippines
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 Posted - 04/08/2010 : 13:32:04
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hello. im a bass player and im wondering if anyone can give me a good advice regarding a BOSS GE-7 being used for a bass. is it better than GEB-7? if you were to choose, which pedal is much better for electric bass? thanks. |
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Pepe
Silver Member
Germany
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Posted - 04/08/2010 : 14:33:57
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Don't use the GE-7 for bass. The frequencies of the GEB-7 are optimized for bass guitar playing! The GE-7 is perfect for guitar, but will not satisfy you when it comes to bass!  |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
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Posted - 04/08/2010 : 14:50:32
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quote:
Originally posted by PepeMusic
Don't use the GE-7 for bass. The frequencies of the GEB-7 are optimized for bass guitar playing! The GE-7 is perfect for guitar, but will not satisfy you when it comes to bass!
He nailed it |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2010 : 15:18:03
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Hi allmeatpizza
Welcome to the forum from Australia.
Looks like the guys have already given you the answer/s
The GE-7 will NOT go low enough,
but it will work to some extent.
You can check the difference in Frequency bands & Specifications here:
You will see the GE-7B has a lower centre Freq of 62Hz,
where the the GE-7's is 100Hz.
Which misses the Low E on a bass by almost a whole octave.
As a reference "Low E" on a Bass is around 42Hz
I have not calculated "B below E" on a 5 string.
GE-7
http://www.bossarea.com/loadpage.asp?file=boxes/ge7.xml
GE-7B
http://www.bossarea.com/loadpage.asp?file=boxes/ge7b.xml
I hope this helps.
Regards Dr. Bob  |
Edited by - Dr. Bob on 04/08/2010 16:29:36 |
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allmeatpizza
Copper Member
Philippines
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Posted - 04/08/2010 : 15:39:45
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| thanks for the advice guys. that cleared a lot of things. im satisfied. ho ho ho. |
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2010 : 16:29:17
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I actually like the GE-7b (the older brown model) better, cause in the GEB-7 they skip from 800hz to 4500hz which to me leaves a huge gap in the all important upper midrange frequencies.
I like using those high mid frequencies (1k, 2k and 4k) as a presence control, mind you the human ear is most sensible to those frequencies, so boosting those will make the bass stand out better in a full band setting with loud guitars and drums and such.
It looks like the GEB-7 is more suited for a modern sound, lots of low end, scooped/little mids and lots of high end, whereas the GE-7b is more old school where you can boost the mids.
It all depends on what you want with it, the GE-7 will work equally well, it just doesn't have subbass.
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MullyFX
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Germany
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I need an advice: Regarding Boss GE-7
