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PaxWorks

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Bass Compressor?
« on: August 07, 2011, 08:36:31 PM »
A friend of mine want a compressor for his Bass rig.

Does anyone have any suggestions or experience using a DIY Comp for Bass guitar?

I'm thinking I may build the MORC from guitarpcb.

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Re: Bass Compressor?
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2011, 08:59:10 PM »
you could build an Orange Squeezer (Cupcake) and incorporate some suggested mods for bass that tonepad lists. to correspond with the madbean build doc, you could do the following:

1. Change C6 to 1uF
2. Change C7 to 10uF
3. Change R8 to 200k

I also know people who use the stock OS on bass, and I plan on building one for my rig.

Ian

EDITED: #2 Has the correct part, thanks for catching the mistake Misha.
« Last Edit: August 08, 2011, 07:29:32 AM by irmcdermott »

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Re: Bass Compressor?
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2011, 10:57:07 PM »
you could build an Orange Squeezer (Cupcake) and incorporate some suggested mods for bass that tonepad lists. to correspond with the madbean build doc, you could do the following:

1. Change C6 to 1uF
2. Change C8 to 10uF
3. Change R8 to 200k

I also know people who use the stock OS on bass, and I plan on building one for my rig.

Ian

That should be C7, not C8.

I would also try increasing C2, probably to 1uF. Changing R8 probably isn't necessary.

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Re: Bass Compressor?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2011, 11:01:43 PM »
my bad.

thanks for catching.

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Re: Bass Compressor?
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2011, 11:04:44 PM »
i etched a few of Jimmy's layouts for the 1590a OS so maybe I could give the extra to my bass player. Thanks for the mod suggestions!
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