Author Topic: Epic electronics (Read 215 times)

roughlight · « **on:** January 17, 2013, 09:34:44 AM »

I'm doing the front end for my bass amp. Does (my) Epic have a capacitor coupled output? What sort of impedance/drive does it have? Can I get a drawing maybe? Anybody? Gracias.

adriaan · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2013, 10:09:00 AM »

Until one of the tech heads joins in, here's my layman's insight.

If the bass has the original Alembic electronics, on a regular bass amp they sound best through the Active, lo-impedence, input. They drive the average Passive input just fine too, but it will sound a little muffled.

roughlight · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:56:16 AM »

It's got the stock Epic electronics package which I like very much. I'm guessing 500-1000 ohms (and maybe 10-50pF) to ground is good at the amp input but I'll go lower if I can.

oujeebass · « **Reply #3 on:** January 26, 2013, 10:33:24 AM »

This applies to plugging straight into the amp but what happens when you plug into a pedal for instance?

terryc · « **Reply #4 on:** January 27, 2013, 04:36:51 AM »

Just plug it it in and adjust the pre gain..can it be any simpler???

oujeebass · « **Reply #5 on:** January 27, 2013, 07:45:52 AM »

good answer..I was just checking, keeping everyone on their toes.

roughlight · « **Reply #6 on:** January 27, 2013, 10:30:13 AM »

Forget it. I'll just measure it myself.

oujeebass · « **Reply #7 on:** January 27, 2013, 10:49:02 AM »

Roughlight - Yeah sorry about screwing up your thread. It becomes an ego fest on this board very quickly.