Hey folks,
I've just been doing some recording comparisons between my 1991 NT 5 and my 2000 BO 5 and have a few questions...
1. The output from the 1991 MEC 2-band pre-amp seems to be quite a lot lower than the later pre-amp, is this typical?
2. The earlier pre-amp seems to distort more easily when slapping with some bass and treble boost, is this also normal? (I've even wound the pickups down a bit to reduce this.)
3. Do these earlier pre-amps have any sort of gain control? (I can't see anything in the control cavity, but haven't looked that closely.)
4. Do the later pre-amps have the same frequencies and characteristics? They do sound very similar, aside from the overall gain difference...
Although I'd prefer to keep the '91 bass in it's original condition, I also want it to sound as good or better than the '00 BO, so maybe a new pre-amp would be worth the coin...
Cheers,
EG
I've just been doing some recording comparisons between my 1991 NT 5 and my 2000 BO 5 and have a few questions...
1. The output from the 1991 MEC 2-band pre-amp seems to be quite a lot lower than the later pre-amp, is this typical?
2. The earlier pre-amp seems to distort more easily when slapping with some bass and treble boost, is this also normal? (I've even wound the pickups down a bit to reduce this.)
3. Do these earlier pre-amps have any sort of gain control? (I can't see anything in the control cavity, but haven't looked that closely.)
4. Do the later pre-amps have the same frequencies and characteristics? They do sound very similar, aside from the overall gain difference...
Although I'd prefer to keep the '91 bass in it's original condition, I also want it to sound as good or better than the '00 BO, so maybe a new pre-amp would be worth the coin...
Cheers,
EG