It sounds great! Since I rarely see you use a P Bass on your vids, may I ask what strings and what strap you're using as they both stood out to me so much!!
Talking about compactness and looking at the giant foot sized volume pedal I'm wondering if it too can be made more compact. Like making a smaller sized rubber nipple, covering a long spring underneath. The shaft in the centre of the spring, attached to the pot on the board, will control the volume action. Effectively having a big, touch sensitive button, with a smaller footprint.
Thank you for the info on the BP1 compact 👍 Have you ever tried a Radial HDI and compared it to the Caveman BP1? The Radial HDI isn’t a pedal, but I’m curious sonically.
I am about to get a BP1 or BP1 Compact. What tonal differencies do you experience in these two? I got a big analog board as well as a Quad Cortex too. I am going to use the BP1 (Compact or not) more or less as stand alone, but do not fancy a wall wart or external power supply and mounting on a board. Small footprint! Pro's or con*s - I'd appreciate your input. //Roger
There's no tonal difference at all between the two. The only thing you lose on the compact is the second foot switch to turn the effects loop on and off, but you gain the ability to power it from a regular pedalboard power supply and not have to have a second IEC power cable going to your board.
@@BassMonstrum I have a tech21 q\strip and a 1073 clone at home I use for recording direct bass, the 1073 clone cost about 2x what the Q\strip cost, and the differences in tone are very subtle. Once you’re in a live situation I bet it would be very challenging to be able to tell the difference between the two. When I’m at home with headphones or studio monitors though the higher end preamp imparts some tonal changes that are very inspiring to hear while playing.
0:38 to 0:54. Um. Then why get this or any other preamp? I have looked carefully at this and it's clear that nobody can really explain the value of a preamp. For recording? The producer or the DAW can do wonders with a direct signal. On stage? Well. On stage 0:38, "it's subtle." Meaning no one will notice. EQ. Overdrive. "Warmth." Volume. Not sure why you need a preamp for those things. They're on your bass, on your amp, or on another pedal with more versatility and control than any preamp with only 2 or 3 knobs. And the preamps with 50 knobs only have more EQ bands, a compressor, overdrive, gain....getting the picture?
Well yes, I have a pretty good picture of what a preamp does for your sound. If you believe it's clear that no one can explain preamps to you, then you simply haven't been speaking to the right people. There's nothing wrong with subtlety, and you can't simply say an audience won't notice it live just because a difference in two sound samples in a demo video on youtube is subtle. They won't notice it live because when you play you're not putting on a clinic and A/B testing it for them to highlight the different between bypassed and pre amped. You're playing a gig. Besides all of that, you're missing the point of the entire thing. The underlying importance of a preamp to a player is about how it makes you feel as a bassist. The feedback you get through the instrument and the amp as a result of having something in the chain. That is true for almost any effect. Every preamp I've ever used (and that is dozens at this point if I had to guess) has a totally different character. And yes, some have lots of knobs and EQ options, and others don't. Do you know anything about the Neve 1073 that the BP-1 is based on? It has slightly more than the two knobs of the BP-1, but not the "50 knobs" you reference in your comment. More knobs and EQ options don't equal a better product. Some things just don't need all that crap if they sound good on their own. There is also a massive difference between the capability of an on-board preamp vs something super high end like this. In this video for instance, I'm using a P bass which is passive and has no preamp. So there are dozens of use cases for a preamp. Regardless of what "wonders a producer" can work in a mix in a DAW, it matters what signal is being recorded more than anything. To the player, be that in the studio or live onstage, the feel and the feedback through the fingers is paramount to anything else. Only the experience of using these devices will give you a clear understanding of their importance to bass players. Watching RU-vid videos and reading gear forums will help you exactly zero percent of the time when it comes to gaining actual user experience. They will expose you to a lot of different product and many varied opinions, but very little beyond that.
@Janek Gwizdala thanks for your answer. Btw, my "getting the picture" came off as rude, but was simply meant it for emphasis, and directed not to you, but to the generic reader. I apologize for that. Thanks for your thorough reply and clear perspective. Cheers.
