Primary Bass - BQC System

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$179.00 on Emgpickups.com

Description

The BQC System is a complete control system for bass guitars. Active Balance, Master Volume and EQ circuits are included. The EQs allow you separate control over bass, midrange, and treble all via 2 concentric/stacked pots. Rotate the control clockwise to boost, counterclockwise to cut. There is a center detent for flat response. The mid-range control has a variable frequency knob that allows you to sweep through the mid-frequency range from 100Hz to 1KHz. This selects the frequency to boost or

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Discussed in Adventures with EMG Pickups in the TalkBass community

MarkA

Which J set are you using now -- the older, ceramic magnet ones (like were available in the 90s)? Re. the BQC system, there is, I believe (and someone can correct me here) some ... ... more

Discussed in NBD IBANEZ MIK CL BIG DEAL? in the TalkBass community

Killed_by_Death

If you're going to throw EMG pickups in there, might as well get the EMG preamp as well, if you do any dialing in of those controls. They have a variable-mids knob set: BQC System ... ... more

Discussed in Ibanez bass SR800LE Potezioneter in the TalkBass community

hypercarrots

The stock preamp is a Vari-Mid 3 band. The stock ibanez preamps often fail. Replace the electronics with an emg preamp set. BQC System ... more

Discussed in Ibanez Mezzo Upgrade Path in the TalkBass community

fauxtoe

I'm not going to tell you how much money to spend, but I think anything by EMG, Bartolini, Aguilar, John East, etc are all going to be worlds better than the Artec. At least with ... ... more

shoulderpet

Thanks, I have decided to go passive for now, Volume, blend, tone and series/parallel, looking forward to seeing how it sounds ... more

Discussed in And so it begins... in the TalkBass community

hypercarrots

the easiest thing is to get an emg preamp to go with your emg pickups. the EQ BII preamp in those ibanezes often go bad. i've had 6 ibanez with that preamp and 3 of them had one ... ... more

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