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BTC Control
Description
The BTC Control features a bass and treble equalizer on a concentric (stacked) pot. It takes up very little space and will work with any pickup, active or passive. It comes complete with knobs (including 2 extra volume knobs). BTC Controls and Systems are the most widely used bass EQ Systems in the world. Approximately 12db of cut and boost are available for bass and treble and all controls are center detented to assure quick return to normal tone settings. A dual-dip switch is mounted to the PCFirsthand experiences
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Discussed in "Official" Mikro Bass Club Part 3 in the TalkBass community
deepender
Almost a copy of mine. I added the EMG BTC stacked bass/treble control, BTC Control which really added to the character of the EMGX pups. It's actually another small preamp and ... ... more
sonojono
Not necessarily. I own an 84' Nissan 300ZX and I bought touch up paint for it for under $30 [image] What brand of strings are you playing on your Mikro? I've only played mine roughly ... ... more
Discussed in Looking for a MM pickup + 2 band EQ preamp combination in the TalkBass community
Ach
So the Stingray sound is: pickups position + stingray pickup + parallel + stingray preamp (which is not transparent). If you drop the preamp you are immediately in the "vaguely" category. There are many two band concentric preamps which provide transparent tone. EMG BTC comes to mind. All the components you have mentioned ... ... more
Discussed in Fender Jazz Bass Special - Circa 1984-87 in the TalkBass community
r_bnks
One of my Jazz Specials what I sold recently had the original TBX with active EMGs and it was pretty decent. Definitely worth to swap the tone pot to the TBX. But since you already have active EMGs I'd try the EMG EXB which is similar to the TBX or the BTC control what's an active bass treble control. The downside is the ... ... more
Discussed in internal knob distortion for one string bass? in the TalkBass community
ctmullins
The EMG BTC Control is pretty compact, and good quality. ... more
wreckloose
thanx again... man the more i look around the more i realize im truely fucking lost. maybe im just trying to cram in too much. the above link you shared def is what i was looking for in terms of compact but after sleeping on it (more like up all night losing sleep thinking about it) i think i would go with the tone capsule ... ... more
Discussed in lil help please with mongrel bass guts in the TalkBass community
wreckloose
hey guys, i was redirected here from the electronics page. I started sketching what began as a gutbucket with piezo disk, then became whamola, now its a new beast altogether and still growing (i should be able to play with a bow and considering adding a second string in distant future). hopefully soon you can help me name ... ... more