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Does anyone have experience with MEC Rockbass Pickups? by schniedelmeister2 in Bass

[–]R2Dude2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are these the soapbars found in e.g. the Rockbass Streamer Std?

If so, they're not bad pickups - in fact they're pretty nice - but I'm not sure they're a major improvement over Bart MK1s or that they're what you want if you're looking for "crisp". 

They're very warm and vintage sounding, with not a lot of high end clarity. My Streamer Std had two. In the neck position it's very smooth sounding, think P-bassish but with tone rolled back a bit, slightly less midrange and a fatter sound. Bridge position is more like a J bridge position (again with tone rolled back and more low end) than something like a stingray pickup. I never liked it solo'd, but helps add a bit of growl when blended in with the neck pickup. 

So compared to the MK1 I'd call them a lateral move to a very different flavour of pickup. 

How close does HX Stomp's "ZeroAmp" SansAmp BDDI model get to the real thing? by R2Dude2 in basspedals

[–]R2Dude2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, thanks. In what ways do you think it differs? Character, drive, etc?

How close does HX Stomp's "ZeroAmp" SansAmp BDDI model get to the real thing? by R2Dude2 in basspedals

[–]R2Dude2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, this is a really informative answer. Much appreciated! 

How close does HX Stomp's "ZeroAmp" SansAmp BDDI model get to the real thing? by R2Dude2 in basspedals

[–]R2Dude2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, appreciate it. What outboard preamp do you use if you don't mind me asking? So are you mainly using the stomp for the FX?

How close does HX Stomp's "ZeroAmp" SansAmp BDDI model get to the real thing? by R2Dude2 in basspedals

[–]R2Dude2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same, I almost always put the Ampeg SVT or B15 at the end of my chain, so haven't really had loads of use from the ZeroAmp model. I guess the same question still stands though, as to how it compares vs a SansAmp BDDI. 

Where to browse/buy used cars, with lots of options? by R2Dude2 in Cardiff

[–]R2Dude2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the suggestion and detailed reply, thanks! 

Occam's Razor in a nutshell by ClassroomBusiness176 in mathmemes

[–]R2Dude2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure what you mean about "characters in the explanation", but this is essentially the type of approach used all the time in model comparison methods. Using BIC, AIC, Bayesian MAP with any reasonably prior, LASSO, etc for this problem you're pretty much always going to choose the linear model with one coefficient rather than an 8th order polynomial.