Active bass and Big Muff Pi

[Bernardduur]

Hi all.

I have a active bass (active electronics, passive pickups; a Bartonlini NTMB clone) and now my Big Muff Pi is sounding like crap (low volume, no real fuzz). I read in another post about the Bazz Fuss that uses a transformer (part) to overcome this. Is this also possible on the BMP?

Link to Bass Fuzz: http://www.geocities.com/tpe123/folkurban/fuzz/fuzz.html

[markusw]

The output with NTMB is lower than w/o NTMB? IIRC the BMP has an input buffer.... :?:

Markus

[Bernardduur]

No, but I read somewhere else that this was used to overcome the problems when using active hardware. When using passive hardware t1 could be removed.

[markusw]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if you connect your bass via the NTMB to your BMP you should'nt get a volume drop from the BMP. Also a transformer like you mentioned IMHO would'nt prevent this. But I am definitively no expert.

Markus

[tommy.genes]

I'm not sure it will solve your problem based on what others have said, but I think what you are looking for can be found in the Deluxe Bazz Fuss HERE (scroll down to find it).

-- T. G. --

[Bernardduur]

Yes, I've read that. The weird part is that with my active bass the BMP sounds like ****, it is cutting all over the place even with the volume at max. I was thinking about building the "bass-thru" box; read goo dstuff on Moosopathamus site.

[tommy.genes]

I've just finished a BassThru/Bass Paralooper, and I plant to post a build report in the next day or so. I used Torchy's layout for it, which had a few errors...

-- T. G. --

[Bernardduur]

OK, I haven't had any time to look into it, so I would like to read that post. Keep me informed!