Phil Jones Bass - "Bass Buddy" Profiles Now available!

I got a chance to play this at NAMM (5 minutes before Victor Wooten jumped on the very Fodera bass I was playing!!) and my bass eventually got one and I borrowed it from him.

There's two available - the one labeled "flat" has no EQ or effects. The regular one, just called "PJB - Bass Buddy" has a compressor on it as well as a little gain ('with teeth,' I call it) and a tiny amount of reverb to give it some breathing room.

The compressor is there because the box itself has a really nice compressor on it; though the Kemper's, admittedly, is not as transparent or clean, but maybe you can fiddle with it and find a really light compressor setting.

Enjoy, all you low-enders!

FYI, the 5-band EQ on the Bass Buddy is as follows:

50Hz
160Hz
640Hz
2.5kHz
12kHz

I set up a preset that has several EQs in a row to approximate this, but haven't really played too much with it. So the "stomps" are now:

A: Compressor
B: Studio EQ page 1 - to adjust 50 & 12k
C: Studio EQ page 1 - to adjust 160 & 2.5k
D: Graphic EQ page 1 - far right freq adjusts 640

and the "effects" are now:

X (off): Graphic EQ (see the freqs above
Mod (off):
Delay: (off):
Reverb: Large Room (only 6% mix though & 2.4 sec) - so really light

I'm not sure of the exact signal flow through the Bass Buddy - I figure the EQ is likely AFTER the pre, but I don't know enough about the Kemper to know if there's an EQ that you can exactly customize all the freqs, Qs, and gains - but if there's ONE that can do it, the Graphic EQ is probably close (have to use 80 instead of 50 and 10k instead of 12k, but it should be okay). I should also point out that I've not adjusted any gain in the EQ sections - so though they're there, they should be pretty transparent.

So I've replaced the profiles I originally posted with the above changes. Enjoy! Let me know if y'all discover anything cool with them!

Quote from DonPetersen

If you're looking for a more transparent compressor then the compressor stomp, please try the Compressor parameter in the AMPLIFIER section.

That's a good idea! It's probably closer to the way the Bass Buddy's actually works anyhow! Thanks!