Roland V-bass Bypass Quality Question?

[Deki]

Hi there,

 

I intend to buy v-bass soon because I tried it last week and I was amazed. But before that I want to be sure about it's bypass sound quality. I tried it at my friend's home bass amp and I didn't noticed any tone sucking. But same thing I experienced with BOSS ME50B processor and when I bought it and used it on big stage with band, sound engineer had problems to make good PA sound of my bass (bypassed). These problems disapeared when I pluged my '77 jazz bass directly to EBS TD650 head. When I'm using effects, sound is pretty cool, but when I turn to bypass I hear lack of punch and definition, which I have when I remove processor from chain. This lack of punch is not heard when I play solo. I'm little worrying because BOSS ME50B uses same COSM technology.

 

Please could you tell me your experiences on your V-BASS?

 

Thanks:rolleyes:

[Jazz Ad]

There's no bypass on the V-bass. The sound is always processed by the unit, even with all effects off.

[Deki]

 

Originally posted by Jazz Ad There's no bypass on the V-bass. The sound is always processed by the unit, even with all effects off.

 

 

I know that there is no true bypass, but I think that there is functional bypass which can be assigned to GK3B controller assignable button and which also activates tuner, of course only if BASS is selected on BASS-MIX-GK switch on GK3B. Am I wrong?

[Fireball_73]

Is true bypass just basically putting the input straight to the output of an effects unit without it travelling through the effects circuit?

[Deki]

Originally posted by Fireball_73 Is true bypass just basically putting the input straight to the output of an effects unit without it travelling through the effects circuit?

 

Yes you are right. This is in order to preserve original sound signal without any digital or other conversion.