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If you're playing through a bass amp the signal is already pretty "low-passed." Besides, if you use a bridge pick-up, (underwood, wilson, barbera etc. ) most high frequencies in amplified bowed bass sounds are artifacts of the pick-up (and are pretty obnoxious). This is less true with small mic. pick-ups that would get some of the resonation of the "box." I have an EQ setting that rolls off the highs when I bow anyway. Don't get me wrong, the echoplex works GREAT for everything but the bow. If the input gate setting becomes an option in an update Im sure this would be fine too. I agree that the 'rang is not the choice for high-quality studio recording or if you are using a really full-range amplification system. Then maybe get the 'plex and try to compress the signal a bit before the input. Or, get them all and use the one that works best at the moment for what you want... good luck, Curtis crb@music.princeton.edu >You may want to consider that bowed strings have a very wide frequency >bandwidth. (I've measured them going well beyond human hearing range, >actually) The Boomerang's bandwidth is quite a bit lower than most other >delay units, but you should give it a try to see whether that's a problem >for you or not. >At 11:27 AM -0400 6/2/97, Curtis Bahn wrote: >>I also play string-bass and use various looping toys. I love the features >>of my Echoplex BUT there is a input gate which is a problem with bowed >tones. >>It doesn't pick up the softer sounds, and then clicks on in the middle >of a >>stroke. Maybe this will be fixed with a software update I don't know. >>upcoming software updates will address this problem. >>Maybe >>try out a Boomerang, I find it the most useful (compared my Jam Man, and >> >>Echoplex) in simple "jazz trio" settings, it plugs into your amp and acts >>like a stomp box. It handles the bow just fine