EBS Bassiq
December, 2006
The compact BassIQ has a high-end price and superb construction to match. It looks and feels super tough, with rounded corners, a rubber-padded bottom, recessed knobs, and a stylish paint job. A tiny mode-switching toggle sits safely between the knobs, with all three settings getting warm, slippery sounds with oodles of sensitivity.
Threshold works like a sensitivity control, making the pedal quack or dyoop differently as you vary your attack. Turning down attack opens the filter with a sharper attack and closes it with a quicker decay, while goosing it even a little produces a longer, more languorous glurp. Hi-q spices the up mode’s rising quack with increased resonance for a more pronounced effect. The down mode is especially groovy, diving quick but oh-so-deep with threshold set high and attack set fairly low. It’s the pedal’s touch sensitivity, though, that provides full-filter fun factor.
Details
List $249
Street $200
Power 9V batt. or ac adapter
True bypass No
Weight 1 lb
Warranty Two years limited
Made in Sweden
Contact Dist. in the U.S. by Brooklyn Gear, (718) 858-4900; www.ebssweden.com
