Blackouts for Bass is Voiced for the Metal Bassist

Santa Barbara, California - Building on the smash success of Seymour Duncan's Blackouts for guitar, Basslines new active 4- and 5-string soapbars and on-board Tone Circuits are voiced for the aggressive active bass tones of metal, classic metal, punk and heavy rock. Instead of the radical EQ boosting and cutting required to make flat, sterile pickups come alive, Blackouts for Bass deliver the goods with less tweaking. The pickups use the popular "Phase II" cover and are drop-in replacements for many basses. They include all necessary mounting hardware including high-quality potentiometers on pre-wired harness; battery clip; and stereo jack.

The Tone Circuit offers two focused bands of EQ dialed-in to the frequencies that metal players need most. Blackouts for Bass have more of what you want: cleaner highs, deeper lows, and greater dynamic range than traditional active bass pickups. This high energy, expansive sound is capable of covering all your other gigs with ease. The Tone Circuit comes in two versions: one with separate bass and treble knobs and one with a stacked, concentric bass/treble control which can replace your tone knob avoiding the need to drill additional holes. With both versions, we include black anodized, knurled, dome-style knobs.

Technical Specifications:
Average Output: 1.00 to 1.50 V p-p
Battery requirements: 9V (up to 18V may be used)
Current consumption: 900 micro-amperes
Double Back Gain: Fully "off" to +34dB
(approx. 550 hrs. battery life per pickup)
Noise: -95 dBV (20 Hz to 20 KHz)
Maximum signal swing: 2.5V @ onset of clip
Thd: less than 0.03% @ 1 volt output
Clipping Level: 7V Peak-to-Peak