| Reviewer
| Michael
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| Experience
| 30
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| Review date
| August 17 2001
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| Manufacturer
| Peavey
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| Model
| CyberBass
|
| Price
| $1200.00
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| Item owned for
| A very, very long time
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| Bass type
| 4 string fretted
|
| Neck join
| Bolt-On
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| Neck construction
| 1 piece maple
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| Fignerboard
| 22 fret rosewood with lexan overlay
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| Body
| Alder
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| Finish
| Metallic Black
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| Pickups
| Humbucking, active Peavey soapbars
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| Hardware
| Chrome Gotoh style tuners and proprietary bridge
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| Electronics
| Passive Vol, Vol, tone for bass, MIDI volume & acctuator switch |
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for midi
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This is the only bass-to-midi controller that works! It doesn't use any
of that 'pitch-to-voltage' nonsense that we all know doesn't really work
for bass. There are 3 sets of sensors in the instrument:
1) The fretboard is wired to send pitch messages
2) There are individual pickups for each string in the bridge pickup to
send note-on and velocity messages
3) The bridge saddles flex and send vibrato and string bend information.
It's all coalated on board in a massive circuit board on the back of the
instrument. Setting it up is a little tricky and it's best to find someone who
really knows the instrument so you can get to track at its optimum but,
after you get past the set up, it can track and transmit midi as fast as
you can play.
I've used this bass for everything from horn solo lines in a Motown
band, to approximating bowed and plucked upright in a pit orchestra, to
being the keyboard player in a rock band.
One downside is that Peavey screwed the pooch and quit making this about 5
years ago.
The other is that it's pure Peavey and pretty mediocre as basses go.
| Construction
| 75% | 
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| (Why put the best bass-to-midi converter in a so so instrument?)
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| Appearance
| 75% |
|
| (Typical Peavey paint job, lumpy & uneven.)
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| Playability
| 90% |
|
| (After I reworked the setup)
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| Sound
| 75% |
|
| (OK bass sound. The midi depends on your module)
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| Customer Service
| 100% |
|
| (This is still what Peavey is best at)
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| Value
| 85% |
|
| (The midi is worth putting up with the bass)
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| Overall
| 85% |
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