EskimoBassist

All about the Fender Hot Rod!

The finish on that Bacchus is lovely, such a nice bass.

Now I would love that bass (minus the teeth marks of course). I think if I ever were to shift my Jazz, that's the kind of thing I'd be looking for.

You MIGHT be able to get a G&L Tribute L-2500 for that kind of money. I absolutely love mine, such a great instrument.

Massive plus one on this. One of the reasons I stopped scouring fleabay for bass gear.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1331915520' post='1580909'] I know it's arrogant but I love my tone at the end of this song [url="http://soundcloud.com/kilta/the-optimist"]http://soundcloud.co...ta/the-optimist[/url] [/quote] Sounds massive, nice sound! I bet it's fun playing with your band, that's exactly the kind of riffage I know I would indulge in if I wasn't in my current band.

For one second I genuinely thought this was the For Sale section and I was touching cloth in excitement...

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1331590077' post='1575601'] I've been scuba diving with a guy who puked through his regulator, something they are designed to cope with apparently. Anyway, he was OK and it certainly attracted all the reef fish! [/quote] Uggghhh I've been so scared of doing this myself, especially after a nasty long boat ride out on a small little rig - I'm no seadog, it's fair to say. Reassuring to know that they can handle puke though...

That second photo makes it look even tinier than I thought it was. If I just used a PT mini I'd get one fosho.

Interesting that the mains cable is wired in. Never had any problems with my powerstation, great products.

[quote name='Mikey R' timestamp='1331116620' post='1567760'] Nice bit of bling there! how many pedals can you daisy chain from a single power supply? [/quote] Well it all depends how much mA it pumps out. The Visual Sound One Spot has 1700 mA on tap for example, so as long as the combined mA draw is less than that figure you'll be fine. Hence you could run 17 100 mA drawing pedals from it if you really wanted to. Basically: every pedal has its own mA draw, so add em all up (check the user manual or online for tech. spec) and see what you need to be able to supply. My Diago powerstation has 3,000 mA available so I've never really come close to maxing it out. EDIT: of course that is supplied at 9v DC (negative tip) - which is what most pedals require these days. Some don't however, but it is possible to work around that issue.

I think you wanna ask Shep on this one!

Just a nice fuzz into a filter firing downwards is going to get you close. I've only messed around with the song once with a band, but I added some octave down in as well to beef it up.

I would say so yeah - I think Wolstenholme is using one of those Electrix Filter Factorys, with an Ernie Ball pedal used as an expression pedal to control the sweep. You can use the standard Xero just like that, and the deluxe can also function in the same manner if you turn the Sensitivity all the way down so that the filter doesn't trigger and that you're only using the LPF - using an expression pedal to control the sweep.

Well it's infectious: I really, really want one without having to import it, so I'm imploring the good people of BC to sell me one.

It sounds like a low pass filter after Octave and Fuzz to me, with the range starting from below what even sounds to be audible!

To be honest, this pedal isn't really going to give you that kind of always on sound. For that you really need to look more towards a lower gain overdrive, perhaps like the Wren & Cuff Phat Phuk B, Catalinbread SFT or maybe a Fulltone Bassdrive. A Sansamp Bassdriver could be just what you're after for an always on kind of low gain sound, with extra EQ control - this is what I bought my MXR M-80 for. I've had an ODB-3 for years and think it's a great pedal, if you use it properly. With the gain around 11o'clock, blend favouring the clean side and the eq set roughly at 12, you'll get a nice thick bottom to really give some umph in sections where you need it - I would generally roll back the highs slightly and boost the lows too. It's not really that subtle to be honest though so I don't think it's the right pedal for the job, sorry to say.

Congrats man, very well deserved.

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1330731923' post='1562459'] My guitarist now has a bigger board than me. This must be changed! [/quote] I've got a Diago Tourman you can take off my hands if you like

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1330722918' post='1562332'] Well that's the next blog post written! [/quote] Keep up the blog man, I've really enjoyed reading it.

I find the the BBM sits quite nicely with my band, especially in dry mode. When my guitarist goes to eleven his fuzz choice is a rat anyway, so there's not too much of an issue of the mid scoop making me lost. If you find that it does however, you could always run it in a loop with an EQ pedal to bring back some of those precious mids. I know that's what the bassist from And So I Watch You From Afar does and his parts sound very meaty when he kicks his BBM on, even fighting against two very distorted guitars.