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[quote name='M4L666' post='603111' date='Sep 19 2009, 08:10 PM']Is that Ashdown dual band one any good?[/quote] Never tried it but I must admit it does look cool

[url="http://www.ovnilab.com"]Here[/url] you can find some interesting reviews.

[quote name='exmando' post='585582' date='Aug 31 2009, 08:32 AM']On the rare occasions when a bit of slap is called for I find I have to quickly adjust the volume output of my bass to a lower level to avoid overdriving This is quite tricky - and I wonder if I should be using either a pedal or maybe some kind of compressor/limiter to achieve my goal - does anybody have any suggestions? - I don't generally have much time to set-up in a gig and I am attracted to a simple stomp box which can be pre-set and left[/quote] The simplest solution is set the gain of your amp playing slap. Alternatively, you can use [url="http://www.ehx.com/products/signal-pad"]this[/url].

[quote name='alexclaber' post='583459' date='Aug 28 2009, 12:37 PM']I'd generally put distortion pedals closest to the instrument because the impedances match up better that way.(...)[/quote] I am not sure I understand why. Can you elaborate?

[quote name='dood' post='583599' date='Aug 28 2009, 02:46 PM']Now this is the kinda stuff I like to see! Yes, I do find it interesting! - What was your choice of IC? 5532 or similar?[/quote] Thanks Dood for your encouraging words. The IC type doesn't make a huge difference. Apart from some applications, I am not a big fan of the TL07x family. That’s why I changed it. Considering the pain of de-soldering the JRC062 I am not entirely convinced it is worth the effort. The NE5532 is a good choice. TLC2262, OPA2227 or LM4262 are also good op-amps that would work fine. If the IC needs more current it might be better reducing R5 and R6 and increasing C4. If you plan to build one, instead of SW1 and SW2, I would recommend a single rotary 6 positions switch. 4 positions with 1 capacitor each (one for every filter depth), one position open (low-pass) and one closed (flat). As general note, some people may find the similarities between [url="http://hem.passagen.se/robin2/effects.htm"]Robin Tomtlund-Edman[/url]'s [url="http://hem.passagen.se/robin2/im/fjbamp.gif"]Fender JB Special preamp[/url] and the Yamaha NE-1 intriguing...

Hello everybody, I recently purchased a [url="http://www.yamaha.com/guitars/products/productdetail.html?CNTID=60151"]Yamaha NE-1[/url]. It is a great little pedal but quite frankly I found the majority of the sounds not very musical. Event the Nathan East favourite setting (deep, freq=4) sounds like the bass is played in a box. I worked at some mods you may find interesting. First I added an external power supply connector. I don't like batteries. They have a limited lifespan and they are ecologic bombs. Secondly I removed C6. In this way the volume doesn’t change between flat, deep and shallow. Third, I added a double pole 3 position switch (on-off-on). In position 1, the NE-1 operates normally. In positions 2, C5 and C7 are removed from the circuit; the NE-1 operates as a variable LP filter. In position 3, the NE-1 has two new more subtle (and usable) sounds for shallow and deep. It also changed the stock IC (JRC062) with something more hi-fi. The NE-1 is a much more usable pedal now. With my Fender Jazz it can go from super-slap sounds (Marcus Miller tone), to nice Jaco-like tones, to a more deep sounds. I hope you'll find this interesting. [attachment=31700:yamaha_ne_1__mods_.gif]

The BT needs 18V for its circuits. I guess for more headroom. I while ago I contacted MXR and I asked if the BT can run at 9V. They said that 9V won't damage the pedal but it might sound better at 18V.

[quote name='Aussiephoenix' post='578900' date='Aug 24 2009, 11:37 AM']hey, I'd say a good example would be Muse - Hysteria, but less drowned out.[/quote] I may be wrong but I think the bass in Hysteria has at least 3 layers. Clean with bass boost, fuzz on the treble and overdrive on the entire signal. [quote name='Aussiephoenix' post='578900' date='Aug 24 2009, 11:37 AM'](...) I've also seen a few people on here recomending the Bad Monkey, so I might see if I can try one out.[/quote] +1 Great pedal.

Do you have any example of song/sound you like? Why did you hate the mxr m80?

[quote name='mcgraham' post='578872' date='Aug 24 2009, 11:03 AM']Bump. Still looking for anyone that could do this or direct me to someone who could? Mark[/quote] Sorry Mark I just read the post. It is not super-complicated. In a way it is a mix of a few [sfx] devices. If you send me an mail I'll be happy to have chat with you about it.

Very nice pedals Al. Is there any reason why you use a big box for the Red Llama?

Often, the basic structure of the circuit of a pedal is used to create another pedal that works better or slightly differently from the original. I call this pedals "inspired by" or "based on". I use the word "clone" only when it is an [i]exact[/i] copy. The Ibanez Tube Screamer is a good example. A good number of pedals are based on the TS basic ideas but almost all of them have some difference that makes them unique. The Orange Squeezer is probably a starting point that has been used for the design of other compressors. I suspect that a lot of "Orange Squeezer based" compressors on the market today sound quite different from the original Orange Squeezer.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='575874' date='Aug 20 2009, 06:01 PM']Firstly, tonight I was rearranging some pedals on my board and got a small electric shock off the strings on my bass!. I thought nothing of it. Then I got another, and another and so on. This happened when running 4 pedals off the 6 pedal daisy chain from my diago power station. After I got the shocks I started to notice that when i take my hand off the strings (break the circuit I was creating) there is a slight hum coming through the amp. After a little investigation, this gets louder when I touch the metal on any of the pedals of jack leads in the chain from the diago power supply. I wondered if one pedal had an issue and so unplugged all but one, going through each in turn, but no matter which pedal is connected this still happens. Connecting the bass direct to the amp it does not so I know the bass is not causing it. Do I assume that my diago powerstation has just decided to die on me? Is there an issue caused by not connecting all of the sockets on a daisy chain (surely not!?). Can anyone help?[/quote] I had a customer with the same problem (small electric shocks, hum...). Every problem went away when he changed his switching power supply with a linear one. In your case it might be a problem with you PSU that has a fault. I would suggest you contact Diago to find out if they had other customers with similar problems. [quote name='pantherairsoft' post='575874' date='Aug 20 2009, 06:01 PM']Secondly. I received a EHX Bass Blogger today. The manual says it will not work in a daisy chain. My Micro synth does not, but that also requires a specific power supply, unless I use a gig rig virtual battery. I was told by a chap in a local shop that sells EHX products that the smaller pedals just need the polarity reversing. I picked up a few reverse polarity converters for next to nothing, but that does not seem to work. (...)[/quote] I agree with bobbass4k. Some pedals need an isolated power supply. I haven’t seen the schematics of the EHX Bass Blogger so I can’t be sure but this is what usually happens. Some pedals internally, use a power supply circuit that creates an internal ground reference (let’s call it ground2) that it is not at the same level of the ground of the power supply. In other words there is always a fix voltage between the “real ground” (fixed by the PSU) and ground2 (generate by the pedal). All the other pedals in the chain don’t have the circuit that generate ground2 so the in/out jack sockets are all connected to the same “real ground” fixed by the same PSU. For one pedal, the in/out jacks are connected to ground2. Then the pedals are connected in chain, all the grounds are connected. However, because in our case there is a fix voltage between the “real ground” and ground2, electric current starts to flow between the two different ground levels creating a short-circuit. It should be clear why inverting the power supply does not resolve the problem but might be the best thing to do to fry the pedal.

Great stuff dood. Thanks.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='573059' date='Aug 18 2009, 03:39 PM']funny because that's not what you told me.[/quote] In the email I sent you, I can't honesty recall telling you anything about one or more requirements that you didn’t cover. If I did, please accept my apologies – it wasn’t my intention. I sent you an email with more details about it. --- More in general, apart from one case where the person that applied was less than 18, nobody sent me an application that was so off-track that I couldn’t accept it. The only reason I had to accept only some applications is that the number of applications was relatively big and unfortunately I had to limit the number of people that will continue with [sfx] labs.

By now all the applicants so far should have received an email. If you haven't please let me know. Max [sfx]

[quote name='Kev' post='572827' date='Aug 18 2009, 01:30 PM']sadly, i dont meet your criteria, despite going through more pedals than most in the past few years! No live experience, only recording! Great idea though, il be interested to see how it works out.[/quote] Hi Kev, Covering 100% of the requirements is not strictly necessary. I would more than pleased to have a recording engineer in [sfx] labs. To be a good recording engineer it is not necessary have been playing in band for example.

[quote name='gnasher1993' post='572308' date='Aug 17 2009, 10:52 PM']I'd love to be involved in this but I've only been playing for a couple of years. I fit all of the other criteria though. I'd be interesting in taking part from a double bass point of view. Is it worth me sending an email to you tomorrow?[/quote] Good ideas can come from anybody. If you have something to say I will listen regardless how long you have been playing. So the answer is yes, I think it is worth sending the email. You may want to add a few notes to your email describing why you would like to join and what your contribution might be.

[quote name='Griff' post='569907' date='Aug 15 2009, 01:43 PM']Hi all! I'm looking to expand my pedal collection a little, and was wondering if any of you could help. I'm the bass player of an alt/rock trio, and therefore I'm looking to make my bass sound as meaty and fat, without losing any tone or clarity. After taking a look at the MXR Stereo Chorus Pedal, I'm considering buying it, but just wondering if anyone here has had any experiences with it, and whether or not it's worthwile purchase? Obviously it's all dependant on what genre of music you're playing in, but I would be putting either an ODB-3 or a Big Muff through it. Cheers, Griff x[/quote] I have a MXR Stereo Chorus and I really like it. I wish it run a 9V but it is my only complaint. Beautiful sound especially when connected in stereo. No tone loss. The bass filter button allows the processing of only the higher frequencies but regardless how it is set the sound is very full and clean.

I would like to thank who sent me an email about [b][sfx] labs[/b]. There is still time to join so please feel free to contact [sfx] if you are interested. I am very pleased about how it is going. A lot of people answered and emails are from musicians with different experience, gear, age and type of music - which is great. In the next few days I will examine in detail all the emails. I will also put together a sort of welcome package for the musicians that will be part of [sfx] labs. With the welcome package you will have a dedicated high-priority email address for communicating with [sfx] labs, direct telephone number for questions or technical problem and a special area on sfxsound.co.uk were you will find the latest news and developments of [sfx] labs. Considering that a good number of emails are from people living in London, I will probably organise a (first) meeting in central London. People that cannot join us for the meeting will be informed via the website and/or email about what happened. All the best, Max [sfx]

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='569728' date='Aug 15 2009, 08:45 AM']email sent but bounced back as it said address was invalid?? [edit] Resent![/quote] Received

A quick note. I corrected the web page but just in case... could you add where you live (roughly) to the email? It would also be great if you could include your basschat ID so I can recognise you Thanks, Max [sfx]

wow - that was fast!