bassist_lewis

Probably have too much on order to afford another valve amp but I'm watching with interest

How do you now what's what? 😅

Is this new or a special edition?

Agree and agree. I really like the bridge pick up sound, its mid-rangy and cuts but isn't too bright, as you say. On my other bass with a bridge pick up I don't tend to use it solo'd but on the Acinonyx it really works. And I kind of prefer having the preset tone settings, less faffing around! I agree in the same ball park, and I use them a such, but there is a little extra something' something (which I love btw). It was why I bought in, its got a unique sound I'd never heard before (on something I could afford!)

Sounds beefy! I feel like the Acinonyx is very different from the more familiar Jazz/Precision/Stingray tones in most recordings, so it still feels a bit odd playing it live, but I'm sure I'll get over it! That's a great set btw!

Welcome to the short side! How do you find the Nordy on gigs?

2 filters???

Sick burn. I get the impression Spencer is someone who likes to do things his own way...

Also never used the Small Clone, but the Julia is great, its especially good having the wet/dry mix. The Lag control is a really unique control to have as well, gives a lot more nuance than most chorus pedals.... I might switch mine out 🤣

The Rupert Neve RNDI will take an out directly from an amp, you just flick the switch to -45dB.

I got mine from Joe's Pedals. based in the UK, so cheap and quick postage. There's also one for sale on reverb just now for £170! it went up the day after I bought this 😤

Bought pretty much on a whim, and I am not disappointed. The low octave sounds great in 'low' mode, and the tracking is AMAZING all the way down to low F. Also has that old chunky vintage aesthetic. The soloed octave sound maybe isn't quite as gritty/characterful as the OC2 or Octabvre... but still solid af.

Early Boss pedals used a weird power section that dropped down the incoming voltage for some reason. They can run on 9v if you daisy chain them (I think you have in your picture), and my OC-2 runs fine on 9V, but the chorus didn't work at all.

Its a really lush sounding chorus, just needs a weird 12V power supply!

Some slight alterations to the board. I decided I didn't use the Dweller Phaser often enough, and I have more use for some light tube amp-esque drive from the Jive instead. The Tru-Fi Super-Fuzz is a super awesome octave fuzz, and the Octron3 is also f***ing fantastic, and may even replace my Octabvre long term (we'll see).

I tried to get one. Put a reminder on my phone and everything, but I hesitated over which gain type to get and missed out 😔

What's the space like underneath?

I'll be watching this closely.

It really depends what you're using and what you like. I have the JHS Crimson, which is basically an early 90s Russian Big Muff, and at some settings of the tone knob, it gets very thin and un-bassy. My Malekko B:Assmaster has a dry volume so sounds very full, but my Tru-Fi Super Fuzz has no dry blend and its still has really good low end response. When I'm using a fuzz, I'm looking to cut through with mids and top end, so I'm not particularly bothered by having lots of lows, though its better when its not totally sucked out!

Up until 2018 I was freelance so I played in dozens of bands a year, some as The Bass Player, but most as a dep or pit work. These days I have my own original band, a singer/songwriter and I dep with wedding bands. I now work full-time as a teacher, I manage to fit it all in because my own band is still in the writing/rehearsing phase, the singer/songwriter does a lot of stuff himself and we only gig (currently) a few times a year, and the weddings are deps or charted, so I just turn up and play.

That's a small bu high quality collection! the B:Assmaster is a beast! And the Deep Impact and Cali76 are highly recommended.

The Free The Tone Black Vehicle bass drive is probably the closest I've got to the sound of an overdriven tube amp. A great and oddly heavy drive, but not in everyone's budget!

yeah, that is much easier, though I still do quite a bit of freelance so still have to do a tax return.

I feel like we talk about going the other way a lot, so I'd like to hear other people's stories about transitioning from full time freelancer to employee. How did you do it? Was it difficult? If so, how did you manage the change? So this time 4 years ago I was a freelance bass player and teacher/community musician. Then, a few months later I started my teacher training, and now I work almost full time in a couple of schools, plus a little bit of freelance teaching and gigs. In many ways it's been an easy and successful transition. My income is stable for the first time, I can pick and choose the gigs I do, I can focus more on my own music, and I can realistically plan for the future (house, family, pension etc). But I'm still finding the transition difficult. It takes a lot of effort and conversation with my girlfriend to say no to a gig (she is very supportive of my gigging), and I still feel a bit guilty about it. I'm also about to give up my last bit of freelance teaching as I've been offered full time after the summer, and I feel like I'm losing something... or giving something up... it's hard to put into words. I worry about not being offered gigs (I have every Saturday up until October), or that I'll be forgotten in my local music scene (I still see those people every now and again). To be clear, I have no regrets about my choices. But the change is hard.

I bought the Micro Synth off here after years of um-ing and ah-ing. Decided to get one pedal to do the synth thing rather than 3 or 4, especially for the soul band I play where I only use it for 1 or 2 songs, and the octave is nice to have for the extra girth every now and again.