Kev

indeed, if none of the ax's do anything special for me, il be trying an at, from what iv seen mullard at's dont go for too much on ebay

you'll enjoy it gunna be trying out new valves in it soon, looking at GT 12ax7-m and sovtek 12ax7-wb (i think thats its name)

ye i second that, lets just hope so $599 the price?? i think that could be a mistake, i have no doubt the pedal is worth that, but thats deep impact money, and as things stand i know what id choose

dissapointed slightly, i was hoping for a deep impact beater as was the hype on talkbass, from those samples deep impact sounds far better imo hopefully it will sound better and have many more options in the flesh

just been messing round with it again today and thought id try it in my amps effects loop. It sounds great there too, gain on tap appears to be much lower, but its great for real low gain stuff, and when cranked will still sound like the gain at instrument level at bout 12-o-clock. im struggling to decide where to put it now! think im gunna stick with the crunch tone i got when it was first in chain on my board, but it works brillaintly as a valve preamp as well the eq is even more responsive (or feels it) when in the amps effect loop

wonder how different this will be to the bass muff pi

that last one sold on here i thinkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk went for £135 few months back edit: £125, close enough [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5818&hl=g5"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5818&hl=g5[/url]

i have some on-ear bose ones, think they were about £100, brilliant headphones, straight out back of my b2.1u

boycott ebay, save yourself the fees, sell it here

you understand now though why that was so obviously not a fender?? uv just got to have a real good look at the bass, and often it can be a few little things that give it away

[quote name='cheddatom' post='220652' date='Jun 17 2008, 03:21 PM']no distortion sound you liked? There must be 100s!!! I'll have a play sometime and recommend you some. Basically, I remember that the TS-9 model was sh*t. Can't remember much else. There's a blend and EQ on every distortion model though![/quote] maybe its just in comparison to what iv got a seperate units, if anyone has any zoom recomendations let me know!!

bloody

suprised you have not shifted that peavey yet, great bass for the money gotta say the white n red is quite nice, but i prefer black :ph34r:

I recieved the pedal through the post this morning, and have been fiddling away with it pretty much ever since, neighbours must wanna kill me! Built June 08 as dated on the back, i believe it to be the second one built, and the first in a custom colour choice, as wrote on side of pedal. Here's a piccy of it in all its glory and marvolous paint job: Iv had this pedal for half a day, so this is a total initial reponse first impression review. I will post further opinions if i have any more in the next few days. okay, so i bought this for a special price of £120 as i was one of the first 5 to order, i believe the price to buy now is £175. This is a single valve overdrive/distortion unit, and the latest addition to the VT1 range. The features that set it apart from the others in the series are the Di output with level control, and the active eq section with Q mids control. I did own a DHA VT-2 Dual Custom Bass for a while last year, but ended up selling it partly due to financial reasons, and partly due to the lack of eq options with just a passive eq. I ordered this pedal purely because it had an active eq, which greatly interested me, i doubt i will have much use for the Di. Ease of Use : 7 You aint just gunna be able to plug in any old bass into any old amp and just play and expect to get the sound you want, it take some time to twiddle away and try and get that sound. The setting seen in the pic above are pretty much bang on what i want, using my stingray going into my trace amp. Setting the ip level and gain the right way can be tricky, but sounds great once you get there. The boost and level is simple to use, as is the 3 band eq and the Q mids control. I have yet to try the Di but i imagine since it just has a level control, its not rocket science. Dave sticks in a double A4 sided sheet to talk you through it, and i can see it would be very helpful. Twiddling is needed, so il give it a 7. Sound Quality and Features : 10 I bought this pedal with the full intention of warming up my signal with a valve and get a nice breakup if i play hard/my bass's volume is cranked. Did i get that? Yes i did. After messing round for what seemed like an age, i got a fantastic tone exactly as i wanted from my stingray, and sounds great, greatly improved my solid state trace's tone. Worked equally well on my passive jazz bass, after altering the ip pad of course. The EQ seems very responsive, a fantastic improvement from the passive eq of the other pedals Dave makes, and interacts brilliantly with the bright switch and the mid Q control. I have it set so the bright switch is on, and i cut treble with the eq as shown in the pic, and that gets my tone right were i want it. Boosting bass and low mids completes my extensive use of the eq, and it sounds great (but no doubt not to the neighbours, having the amp cranked at 10am! ) The op-amp boost is very useful for lower gain settings, and seems to generally boost the sound making it fuller and bassier, which is great. With the gain cranked, you get a wild high gain distortion, despite only having the one valve it really does pack some punch! Again, iv not used the Di, and probably wont as my zoom pedal has a great Di anyways, so i cant comment on that just yet. Im finding it hard to find something i dont like about the pedal tbh, if you want a valve overdrive sound its pretty much bang on. I hope to be experimenting with different tubes soon, its currently fitted the the 12ax7eh as standard, which i think is a pretty high gain tube, so id love to hear some lower gain tubes too, we'll see! But yep, i cant comment on the Di, but as a valve preamp/overdrive pedal, for me its a 10. Build quality: 10 Typical DHA tank like structure, huge rugged metal box, secure pots that aint ever gunna wobble, you'll have a hard time breaking this one. Value for money: 9 Well for the price i got it, 10 all the way, there will never be another valve pedal that can satisfy so much for under £150 imo. For £175? personally, i wouldnt pay that, but thats more because im poor than anything else, the pedal is certainly worth that amount, you wont get anything like it for less than £200 i wouldnt have thought, good stuff! Customer Service: 10 Dave is a great guy, replies to emails quickly and efficiently, and will sort any problems you may have. Absolutly no worries whatsoever there. Overall: 10 Yup, iv give it a 10. I bought this for a low gain valve overdrive tone, and thats exactly what i got. Yes it takes time to get the sound you want and perfect it, but the satisfied feeling you get when you get there is great. Add to that the felixibility of a 3 band eq with extra mid control, the possibilities of loads of different gain options with different valves, and Di capabilities, i think you should stop messing round and pop Dave an email now!

the fuzzes are quite bad, but nah never got any OD or dist sound iv liked on the zoom just as well iv got my new DHA pedal and my civil war muff

iv gotta say, much as i love my b2.u1, the distortions i dont use as i dont like them. The boss gt6b distortions are brilliant, certainly better than the zoom's IMO, but i cant comment on the me50b's