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Everything posted by Kev
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That, is a good point
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Of course, everyone has a different mids preference or requirement, it just sounds like the mids control isn't balanced right if it has to be maxed out, to be honest. What use would there be for cutting the mids, presume none for those who are maxing it out?
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You're not wrong, but I get uncomfortable 'pushing' a circuit so hard just to get a unity sound. It indicates something is wrong for me. I feel it would also generate noise in the signal. Before I removed the preamp and pickups from my Ibanez and replaced with US Bartolini, I found myself having to boost the treble to almost full and cut the bass and mids heavily to get a decent sound out of it, which I didn't like doing. Since I replaced both I don't know what the culprit was, but I presume it was the cheap licensed barts. Very dark, but proof that its best to start with something near the mark and adjust to taste, as opposed to forcing something.
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If you’re muddy with the XU then you need to take a slower approach at understanding how the filters work and how you should set the levels and comp. You have full control of the frequencies and how they need to be set will vary from rig to rig.
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If I’d have kept my 14lb Streamer, I may well have had them by now!
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Oh god, forget I said anything... 🙄😂
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Okay, fair enough! Given your own sweeping generalisations on Class D amplification, I’m sure you can forgive a little stereotyping elsewhere It’s just my experience, I’m yet to find a lightweight (sub 8lb) bass that has the depth in tone that a 10lb + bass tends to have. I am sure there are exceptions, clearly from this thread alone, but there you go. Sounds like you have 20 years on me 😂
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Huh?
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I haven’t, what is it about your basses that makes them sound “heavy”? I’d be interested if our definitions are the same.
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I didn’t mention crap. I said that lightweight basses sound lightweight. The resonance is different, naturally, and the deader deeper tone of a heavy bass can’t be quite replicated, in my opinion. But no, not crap, wasn’t even implied (my main gigging bass I would class as lightweight)
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...my bad. Remove Fender from the equation 😂
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Tone. Every lightweight bass sounds like a lightweight bass. There is something special in the lows/low mids with a heavy body with a good dense bit of wood.
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Interesting review, thanks! I am tempted to check it out, although the idea of another scooped mid tech 21 pedal doesn’t initially fill me with much enthusiasm. They tend to sound great solo’d in the bedroom but not so useful in the real world.... Obviously the extensive mids controls on the X will get it to cut through anything, but can the DP3X do a decent impression in that sense?
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An update for me. Happy to have Inertia back on my board 😀
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How often do people change settings mid gig? I would have thought you would just have a preset for each variation and leave it at that, I doubt ill ever adjust a knob on the C4, except for maybe Level, and that will only be due to programming error.
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I think the relevant blocks are the same?
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It doesn't seem cheap enough to justify getting this over the C4, given this is basically just a stripped back C4...
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No takers for the Ivy yet! I am interested in trades for more muff like fuzz pedals or light gain pedals, then again try me with anything -
X7 gone, Poison Ivy still available.
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Darkglass Hyper Luminal Compressor. Excellent compressor for bass, huge upgrade over its predecessor with the 3 different modes and suite control over a range of parameters. Includes first class recorded shipping. -
Woo, my preset made the cut 😂
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oOo, surprised! What does this mean for the sixer?
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The brbr deng though...
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Darkglass Microtubes X7: SOLD Flattley Guitar Pedal Bass Poison Ivy - Mint Condition Excellent Germanium fuzz pedal from a Britsh pedal builder. My review on the Flattley website:- Excellent fuzz pedal for bass. Classic Germanium design, adjusted by the Attack knob, with a crucial wet/dry blend. LOTS of tone packed into these, with anything from very warm, woolly, vintage sound to a harsher, hifi, more gated fuzz. Works well with active and passive basses (have a play, it’s very responsive to what goes in) and stacks really well with other drive pedals; I use them to tame the high end in the more extreme settings and give the clean tone allowed through with the blend a grindy edge. Fan of Muse? You’ll like what this can do. I’m a gear head and have owned countless fuzz pedals and this is up there with the best of them. Better still, you’re supporting a small Uk builder! I commissioned a custom Poison Ivy with a gorgeous oil slick metallic finish, very high quality feel and looks fantastic on my otherwise very black/grey board. My need for this kind of fuzz ended whilst it was still being built, so it's never really been used for its proper purpose. £259 new, but full disclosure I did get the benefit of Artist pricing so, despite it being spankers and only a few months old, Ill let this go for £165. And a little clip I made:
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If you're asking that, I can only assume you don't go to many!
