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ok - here's the deal...i got myself an aria td-1 valve overdrive pedal and it came with a no-brand chinese 12ax7, so as i had couple of valves lying around i thought it'd try them and see what it sounded like. firstly i tried a fender (sovtek) 12ax7...sounds good...valve lights up nicely...then i tried a lower gain EHX 12at7...and it sounded different, BUT the valve didn't light up at all. why should the lower gain valve not be shining with the light of the heaters ? any ideas ?

i've no idea what the inside of one looks like.... ...or else i'd help. can you post pic of the innards ?

[quote name='nick' post='69731' date='Oct 4 2007, 09:54 PM']I recently got a Zoom 503 amp simulator pedal off Ebay for about a tenner. They're discontinued now. Only managed to have a brief mess about with it so far. However, when used in conjunction with BDI21, some of the speaker emulation parameters sound not bad, to my cloth ears. Never been a fan of Zoom stuff, but this is not a bad pedal. Quite handy for home recording bass. I see them come up on ebay fairly frequently. Usually don't go for much more than I paid for mine, sometimes less.[/quote] hmm - good to know. the bdi'll be fine for the session i'm doing tho...it gives the sound a nice depth. i've never used any zoom pedal stuff, but i've got two of their rack units and they're good to my ears. i still mourn my midiverb 3 tho....

and now it's here... blimey, what a monster-sized pedal. gave it a quick blast and swapped the no-brand 12ax out of it and put in an ehx 12at...sounds [i]much[/i] nicer... does a gentle break-up nicely and has more drive than you could want. ok - back off upstairs to give it some more wellie

i started playing bass about 20 years ago, and started teaching myself guitar about 13 years ago when i realised that [i]someone[/i] had to play guitar on my demos i play a bit of keyboards too. it all adds together...makes you a better musician...so it's a good thing right ?

[quote name='paul, the' post='69296' date='Oct 3 2007, 11:15 PM']Has anyone tried a Hartke VXL Bass Attack?[/quote] does the hatke have speaker emulation ? i thought it was just a preamp pedal ?

[quote name='nick' post='69281' date='Oct 3 2007, 10:23 PM']Had a brief look inside, vitually everything is fixed to PCB. Planning on having a go at this sometime this month, when (if) I get some spare time. Anticipate having to replace pots, jacksockets, & switch etc. Will be putting mine in fairly decent sized box.... Cheers[/quote] thanks for the info...

[quote name='nick' post='69020' date='Oct 3 2007, 12:31 PM']I second you on that. Tried both, & I prefer the sound of the Behringer. And for the price, you can get at least five BDI21's! Tech 21 Blitzkreig cometh!! My next project,is to put one of mine in a more robust diecast box.[/quote] phew - i thought i might be the only one ! i was wondering about a better box...i've still got the casing from my exploded sansamp... have you had yours open yet ? i was wondering how big the board is and if the pots are wired straight to the board (which i suspect) or on flying leads ? if you've not opened yours up yet....i might tonight

[quote name='BigRedX' post='69150' date='Oct 3 2007, 04:51 PM']Got to say for all the really good practical design features on the bass it's got to be the most ugly J-clone I've ever seen...[/quote] plus the one...it's fugly

took mine down to band practice tonight... very impressed...playing through an ashdown mag 2x10. i set it pretty flat with the eg on the behringer and the amp flat, and pushed the drive control a bit. to my ears (dons flameproof suit) it sounded better to me that my old sansamp...i kid you not. i think it has less mid-cut. anyway...not the reason i bought it, but a very nice suprise...i'm considering the guitar model for recording now.

[quote name='finnbass' post='68262' date='Oct 1 2007, 05:23 PM']Wire 'em all up in a loop, feed the output back into the input and see what happens [/quote] now this idea i like...

i'm a sucker for mains valve pedals...going to bung a low gain eh valve in it...see how it goes.

nice work....

unless the bass is going into van or the boot of a car i use a ritter gigbag...

i picked one up yesterday...and i'm very impressed. shame the distortion kicks in at such a low level, and the di is quiet, but for the price, it's a killer unit.

very interesting....nice find !

i've got a vi... but i'm still tempted by one of those...

thanks for the tips guys. i reckon i'll be picking one up over the weekend. i'm sure it won't be a patch on my ampeg pre, but it's sure going to sound better than a straight line to the desk.

i know that paul, the has one of these and is happy with it...anyone else tried one ? i'm going to be playing a radio session soon for a community radio station and will miss the sound of my ampeg pre-amp. i know the di level isn't up to much, i'm curious how noisy it'll be. my sansamp was taken out by an exploding electric mistress a while back and i've not got the funds to replace it.

how did you get on ?

that kind of attitude says a lot more about the people expressing it than the actual role of a bass player in a band. if someone's coming out with stuff like that i think you can pretty well ignore their opinion.

it's a guilty secret isn't it ? ok...deep breath...i promise to tell the whole truth, etc. fender jazz fender p-j musicman sabre de armond starfire westone fretless 'no name' acoustic two half-built ebay jobs fender vi erm... /looks around room/ yep...i guess that's it.

i mean...what's the point ? how about a 200 string violin...

[quote name='brycebites' post='55770' date='Sep 5 2007, 10:34 AM']I haven't seen one of those buggers for ages. Nor the flanger. Some of the best regarded Boss bass pedals I believe.[/quote] want to join in kicking me for selling it ?

hmm...i reckon you should exchange it if you can... i got a small clone recently and i love it...no hiss. edit: although - about the pop...i do get a click the first time i turn it on, but not after that...if it starts to annoy me i'm opening it up and seeing if a pull-down resistor helps.