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I have an NT1A and a SE2200, they're both very good. I prefer the sound of the NT1A for vocals, well, for everything really. The SE2200 is very nice, but probably has less "character" than the NT1A - should be a good thing I suppose but the NT1A is saving me time EQing etc. For cheap mics though, Karma mics are a good bet.

The scroll-patch buttons, I guess would be fairly easy to mod. I did this to an old Zoom pedal, just opened it up and soldered wires to the bottom of the switch contacts, then routed these to a couple of momentary footswitches.

some auto-wahs are set by a rate control, rather than triggered by an envelope I like my zvex wah probe blended with some distortion. I haven't found anyone else who likes it on bass though, so I wouldn't recommend it! The dunlop bass wah, and Ibanez demon seem to be the most popular

ahh, didn't see the generator with 5 amps! Nice. When I can afford i'll be getting one

about the gig rig PSU in general - it supplies less power and costs more than the Godlyke Powerall right?

let us know how you get on!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1343235899' post='1747567'] This here box before the BDI would drive it a bit harder, would it not? And then I can remain in cheapskate mode! [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/behringer-pb100-preamp-booster--29372"]http://www.dv247.com...-booster--29372[/url] [/quote] Much like trying to use the level of your playing to control the gain on the BDI this comes with problems. IMO yes you could use a booster to drive the BDI into higher gain, however, it'd also increase the low end/low mids of your sound, and so when you take the boost off it feels lacking. I really think an EQ pedal would be the way to go. You could use it as a booster anyway (leave flat and turn up volume), so you get to try the above experiment, but also you would be able to address the above problem if i'm right.

it's quite subjective really. I have this pedal which is a clone of the "way huge red llama". It seems to be considered a fuzz pedal, but I tend to use it for the lower gain settings which are just like a light overdrive (as opposed to fuzz). Out of all the dirt boxes i've tried, this one is the most "transparent". No low end loss, no mid cut. again, it could be how it reacts to my basses or my playing style or whatever. It'd be good if you could get to a shop and try out some for yourself. Another thought - Once I thought I wanted more drive from a dirt pedal, but actually I was getting enough, I just needed to boost those dirty frequencies more with EQ, so rather than using a pedal in front of the dirt box to boost it into higher gain, I used an EQ pedal after the dirt box to give me the impression of higher gain. Much of this will make little sense as i'm rambling at light-speed... yours is the last task of the day before I get the f*** out of this swealtering offce. Ta ta!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1343229335' post='1747427'] I think one dirtbox is about right, isn't it..? [/quote] lol, I had been saying "dirtbox" to mean distortion pedal for years before I realised what I was saying probably another dirt box is the right idea - one that doesn't really mess with your tone but does add some more grit

[quote name='Adrenochrome' timestamp='1343228264' post='1747400'] How about dialling in the BDI21 for the higher level of gain, and just playing a bit gentler when you'd don't need all the grit? [/quote] Although this works great on guitar, i've always found that to use this approach on bass you need a load of compression after the dirt pedal to maintain a consistent level of low end. Not a problem for me - I like the compressed sound - but might be a problem for the OP

GLX are fairly well regarding boss copies I think If you're going to use another pedal in combination with the BDI 21 it might be best to use an EQ pedal, which you could use to drive the BDI into more dirty territory what Chrismuzz says is spot on - what I was talking about the natural colouration of the pedals combining. If the pedal has a mid-scoop even with the EQ flat, then two in combination will have twice the mid scoop, even if it's flat. After looking it doesn't seem, there's a mid control for you to add that back in But really, if you love the sound you're getting with a bit of extra gain, why not just get another? If you want to switch between them quickly you could use another pedal like an LS-2 to do that

well, if the frequency response of the pedal with "zero EQ" is actually flat, yeh, but I doubt it is! You could probably mess with the EQ until you were happy anyway

if you were to do that, you'd probably want to switch between them, rather than run them both turned on at the same time as this would exaggerate it's EQ curve you probably knew that, so, yeh, go for it!

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1343195297' post='1746730'] Aw, when I read the thread title, I thought someone had been trying to play without strings. [/quote] Honestly i've never laughed so loud at a quip on BC

in that case an EQ is probaby more use than a dirt pedal!

IMO for a Timmy C sound you need a blended tube screamer type pedal and a bass with jazz pups.

I've found the jackhammer very hard to tame for bass. I did get a great sound, and it's such a versatile pedal, but it did take me about 10 minutes of sitting there tweaking - compared to the normal 1 minute for your standard dirt pedal. My favorite guitar pedal is the Ibanez SS10 which is chorus and distortion. It's even harsher than the Rat, although along the same lines. Blended it sounds amazing with bass. When i'm in the studio, I actually find more often than not that a blend doesn't sound as good as compensating EQ, so i'll record straight through the SS10 pedal, even though it gives a load of low end loss, I just EQ back what I want and it works.

When I was at school and uni, he was the bass player every none bass player admired, so it did get pretty annoying when people would say "do you want to play like Flea" etc but yeh he's very good, much better than i'll ever be!

I had a GFX707 which I modded with extra footswitches so I could move up and down banks. I absolutely loved it. A friend of mine borrowed it years ago and he hasn't given it back

you need to find out how much current each pedal needs. If the PSU has seperate outs, each output must provide enough current for the relevant pedal. If you're looking at daisy chains, then the PSU must provide enough current for all of your pedals combined. In the OP you say the SB7 is 22mA but later say it's 220mA? From the net it looks like OC-2 4mA TU-2 55mA EBS 10mA SB7 22mA Total 91 which most PSUs will do with ease, but that does look very low to me. I have a godlyke powerall which does up to 3 amps and still doesn't cover all my digital pedals.

I sold my acoustic bass to Marek and it went swimmingly. A thouroughly decent chap, a pleasure to deal with.

We have a selection of good music shops in stoke! The only complaints I hear are about servicing work (and that's not at Pete's store by the way). what I like is that a couple of the shops actually have a decent amount of 2nd hand gear to look through.

I didn't build my red llama so no idea how easy it is. I love it for it's "transparency" in that nothing seems to be cut EQ wise. Normally you get a bass cut or a mid cut but this thing just seems flat. I've never had the drive on full and do use it for a fuzz sound, so i'd be surprised if it was "not fuzzy/aggressive enough" but then I do play with a bi-amp rig meaning I can hear my "dirt" a lot more clearly than through your average bass amp. Anyway, it is subjective, just trying to add useful info.

Way Huge Red Llama. I guess it's technically not considered a fuzz but I love it for high gain stuff I would personally describe as fuzz. Mine is a clone so I hope it's the same as the pedal i'm recommending!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1340292094' post='1702415'] But would they know it was worth doing? I always check out the websites of bands I like, but that's just me. Most of my friends never bother. [/quote] Hmmm, in my experience people do google bands they like