TRBboy

Just ogling this pic again @AndyTravis (you've given me ideas now!), and when I zoom in it looks very much like those are the same pickups as the TRB5P....

I wouldn't say no to one of those 5 string Attitude Specials though! ^ 😁 I do keep watching out for things going on ebay too.... Even though I don't need them! There was a BB405 going pretty cheap, and a BB425... Managed to resist though!

Received the delivery from CPC today, and I can confirm that these are DEFINITELY exactly the same knobs! I put the part number into Google and it came up with all the other (more expensive ones)!. And they look great. 😊 Interesting, but they have two Grub screws at 90 degrees, which means you can center them pretty well on a metric post without a brass Bush. I had bought some anyway though. Only two slight snags are that one of the knobs appears to have some manufacturing damage at the bottom, and that my blend pot is taller than the others, so that knob won't go down quite as much as I'd like. I'll have to email CPC in the morning about the damaged one. Very happy overall though, they look great, and dirt cheap!

No, no, no, have my Pimped BBN5 as my backup bass, but it is just that and my new Sandberg now, I have trimmed right down!

I'll be honest, I didn't even know they came in a 5! Will keep em peeled... 😃

Love those! If they relaunched them in a 4 and 5 string, in the same lovely colours as the new pacifica range, I'd buy one in a heartbeat!

Hi Luke, the foam I used was an offcut of Auralex Platfoam I bought years ago to make an isolation (gramma) pad. https://www.studiospares.com/Brands/Auralex/Auralex-Platfoam_461330.htm They do a product called corner fill as well which is cheap (only 2" square) but might do the job

I have no doubt a good quality standalone would be better. For me, it's very rarely I get to use the EF with my band, so the B3 does the job. Would love the MXR one though!

I've tried the Q-tron patch before and not been that enamoured with it, but only recently have I tried the M Filter patch (Mutron?) and I've got some nice results after a bit of tinkering I'm quite pleased with the results.

Thanks guys for the help, love this community! 😊 @Rumple those look great (and your bass is lovely!) @PJ-Bassist will hit you up in a jiffy 😉👍

Yeah I thought that, but then I guess the sadowsky ones must be about 6.35-6.4 also, as they'll be imperial sizes so. 025". The only other snag is it doesn't say they have grub screws... But surely they wouldn't be push fit on a round shaft? For that money, I may as well just order them though!

Thanks for the info @ped. 👍 Interestingly, I've just found what appears to be the same knob at CPC for £2.62! BUT I have VBT controls, and they only have 19mm ones.... Question is, do I use the same size knobs for all 3 pots, or use a slightly different style for the tone? https://cpc.farnell.com/multicomp/kb00020/knob-al-19mm-black-6-4mm-shaft/dp/SW05872

Has anyone actually ordered from Digikey? I assumed they were UK based from the URL, but it says products are despatched from the USA..... Could mean long shipping time and customs charges?

Superb, thanks guys! 😘👌

Hi folks! I'm on the lookout for some black Sadowsky-style knobs to fit 6mm solid shaft, just wondered if anyone knows where I could find any? Struggling to come up with anything suitable at the moment.... Many thanks! 😊👍

Had a bit more of a play today (lots of fun!) through my proper amp which helped. Does anyone else find that a lot of the patches are really loud by default? Anyway, after going through all the amp SIM sand drive pedals, and I think these were my two faves for my 'light drive': Had a good go with the bass driver, but it a) just wouldn't wouldn't break up quite enough, and b) had a built - in tone that I couldn't suppress enough and wasn't what I wanted (although did sound nice enough in its own right. I'm not looking for too much of a shift away from my clean tone. So then I started getting a bit more creative 😁. Historically I haven't found fuzz very use able, but I have to say the fuzz patches in this pedal are superb! Definitely want to try it out with the band (when we eventually get back to it...) I also wanted to find a good filter and phaser sound, and play with the octaver a bit more. ANYWAY I ended up on this combination of effects, and it sounds OUTRAGEOUS! Couldn't stop playing, just too much fun. Need to find somewhere I can shoehorn this in with the band.....

I only started this thread a week ago, and now I find myself lusting after tube amps and short scale basses! 😂

Yes sorry, I see it now! Had a play with the bass driver patch, and it was one of the better ones, but maybe need to try it a bit more.

Behringer? I can't see where that was mentioned! 😅

Think I went through all the amps, preamps, and drive pedals, but will look again at the preamps. 👍

Well, had a bit of a play around with it last night (forgot what a great practice tool it is!) and thus far struggling to find the slightly overdriven sound I have in my head. I took your advice @Japhet, but I couldn't really get the amp sims to break up quite enough, or they didn't really have the tone I want (some great sounds in there though - that flip top patch!). Overdrives were a bit meh, either too distorted, or had too much inherent tone (too bright, too muddy, etc) which I couldn't dial out with the eq. I will persevere though! I'm wondering if one of the amp sims combined with an overdrive might be the way forward. Some great effects on there though, the fuzzes are superb! I've never been able to get fuzz to work in my band, but might have to have another go! More tinkering is called for..... Thanks for all the help guys 😊

It's a great unit, I think I just need to have a bit more of a play with it, I've been using it in the same way for many years, but I think I could get more out of it and use it more. I've always wondered about using an expression pedal with it, may have to get one! I have the smooth hound also, it's a great unit! Only wireless I've ever really got on with tbh!

Okay thanks, will have a look into it!

It's not so much the emails, it's the fact that everywhere I go online now, whether it's Google, Facebook, YouTube, etc, there's an ad for the fretboard accelerator course... 🤦‍♂️