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[quote name='Guinness21' timestamp='1455637352' post='2980955'] So I actually emailed Diamond about the idea, this was their response: "There's certainly been interest from bassists regarding a smaller version of the bass comp. It would be a little trickier to do as some of the caps used in the bass comp don't currently have a direct surface mount equivalent that we could use to save space however we may dig into this after we finish some other projects we're working on and see what we can come up with. Thanks for emailing and sharing your input!" [/quote] See that sort of response really boils my piss... If they'd put 10% more in upfront they'd have 2 products, not 1.

[quote name='Guinness21' timestamp='1455634147' post='2980903'] That's a compact version of the guitar pedal - if they made the bass equivalent though I'd definitely be interested! The PWNZOR's been discontinued right? [/quote] Yes the PWNZOR was discontinued some time ago. Just been listening to sound clips of the diamond BCP1, specifically at the differences in the eq settings and there's not much in it really. The tilt eq is only for flavour and doesn't have a huge range of boost/cut. Would be easily modded to the bass setting for someone with a steady hand!

I've just noticed there's a Diamond comp Jr. Smaller enclosure, North facing jacks, normal 9v supply ready. I've got a 3Leaf PWNZOR incoming or I'd probably have opted for one of these.

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1455538819' post='2979932'] I like the Noble (I could use one of those....) shame there's no internal shots, I'd really like to see what I might be buying......? vvvvv are the mirrors included in the price? [/quote] There have been a few arty shots on their instagram page of the internals. Impressive packing job on an enclosure that size!

If you're looking for tubey, you could try something like the Arkham Octling (now discontinued but due to be replaced soon): [url="http://arkhamsound.com/octling.html"]http://arkhamsound.com/octling.html[/url] OR there's the Noble preamp: [url="http://nobleamps.com/preamps/"]http://nobleamps.com/preamps/[/url] Both quite a bit simpler than the Monique but apparently both excellent in their own way.

I've been building a little headphone practice/IEM rig and was investigating an always on amp sim pedal. Having blown most of my initial budget on a 3Leaf Enabler and having ridiculous GAS for a 3Leaf PWNZOR I opted for the obvious budget option of the Behringer Sansamp clone. Being well aware of the "mid shy" reputation of the design, and being handy with a soldering iron, I thought I'd give it a little tweak. I removed one resistor in the 1st stage notch/high pass filter section to kill the midrange notch and removed the bridge-T voicing filter altogether, reintroducing more midrange, and now it sounds mighty good! It's a little on the quiet side when blended all the way to the effected side, which I'll have to look into but as a first attempt I'm extremely pleased. Dropping the blend to 80% brings back the volume with just the right amount of hair on the note and still retains enough of the cab sim tone to please. I suspect the volume issue might be down to the way I negated the notch at the first stage so I'll look at changing how I've done that. The well known YouTube video on modding this pedal does it differently so I'll give that a try before settling, but overall I'm over the moon. And the best bit? £20 off Amazon... delivered! If anyone is interested in my mods, which I made with the intention of keeping the high and low pass filtering in place but keeping the midrange as unaffected as possible, let me know.

[quote name='Coldflows' timestamp='1455306490' post='2978120'] Any news on the P bass then? I'm waiting with baited breath! [/quote] I asked Sire about a P bass a while back. They said they'd be doing one, but that's all they'd say. No time line, specs, etc.

Owen responded to my wanted ad for a 3Leaf Enabler. Now in my hands and I'm a happy bunny. Wouldn't hesitate to deal with Owen again.

Really scraping for things to complain about guys!

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1455233835' post='2977442'] I don't want Marcus Miller all over the headstock of a bass. lovely bass though. [/quote] You don't look at the mantelpiece while stoking the fire my granny always said...

That top is beautiful Gareth!

[quote name='Bearfist' timestamp='1455108472' post='2975936'] Back to using a board rather than the rack, think i'm settled although a B7K Ultra is a possibility? [attachment=212026:IMG_2472.JPG] [/quote] What size board is that? Pedaltrain mini or metro something or other?

Not one, but 2 responses to my Enabler wanted ad this evening, so the search is over. Happy days! Now... Do I want to replace the PWNZOR I sold too?...

Cool in-laws! Mine buy me pants (along with the annual "is Ian large or extra large" joke!) and socks...

I've just agreed to buy my brother's ex-gigging Seagull Duet. Rosewood back and sides and cedar top with LR Baggs duet II preamp. It isn't pretty (had a proper playing life and just been refretted), but sounds BEAUTIFUL! I've never played a Seagull I didn't like to be honest, although the only one I've owned before was one of their parlour guitars about 10 years ago. Even it sounded deep and rich even accounting for its size.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1454520506' post='2970479'] If you go DHA get the most recent model as the older ones supposedly have noisy headphone amps! [/quote] I very much doubt I'd go with DHA. I'm probably being unfair, but I've yet to see one that doesn't look like it was thrown together on a Friday afternoon in a GCSE Technology class. The attention to detail just isn't there. They may sound well (although with a starved plate design I'm not convinced), but they look... unfinished is probably the kindest way to put it. The control layout looks haphazard. When he doesn't take the time to even deburr his tube cooling holes I have to ask what else isn't getting done. Look at the DIYStompboxes forum (or the DIY thread here!) and most DIY builders make better looking pedals. DHA should spend a bit more time on layouts, farm out his enclosures for etching/milling/finishing so they look professional, charge a few quid more for the privilege (prices are certainly on the better side of good for the feature set) and then fickle folk like me wouldn't be judging on appearances... IMHO, YMMV, etc. etc.

Oh that's fugly... Off to google Gary Jarman... Edit: None the wiser...

[quote name='sk8' timestamp='1454512712' post='2970381'] [url="http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page53a.html"]http://www.davehalla...uk/page53a.html[/url] I got a DHA VT1-EQ-DI Mk 2 and have been notheing but impressed. Used to own an enabler too. [/quote] Yeah you bought your enabler from me! Hadn't considered DHA stuff - had one of his compressors a few years back that has perhaps tarnished my view of his entire line a bit... [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1454517161' post='2970430'] Was going to suggest the PJB Bighead but it doesn't have a thru output, it's designed to be used more for headphone practice. But if that's all you want it for I can thoroughly recommend! [/quote] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Already have a bighead (which is excellent, by the way!), but want the extra functionality the Enabler offers... and it's sturdy enough to go on a pedal board... and runs off 9v... [/font][/color]