Bigwan

[quote name='Veils' timestamp='1429186710' post='2748900'] I've just ordered one with a slightly more elaborate spec, it's cosing me just over 1100 in total. [/quote] You can't just say that and swan off you know! This place has rules! Spill the beans!

This feels a little like the "you can't lick your own elbow" joke...

I'd it narrowed down to those 2 colours too... Now thinking Sherwood Green instead!

A clone of the Boss bass eq. Owned both in my time. Perform exactly the same so the HB is a bargain of a pedal!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1427754388' post='2734005'] I have a rather special P in the pipeline as it happens... [/quote] ...something for the Limelight thread perhaps?

Great review! If only Sire did a P-bass...

When I wanted small, light and valvey recently I went with a barefaced retro Two10 and Mesa Walkabout...

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1427382085' post='2729687'] I am going to try and hunt down a big box Q-Tron+ [/quote] Just be sure you can live with 24v supply and that HUGE box. They do sound AWESOME though!

I also meant volume boost - spike was a bad word to describe it! The mod is just adding a pot or trimmer between the output of the pcb and the footswitch. Not easy to do on the "micro" as the footswitch is on a ribbon cable. Easy on the mini though!

[quote name='Black Coffee' timestamp='1427149693' post='2726583'] Im in the "id like to play before buying" camp as ive never played an ibanez other than a btb 6 string over a period of a couple of weeks. Having said that gas does strange things. Its either the ff or the single cut. But i will give u a shout and u can call for a coffee and a play if i pull the trigger. [/quote] Surely coming from around these parts you were probably in the same boat buying your first Dingwall too?! I certainly was and, as you say, GAS is a strange mistress! Was THIS close (holds thumb and forefinger VERY close together) to flashing the credit card in Bassdirect's direction last night when they posted a sunburst super P4 on Facebook... But I remembered I actually quite like my man parts and wouldn't like having them removed by my wife with something blunt and rusty...

Filters are funny things. It's interesting that everyone who has tried to do what you're doing has different experiences and preferences. I tried the EHX Qtron (big box, mini and micro versions), broomstick bottom feeder, wonderlove, proton, GR and GR2 from 3Leaf, the aforementioned boss unit (detested it), the byoc envelope filter, zoom b3 (more than passable actually), and a few more I can't remember right now! My overall favourite sounding filter was actually an EHX big box Qtron, but couldn't put up with the size or the 24v power supply requirements so I've settled on a 3Leaf GR2 (like original GR too). You've got a great sounding filter in the mini if you can sort out the volume spike.

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1427117796' post='2725907'] Limelight Jazz owners, I need your help!! Does anyone know if the bodies Mark uses are 60s or 70s position pickup routs? [/quote] Having been through every pic here and on Mark's site, I don't recall seeing a single 70s-style jazz body. That doesn't mean he can't do you/source you one though! Shout him is your best bet - he was willing to do a '51 p bass when I asked!

[quote name='Black Coffee' timestamp='1427147343' post='2726536'] This looks like a possible purchase in the near future. I've had three Dingwalls but I've struggled with justifying thousands of quid tied up in one bass, so I let them go. So it's GAK then. [/quote] Keep me posted - interested in your thoughts if you decide to go down the Ibanez route!

Beautiful! Health to enjoy!

The Mini Qtron will be hard to beat - really fat and juicy. I modded 2 for Gareth Hughes of this parish to include a volume control - on one I took out the mode switch and put a pot in its place since it was always being run in low pass anyway. On the other I drilled a little hole and fitted a mini trim pot. One thing to note is that the mini qtron seems to be about the most unreliable pedal ever constructed, so if you go down that route buy a spare. I have one of the aforementioned modded pedals back with me to tinker with (when I get some free time) as it refuses to work half the time. Trying to figure out a way to ruggidise the design a bit. Probably start with off board pots and a rehouse (once I find a suitable enclosure!). There's absolutely no need for these pedals to be that size...

[quote name='jensenmann' timestamp='1426880895' post='2723163'] @Bigwan Why don´t you built the entire G9 sans mic-input/phantom circuit? This is the best bass DI I´ve ever used and I own many, even big name and big $$$ ones. The G9 has outperformed all of them. It´s output has app 1,2k output impedance and can easily drive most EQ circuits - no need to mess with the circuit by installing an interstage EQ. I´ve DIYed the Madamp BP1 a few month ago. The kit was incomplete, with some faults in the documentation, some parts didn´t fit and the mains tranny was defective. Not that great if you´re a beginner in DIY-land (which I am not). After having sorted all that out + some mods and tweaks to the circuit it turned out as a nice bass preamp. But it couldn´t hold a candle to the G9! This convinced me to build another version of the G9 as a basspreamp in PTP. Since it has no EQ I´ll add an AMEK M2500 EQ which I have sitting in the corner and pre/post EQ DI outs. [/quote] The thought of building a single channel G9 had crossed my mind, but I figured the Ampeg preamp would better suit the sound I'm going for. Nothing to stop me trying both, other than a serious lack of free time!

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1426681208' post='2720640'] Agree. On the power supply side, Barry's smaller unit does not have a centre tap heater - this is usually grounded to kill 50Hz hum. But you can add a low value pot across the heaters and ground the wiper. Adjust pot for minimum hum. [/quote] I'd planned 2 100ohm resistors as a faux ground, but a pot would be a better idea!

I'd thought about that, 500k or 1Meg probably be better values. I'll play around with the location of the tonestack as well as the tonestack values, but wanted this as a starting point to try the ultra switches out - ultra high might be better across the 2nd level control instead. Also want to try a few mid control ideas, shift control in place of the 120k in the tonestack, etc. Doubt I'll go as far as an inductor based mid circuit like the svt, but you never know!

Probably not the best place to be asking this but since there's other DIYers here I'll give it a shot. I've been looking at a few bits and pieces over the last few days and have (VERY) quickly cobbled together 2 partial schematics from an Ampeg B25 and a line driver output from the Gyraf G9 valve preamp. Can anyone see anything fundamentally wrong with this as a starting point for experimenting with? Obviously no PSU design here but I'm looking at bassing it (see what I did there) around Barry's/Ampmaker's toroidal transformer. I'd be looking to add an unbalanced output and a level control for the XLR (probably by putting a pot between the 2 hot outputs). [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/Bigwan2062/media/preamp%20idea.png.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e136/Bigwan2062/preamp%20idea.png[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='Left Foot' timestamp='1426086601' post='2714204'] Not bass related but still loving the Sculley! V tempted to look at COG overdrive next. [url=http://postimg.org/image/5klvi3l3t/full/][/url] [/quote] Wtf is going on in this picture!?

The Danbury stuff is great quality. Must get a closer look at their website. I have a Burman valve pre/power amp setup gathering cobwebs in the garage at the minute so a b15-style preamp to run off the Burman PowerPak (possible with a few added bells and like bright, deep and shift switching) is probably the best way forward for me at the minute. Been a few years since I built anything of note...