Nickthebass
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Darkglass Vintage Microtubes - *SOLD*
Nickthebass replied to Nickthebass's topic in Effects For Sale
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Solidgold FX beta overdrive - £80 - *SOLD*
Nickthebass replied to Nickthebass's topic in Effects For Sale
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...you know you need some more gooey funk in your life. 🕺 -
To each their own. That’s not my experience of the Beta. I’ve always used it as a very gentle drive and found it great. It also did lovely things to the envelope filter I had sat after it.
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In which case - there's also an earlier Beta for sale (not £125). Keep your eyes on the market place - there's loads of good stuff there most of the time and also loads of great folks to deal with.
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Darkglass Vintage Microtubes - with the original box, a couple of small dings on one corner, Velcro and free bonus carpet fluff. £130 including UK mainland postage.
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There's one of these available for sale at the minute
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Solidgold FX beta overdrive - £80 - *SOLD*
Nickthebass replied to Nickthebass's topic in Effects For Sale
Early-ish I think. I bought from here in mid-2022. I found this demo from 2016 which looks like the same version. As I didn’t buy it new I can’t give you a year for sure.- 4 replies
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Small, purple box of funk! Sounds great - (and makes a very happy pair with a Solidgold FX beta if you want a little dirt to help open up the filter). A couple of tiny little battle scars on the paint work but I'll throw in the fluff on the bottom for free!
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Solidgold FX beta overdrive £80 with the box, fancy bag and instructions. A couple of tiny dings on the paintwork but otherwise works and sounds great!
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Seconded - also another vote for the Empress compressor.
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Something like that. 🤣 They’re a very shy and retiring instrument.
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I’ve only just found this thread and felt I should jump in. I’ve got a through-neck Jazz 5.
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I don’t think of the BassRig and the Capo as equivalent products. I think of BassRig as a mic’d SVT that fits on a pedal board. For recording I often go into a DI first and then to the pedal board - allowing for a blend of the two. If you need the tweak-ability of the Capo then you might find the BassRig frustrating. If you just want something at the end of the chain for a bit of character and cab sound before you hit the board then it’s great. For me - the tweaking generally comes from the EQ and compressor before I hit the “amp”. I don’t fly really but personally I don’t like the way some engineers treat bass in PAs - loads of low lows and nothing else. I generally dial something in at home using some nice cans - and send that to FOH from the BassRig. If it sounds bad out front it ain’t my fault 😆. I have a plan for a small “different sounds” board that I can patch into channel 2 of the Quartermaster on my main board.
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For what it’s worth - I used to run an amp DI live but have moved over to that small board with the BassRig and don’t think I’d go back. The BassRig box is good. The SVT is “a sound” - one that will work for most things - but it was not designed for versatility like the Capo. I’m aiming for two things 1) Consistent FOH send every time that already sounds great. 2) The ability to EQ for the stage without compromising the FOH sound. For me, “great” isn’t just an unprocessed DI. If I have to use the backline to make the sound I want then I can’t tweak it for the stage without affecting the PA mix. My current set up effectively gives me two amps - one for the desk and one for stage. At the moment the only thing I might swap the BassRig for is the Ampeg equivalent box - but just for the B15 sound.
