dannybuoy

I'm selling a big box Q-Tron and also about to list a VFE Mini Mu... Both do a great down sweep.

So far I've got a Ricochet doing octave up duties and a Bass Whammy for harmonies, going into the Joyo American Sound, then a TC Mimiq. The Ricochet sounds great; also you can turn it on in latching mode, then switch it to momentary mode so that pressing the footswitch will do divebombs! In terms of realistic octave up, both Digitech units do a great job, but the Bass Whammy in classic mode is better for riffs low down on the E string. I'm on the lookout for a cheap Whammy V, MicroPOG/NanoPOG/POG2 and Pitchfork to contrast and compare. The Joyo nails the dirt sound, and the Mimiq adds stereo doubling which helps separate the 'guitar' from the bass. Sounds perfect through headphones / monitors, so no need for guitar amps! Looking at adding a Radial Twin City ABY to split and select the signal chains, and experimenting with some fuzz in front of the Joyo. Playing like this is tons of fun, more so than playing a real guitar!

Well you should shop around as the 1024 is discontinued and heavily discounted in lots of places - £499 here! https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/170125306658008--yamaha-bb1024-tobacco-brown-sunburst That's not too far off last year's typical used price. This means it's a great time to buy one as you won't lose so much if/when you sell!

If a bass had body and neck marked as '79, it may have left the factory in '79 so you could definitely call it a '79 bass. If it had one part labelled '81, it must have come out of the factory in '81 or later, so I suppose that classes it as an '81 bass, and therefore not worth quite as much as a '79 bass. Although there wouldn't be much in it!

I power more than that from it with a 2-way splitter on my 18V output and a daisy chain on one of the 9V outputs (HotRox also sell the full range of accessories that plug straight in). I'm also powering an Effectrode PC-2A tube compressor that supposedly needs 400mA (checked with the vendor who said 300mA would not be enough) from the 300mA output without any issues, so they may be able to dish out more than they are rated for!

If you liked the Jazz bass then a Squier CV or VM bass will fit the bill... but if you're hankering after a short scale I'd go for a Squier VM SS Jaguar. P/J pickups and a 30" scale. There are a bunch of stores listing them for £187 new but none in stock. It's still on the Squier site so hopefully is a model refresh rather than discontinued: [url="http://shop.fender.com/en-GB/squier-electric-basses/jaguar-bass/vintage-modified-jaguar-bass-special-ss-short-scale/0328800506.html"]http://shop.fender.c...0328800506.html[/url] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9qoomer3B4 If you need one in a hurry there is one here but it's £50 more! [url="https://www.projectmusic.net/squier-vintage-modified-jaguar-bass-special-ss-rosewood-fingerboard-candy-apple-red-17444-p.asp"]https://www.projectm...red-17444-p.asp[/url] Of course check eBay for used examples!

The Cioks DC5 only just about fits, to be honest it could do with being 1mm smaller to avoid slight rocking on a flat floor. The Fame one is 1mm bigger than the DC5. If you didn't want to drill, then velcro etc would add even more. You could look at replacing the feet on the Pedaltrain but they appear to be riveted on - some kind of rubber cap that fit on with a snug fit would be ideal but good like finding the perfect fit!

I'd struggled with sound level/quality and noise issues from various other headphone amps until I got mine, can't fault it really! Battery lasts a long time and when it goes dead I just plug it into my laptop to charge up - it can still be used when charging and doesn't suffer any additional noise as a result. Top tip is to attach some rubber feet to stop it sliding about on a desk! Not sure if it comes with some in the box but mine didn't, you can get them from eBay or Amazon for peanuts.

Just got one of these also. It really has to be used in stereo to get the full effect, you're missing out if just running it into a mono bass rig. I've just been messing with some Royal Blood type sounds splitting the signal into a Whammy -> Joyo American Sound -> TC Mimiq. With the bass mixed dead centre and the fake guitar occupying a stereo spread courtesy of the Mimiq, it sounds flipping massive. Send that to a PA and there's no need to run additional guitar amps!

That should JUST about for under a PT Metro/Nano but I would try and raise the feet on the board by a couple of mm for clearance. I just looked up the Cioks DC5 and that is 31mm, which is already ever so slightly too tall - on a perfectly flat hard floor with the PSU in the middle, my Metro 24 rocks slightly. This Fame unit is 1mm taker than that at 32mm.

Perhaps add a preamp pedal if you're after a bit of grit?

[quote name='Rubbersoul' timestamp='1500205899' post='3336177'] I tried the power supply into a series of single pedals: the hum, whilst reduced, was present each time. [/quote] Then test each of those cables either side of the pedal in isolation too (bass->cable->amp). Also if you get hum with just a single pedal, see what happens when you power that pedal with a battery instead.

I prefer the aesthetics of the Hot Covers, and they look like they have more padding. However the Roqsolid ones are a lot easier to fold up if you need to tuck them away somewhere by the side of the stage, and the material seems like it would be more resistant to nicks and tears.

Maybe it's just Ashdown pedals, I had exactly the same problem with the Hyperdrive!

[quote name='Rubbersoul' timestamp='1500159413' post='3336033'] My chain just recently developed a bad hum. Nothing new added, just out of the blue. I read about ferrite clip on thingys that you attach to the power cable supposedly reducing noise, so I've ordered one off eBay to see if it helps. I've ordered a new adapter as well. I run 2 daisy chains together running 8 pedals btw and this is on my guitar rig, not the bass. I'll let you know how it pans out. [/quote] It can often be one faulty patch cable with a bad earth connection. Testing each component one at a time is the only way to go! Also a cable tester is very useful for finding cables with intermittent faults - plug in both ends and give it a wiggle, if either part of the cable drops connection momentarily the LED will stay lit. I use the Behringer one.

[quote name='Salt on your Bass?' timestamp='1500100027' post='3335572'] If it's very close to the parapedal then that represents decent value I think.... But still a lot for a wah [/quote] I doubt it will be a Parapedal clone. Also a comment on Talkbass said it was a more subtle sounding wah than the regular Dunlup bass wah, whereas the parapedal is anything but. Chicago Iron should have made a Geezer Butler sig out of their Parachute pedal!

Not cheap though! https://www.gak.co.uk/en/dunlop-gzr95-geezer-butler-cry-baby-bass-wah/905277

[quote name='lee650' timestamp='1500063098' post='3335473'] A very interesting thread! I've developed a bit of a problem myself with my Diago micropower. I've been using it for a while,bit all of a sudden I'm getting really bad ground hum from my basses. The problem disappears when I plug straight into the amp. I've got two daisy chains connected and a diago 9-18v voltage doubler on one pedal. My cables are high quality ones made by OBBM so I don't think the problem is there. There are a few of the daisy chain power connectors loose underneath, does anyone know if that could cause these problems? Or is a new power supply the answer. Thanks everyone for any help [/quote] The only way to debug this is to start from scratch. If you don't get the hum direct into the amp, start with testing one pedal only. Then test all your pedals this way, one pedal at a time. If that works out ok then start building up the chain one pedal at a time. You might only get hum when a certain pedal is sharing power with the others on a daisy chain too. It will likely either be one pedal or one cable at fault, or an issue with power sharing. I've had this issue before caused by all 3 on different occasions!

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1500049496' post='3335393'] Slight curveball but what about a zoom b3? You can use as an amp emulator and have the other effects as well. [/quote] No aux input on this btw, unlike the cheaper B1on, but you might be able to play back via USB? But the biggest downside for me with all the Zoom units is weak headphone output. However my cans are 80ohms which is above average, they will probably drive lower impedance ones just fine.

I use a PJB BigHead. Battery powered and charges from USB, and is about the size of a fag packet. Sounds great, ultra clean with a 2-band EQ, zero noise even with the volume up really high, and can drive high impedance cans that some lesser headphone amps struggle with. It also serves as a USB audio interface for recording into a laptop, or playing back music over USB instead of the regular aux in for a better sound (the converters inside are much better than those in your average laptop or phone).

Yeah, I associate grit with overdrive too. Also the fact you reference fuzz settings on the Darkglass amp probably means you are looking for overdrive. Overdrive/Distortion/Fuzz are pretty much just different degrees of the same thing, but overdrive sounding more like a cranked amp, and fuzz being waaay beyond that. Maybe post some sound clips of the kind of tone you're going for? If it is more traditional Ampeg style tube drive you seek, check out the Tech21 VT Bass (or VT500 amp) on Youtube perhaps?

I want to experiment running a parallel chain to a guitar amp with different different pedals in each chain. I've been looking at A/B/Y boxes and was sold on the Radial Twin City as it offers transformer isolation, ground lift, and phase invert switches for the second amp, as I understand ground loops can be a problem in setups like this. This is all well and good, but what if I split the signal at the start of the chain, then power the separate bass and guitar chains from the same non-isolated power supply? Would the common ground between the pedals for the bass and guitar side then re-introduce ground loops, undoing all the good work done by the Radial? I do have an isolated supply btw in the form of a Cioks DC5, but I run a few splitters and a daisy chain from it. Just trying to plan in advance if this supply will be up to the job if I need to ensure all each fx chain is isolated from each other in terms of power!

3rd jack socket is for the expression pedal, power is on the side. I agree about the readability issue, but when I had one at least, it was a case of set it and forget it, then sweep the filter with an expression pedal.

This looks cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afoKjlONxPg

https://www.positivegrid.com/summernamm17 I for one think their bass amp models in JamUp and BIAS for iPad sound rather meh in comparison with their competition, but I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out!