dannybuoy

Thanks for posting! I fitted a Darkglass preamp to it, and fed into a B3K for more gain, it does sound great. But I am considering swapping out the pups for some EMG or Delano soapbars!

Warmoth do a 'Dinky J' body too, I expect standard necks will fit.

Or... Some of the pedals suggested cost the same as another MB200! You could get another amp and either: - Get a custom switching device or put a passive A/B switch on both the input and output - Connect the line out / XLR of amp B to the aux in (or fx loop in if it has one?) amp A, effectively using it as a preamp. That way you also have a a backup amp and the option to run two together if you find yourself needing more volume!

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1450353746' post='2931915'] Good points - gets the Stingray sound and looks like one too, great price Bad points - Narrower nut, oversized bridge plate, limited colour options. [/quote] The narrower nut is a plus for some, myself included! I had one, sounded, felt and played great. Good fretwork and sounded very lively. Only downside is the preamp is too hot, but that can be modded (there is a megathread on these basses on Talkbass where the main man at SBMM posted the instructions). It's only really an issue if you want to use it with certain overdrive / distortion / fuzz pedals though, most amps can pad the signal down to prevent any unwanted distortion.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1450027158' post='2928889'] Many of the Sansamp pedals feature a low pass filter - sometimes called that, sometimes 'Rumble filter' and on the VT Bass DI, it's part of the 'Bite' function. Also the Radial Bassbone pedals have this feature. I think as an adjustable high pass filter. Worth checking out as you'd also get their DI, distortion and other features. [/quote] Totally different filters - the OP is after a sweepable low pass filter to make wah-wah and womp-womp noises rather than a high pass filter designed to cut out subsonic rumble. However, something like a Thumpinator might be worth putting after the filter (as well as a limiter maybe) if you are doing some crazy resonant sweeps down low!

Still, yours might have an incorrect or out of spec component somewhere! Mine needs the fuzz level set to around 8 o'clock, it's bloomin loud!

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1449495509' post='2923978'] Will try FF at home but will not be allowed to do so at work. [/quote] You can try using this to launch another browser at work without actually installing it: https://turbo.net/browsers This is often used by web developers to test their sites in older versions of various browsers, but it also comes in handy for working around restrictions!

"In the US, use license for noun and verb. In the UK, use licence for the noun, but license for the verb." Learn something new every day...

[quote name='cana.dan' timestamp='1449859951' post='2927634'] I've never needed a five string... until I saw the pink NG2. Wow! [/quote] [Img]http://www.bassgeardirect.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ng2-matte-pink-lmited-edition-bod.jpg" class="ipsImage" />

Source Audio Manta? You can map the expression pedal to any knob (I think, hopefully a user or the manual can confirm). Not sure if you want to have two separate expression pedals, or one pedal operating both knobs simultaneously, but I wouldn't be surprised if both of these were possible with the Manta plus the MIDI hub. Plus you get an awesome envelope filter and distortion unit thrown in for the price of entry.

D'Addarios or Dunlop Super Brights get my vote.

Check out Marusczyk (Elwood is their Jazz style model), they are getting very popular with people on here at the moment - you can get a custom build in a quick turnaround time a [b]lot [/b]cheaper than the alternatives: [url="http://www.public-peace.de/index.php/maruszczyk-instruments/"]http://www.public-pe...yk-instruments/[/url]

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1447700489' post='2909642'] And soundwise at the Herts Bass Bash Precision Blind-Test two years ago won hands down against some very tasty competition (70s, 60s and 50s Fender Precisions amongst them). [/quote] Were there any clips recorded of this? I would expect a Quarter Pounder pickup mounted further towards the neck than a typical P would sound pretty different to the others.

I've heard of a couple of amps that are switchable internally by moving a jumper, who knows, the Carvin might be the same. Perhaps they were done this way to reduce the chances of numpties melting their amps by flicking it to the wrong setting (as my mate did to his PC once!).

I would blame autocorrect, but surely that would've auto corrected 'eaisy'.

First port of call would be to contact the manufacturer, you'd be surprised how many fix items for free even if it's over a year old!

Something to do with the power management that's designed to emulate power tube compression I reckon. It also has a Thumpinator-style high-pass filter built in which filters out the lowest of the lows. I turned it up pretty loud, thumped the low E and didn't feel that thump come back at me like I do with the Orange, like it was being held back. That was the 600 too, I expect the 900 to have a bit more welly behind it though!

I had a Streamliner and thought the low end was severely anaemic when compared to the heft of the Orange.

Wow, first time I've heard this amp described as too bright and not enough low end - mine sounds like the opposite! The EQ isn't much use, but don't be afraid to use the tone control on your bass!

[quote name='0175westwood29' timestamp='1448717848' post='2917622'] If nothing has been done wrong legally, then whats the problem? is the darkglass an original circuit design? no one complains about mooer or tone city. Andy [/quote] It's not a clone anyhow, it has 2 overdrive circuits running in parallel that you blend with the colour knob. Its quite amusing watching the fanboy reactions over on Talkbass. Spencer was a bit naive to not expect this kind of reaction after the same happened when he sold some old Darkglass prototypes, but I do feel sorry for him being on the receiving end of so much vitriol!

[quote name='Naetharu'] you play a bass upside down with all the strings in the wrong order... [/quote] That's actually not that uncommon. There are plenty of left handed players who learned to play upside down on unmodified right handed instruments.

So do rock bassists! I hardly ever play bass without one. The only pedal that will help you here is a volume pedal so you can turn the volume down with that to stop your amp distorting. But in all seriousness, what you're looking for is a more powerful amp and/or cabs.

From the 3Leaf thread over at TB: [QUOTE name='Spencer!']I'm honestly surprised at all the negative response and it's made me physically ill this morning so I'm gonna try my best to clear everything up. The reason for the new company is to try some different ideas with branding. I wanted a brand that's just for bass players without any ambiguity. I was also getting really burned out and I needed a new creative outlet. It has nothing to do with "keeping the 3Leaf Audio name out of the muck" as there is no threat of legal action here. I'm not infringing on any trademarks and I didn't break any contracts. I'll still be running the 3Leaf brand, and that will be focused on all the fun and weird stuff I've always made, while Pike will be more utilitarian products for bass. As to why the pedals look similar to the old USA-made DG pedals: Doug and I had a partnership and I designed those pedals. He came to me with the schematic for the audio section of the circuits, and I designed the bypass switching and did the physical designs. I also fronted the money for every production run and managed the entire production myself. I don't think most people realize how collaborative that partnership was...I wasn't just a hired gun if that was the impression that was given off. I won't get into the ending of that partnership other than to say that Darkglass stuck me with a few hundred enclosures that were already drilled for those pedals. I couldn't afford to just throw those away since I had already paid for them, so I had to come up with a design that would work in that box. I was originally thinking of making it a limited run just to get rid of the few hundred enclosures I had, but then Darkglass changed the look of their pedals to the point that my aesthetic design was no longer there, and it was a design I was really proud of so I wanted to 'reclaim' it so to speak. I obsess over the look and feel of the products I design and I didn't want to see my work die out with the end of that partnership. Regarding the circuit: I wouldn't have done any of this if I were just going to copy Darkglass. I don't think it's fair to my customers to release a product that doesn't bring anything new to the table. The Vulcan circuit is inspired by my knowledge of the Darkglass circuits but taken in a direction that I think makes them appealing in a totally different way. I worked with those circuits for years so I learned what makes them sound good, but I also found lots of ways to change it to make it work more to my taste. The big difference with the Vulcan circuit is that it's actually two entire overdrive circuits in parallel that get blended together to form the complete sound. It's a very complex circuit design...the Vulcan circuit has 117 components and the XL has 173. In practice it sounds a lot different than a B3K or something like that, so I hope you guys get the chance to try one for yourself before just assuming that it's a ripoff since it has a similar look. I've spent most of the last year fine-tuning and obsessing over every detail of these pedals and I'm really excited about the results. Sorry to be long-winded, but I needed to be thorough because all the speculation on here gave me an anxiety attack. It really wasn't my intent to ruffle any feathers. I'm currently putting the finishing touches on a series of onboard preamps with a really cool twist, and I think you guys will like them.[/QUOTE] I don't really have a problem after reading this. He basically came up with the visual design and still had a few hundred enclosures left, and the circuits are a new design. I wish him the best of luck!

The Vulcan XL looks a lot like the B7K, but the standard Vulcan is laid out like a Darkglass Vintage, not a B3K. Then again it would be weird to have 2 differently voiced pedals both called the Vulcan. Also the fact they can take 18v suggest they aren't straight clones. <confused face> Why has Spencer started a new company Pike instead of just making them 3Leaf pedals? Unless he wanted to piss off Doug without tarnishing the reputation of 3Leaf.