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Those probably aren't suitable for DHA 12v pedals though, I doubt they're rated to provide enough current so you might fry them!

How about Velcro instead?

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1418130123' post='2627111'] Why didn't I read this thread 4 hours ago... I just bought a USA made B3K and could have got the Finish one, after reading about all this and now being informed I wish I'd backed the Finish one! [/quote] Unless you bought one of the prototypes direct from 3Leaf, the old stock USA built versions are still profiting Darkglass since they just outsourced the manufacture to the US for a period. However, a good reason to get the newer one is because it has a tweak to the 'attack' control. Instead of flat/boost1/boost2, it now has flat/boost/cut, very useful I reckon as I found the B3K I had too bright and might've kept it if it'd had a treble cut option.

That particular circuit looks very handy for retrofitting inside of another pedal!

Maybe the Source Audio Manta, EHX Enigma or Big John Obama Wah?

If Spencer made a bunch of prototypes to test different finishes out for Doug while they were still working together, with his own time and materials, what is he supposed to do with them? They cost him time and money to build so why not sell them on. Are those complaining saying he should destroy them or give them away for free? On the other hand, if he is still building them and selling what would be deemed as counterfeits, then that's not on. But since you can't copyright a circuit, people clone pedals and sell them all over the place. Just look at Behringer.

Make sure you put it in flight mode in case your mum calls during the intro. Some phones have really low output levels. Lots of Android phones can be modified to increase the level if you're rooted though, I did this to my old Samsung Galaxy S by installing Voodoo Sound.

If you're looking for ways to squeeze out more volume from the existing combo then an SFX Thumpinator rolls off everything below audible frequencies that your amp and speakers waste energy trying to reproduce, meaning you can squeeze out a bit more headroom if your cab is currently distorting at max volume. Personally I would sell it and pick up a separate head/cab, you can get some good deals on used Markbass stuff these days.

How's my old Speaker Cranker working out then? It's a great dirty boost. I had an impulse Black Friday purchase of a new TAFM. Just because I love my original so much I want to see how the newer ones sound, they have a switchable buffer inside and a few tweaks here and there!

Pretty much everybody except WD Music and Spitfire has cheap printed tort though. Looking at the bevelled edge on mine from WD, you can tell it's been made by swirling a load of different colour plastics together the good old fashioned way as the pattern goes right through. It smells a bit funny too so is probably proper celluloid!

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1417248941' post='2618498'] Any pedal like the Sansamp para driver or dark glass vintage deluxe plugged into the effects return on the OTB sounds 10000 times better than going into the front of amp. Bypass the wooly preamp, and you get [b]500watts[/b] of thunder with your choice or EQ and drive. [/quote] The fx loop runs really hot though, most pedals would struggle to put out the level needed to drive the amp to full power! That Darkglass especially is not designed for driving a power amp as the clean portion of the blend cannot go louder than unity - volume knob affects the dirt channel only.

I had the same issue with the Aguilar Tonehammer. Fan was off for 15 minutes then all of a sudden sounds like a vacuum cleaner when the amp wasn't even warm. It is possible to design a cooling system that uses quieter fans and comes on gradually, only speeding up when really needed. But it seems many amp manufacturers don't prioritise this and use cheap noisy fans with very basic control systems. Lots of people use the same micro amp for home practice and recording that they do for gigging, so hopefully future amps will pay more attention to fan noise in future!

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1416865929' post='2614582']a decent bit of grit when I need it that isn't wild and noisy, but preferably warm and vintage. [/quote] Darkglass Vintage Deluxe! And I can vouch that it sounds great with a P-Bass and an OTB.

Cheap deals on Sonuus gear: http://shop.sonuus.com Also 21% off at Prymaxe with code BLACK21.

Prymaxe Black Friday discount code?

And there's one in the classifieds!

Top mounted jacks are the way forward. Those Iron Ether pedals mounted up snug next each other take up the same amount of space as two micros with side mounted jacks, with more room for knobs and PCBs, and more stable on the board.

Whilst you're on the thread Mr Ashdown representative! How similar tonally is the CTM-15 to the CTM-100? I know they are pretty different internally. One thing I didn't like about the CTM-15 was that the gain knob added a lot of treble - I always ran it at minimum or just above zero as a result. Does the CTM-100 act like this too?

An interesting read: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/17/steve-albinis-keynote-address-at-face-the-music-in-full And what he had to say on the matter 20 years ago (might be worth reading this one first!): http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-music And, just because we're talking about Steve Albini, a letter he wrote to Nirvana that was posted on here a while back! http://imgur.com/a/p0tKn