dannybuoy

The TC is good (shout if you want my TC Mini Corona 😉), although I settled on the Providence Anadime. Sounds a bit more '3D' and 'lush' for want of a better description, plus it has a HPF to apply the chorus to only the higher frequencies.

@tandark, you might need to boost the volume on the high chain if it's more gain you're after, since chopping off the lows results in less overall volume and less overall clipping. Maybe even put a Teemah drive in line before it hits the Sansamp.

Stolen from TB, what looks like an early protoype: (so yes, looks like they did have the 'logo chat' with Steve!)

Ah I see, I have to change the content type to ‘topics’ in order to get that drop down!

You get a different search box when the screen is wide enough. E.g. on my iPad in portrait mode, searching in a specific forum is impossible. But if I rotate to landscape (or just use my laptop!), I get a totally different search box with a ‘this forum’ option underneath.

I was about to offer lending you my AO, but instead I see you have taken the nuclear option! The AO amp has the growl/grunt (bass boost) and bite switches that were missing from the M900. A good thing as the M900 has the bass boost permanently on, which you don't really need when using a BB!

Have you downloaded iLok and registered the serial for the trial? Also try the standalone version. All in all - a ton of presets in this thing but many of them sound very similar. It does a very similar thing to the DP-3X, but I prefer the DP-3X and the wider variety of sounds I can get out of Helix Native to what's on offer here. It still sounds good though, particularly for modern djenty stuff!

I wonder if Tech21 had to say "Sorry Steve, but you can't have a West Ham logo on it'.

Rumoured to be coming soon...

Anyone tried this out? NeuralDSP is Doug Castro's (Darkglass founder) sister company, they have a new parallel processing bass distortion and cab sim plugin with presets from Nolly Getgood and Jon Stockman etc. 14 day free trial too: https://neuraldsp.com/products/parallax/ I'll give it a bash this evening...

Yeah, I'm not much of a fan of the B7K with a P Bass either. The natural eq curve of a P bass kind of fights against what the B7K is trying to do to your tone. It's a perfect fit for a J bass however! I have 2 general approaches to bass tones, either dominate the low mids with my P Bass, or scoop the hell out of the mids, dominate the low end and slice through the high mids with my BB in the middle pickup position!

Try using a crossover to send everything above e.g. 150Hz to the BDDI sim, and the lows to a compressor. The BDDI sounds quite bloated if you crank the gain, but if you divert the lows to a separate parallel chain, you can crank the gain more and get a tighter sounding distortion. Then once you get that figured out, you enter a hole rabbit hole of having the entire palette of guitar distortions and amps open to you, because it doesn't matter if they drop the lows!

First off it sounds best with a scooped growly bass, like a Jazz with both pickups on, or a PJ, etc. If you're playing a classic P with flats for example, this is not the distortion you are looking for! Attack switch needs to be on to get the full growl out of it, grunt gives a bass boost before the gain section but I find that to be a little too much so I turn that off. Set the EQ to flat at first, the gain to where you get some nice crunch when digging in, and the volume so that the volume is roughly even no matter where you set the blend (the volume only affects the dirt side). Try the blend at 1 o'clock and adjust the master volume to taste. If it's too fizzy sounding, try it in a mix and you may find the fizz disappears amongst the rest of the instruments. Or you can add a LPF or cab sim to the end.

You could get close with either of those basses on the neck pickup, flatwounds, and a warm preamp/overdrive. Although a Fender P wouldn't hurt!

I installed the trial of Helix Native again last night to check out the Sansamp addition. I found it pretty easy to set up a dUg patch that emulates the DP-3X! Crossover split at 200Hz, lows to a compressor then EQ (I applied a bass boost with the parametric). Highs to a further HPF to roll off below 800Hz and boost the gain, then into the Sansamp with the blend at 100%, presence and drive adjusted to produce a nice grind. I didn't spend very long dialling it in but auditioned it playing along to some pre-recorded tracks that I've been using the DP-3X with and it wasn't far off!

My TI flats have been on my P for 10 years now, so they've worked out pretty cost effective!

When you say the cables work with other devices, do you mean for data or charging? Some USB cables carry power only.

If the power socket is knackered and you don't fancy trying to fix it, you could try using a 9V battery clip to DC jack adaptor. They're also quite handy for powering old pedals that don't have DC jacks, like my old Mini Q-Tron!

I was just about to suggest the DiMarzio Model P/J too, same as the ones in the bass above. The J is a split humbucker to keep the noise down. More output and bass than a typical P/J pickup, but not over the top or scooped. Black polepieces too, if you're into the stealth look!

If you upgrade the electronics in the bass, you've wasted quite a bit of hard work if you don't like the result. A preamp pedal you can just send back and try another. Most preamps designed to go in basses are little more than EQ, but many pedals have a bit of drive and/or compression available, which might be just what you want if you're after 'edge' or 'oomph'!

That one'll probably be fine... It doesn't have isolated outputs though, but you probably won't need them. If you want to buy one supply now that'll fit under a nano, has isolated outputs, and don't mind spending more on the premium stuff, look up these: Cioks DC5 / DC7 Truetone CS6 Strymon Ojai R30

That's not much current, so pretty much any power supply with 9v and 18v outputs. Or a standard 9V supply with an 18v converter tip.

I might pick up one of those wooden ones - I had one of the flimsy metal ones and it didn't last long!

Same here. I find raising my right leg several inches off the floor helps, even if it's just a box or something sturdy!

I find 500mA difficult to believe for the Tonehammer. It's analog and has no tubes, probably well under 100mA. It works on 48V phantom power too btw! EDIT: 7mA according to the manual: http://www.aguilaramp.com/wp-content/uploads/manual-tone-hammer-v1.2.pdf