dannybuoy

I've been waiting for the 5'er... but then I see they have also added black hardware to the red one! Hmm, might have to jump on one before they disappear!

Musickman Stinkray

This is rather disconcerting to read, I have a shiny set of 760FL ready to fit to my P! I can always go back to my used set of TI's or Pyramids though if need be!

They are nice basses, those Duncan designed pickups sounded great on the one I had. Sold it to get a US Fender but wish I had kept it!

I have a Wilson Freaker Wah which is great for bandpass, and an Iron Ether Xerograph as a cheaper smaller alternative to the Moog for low-pass. Not sure which one I prefer though, the low pass obviously keeps more lows but the wah sounds a bit gnarlier!

Nice work, plenty of pedals I've never heard of on there too!

Nice work, plenty of pedals I've never heard of on there too!

Ozzy Ozbourne's bio is a riot also!

I've had no issues lugging my BB415 around in a well padded bag for the past year, neither should you if you look after it! I prefer the bag as I can carry it on my back, most of my gig/rehearsal travel is via public transport and carrying a hard case would knacker my arms!

Yeah, but Mercedes Benz hubcaps sound much better than Volkswagen.

My AD200 nails it too with the gain cranked up and bashing my T40 set 'Ric-mode' with a heavy pick!

You don't need a pedal with a blend for that tone, just an amp-like overdrive with plenty of low end. Sansamp BDDI or VT, even the other character pedals will get you there. I think the Hives' bassist plays through a Hiwatt tube amp so perhaps try the Tech21 Leeds. Or get a tube amp!

I've not tried a real Colorsound, but the SFX Micro Fuzz is a clone of the Colorsound Bass Fuzz and has an ungodly amount of bowel-wrenching low end. There was one for sale in the classifieds, might still be there!

Yup, get a separate overdrive pedal instead. Blended fuzz can sound a bit artificial unless you're feeding an already overdriven sound into it.

Another shameless plug, but I have an X&M crossover blender for sale! Standard blenders are great for adding a [i]bit[/i] of low end back in, but if you dial in too much clean it sounds funny with two clearly separate signals going on. I prefer to use this type of blender with fuzz pedals that already have decent lows, but just to add a bit of clarity and dynamics to the heavily compressed signal. Even better if you send a lightly overdriven signal into the blended fuzz, it sounds much more meshed together that way. If it's a lack of low end you're trying to make up for, I'd go for the Xotic X-Blender over the LS-2 or Barge since it has an active EQ built into it. This X&M does it a bit differently though as you can keep the lows totally clean and send everything above that to the distortion pedal and adjust the levels of both channels, mimicking a recording setup where you blend a low-passed DI signal with a mic'ed cab.