dannybuoy

There are lots of popular channels out there from BassTheWorld, The Bass Channel, JuliaPlaysGroove, Scotts Bass Lessons, etc… here’s a couple of new-ish channels I subscribed to recently that don’t have many followers but are well worth a look: Bassed - a couple of bass geeks from Kentucky who review gear and interview players The Wetter Bass - gear reviews tastefully done, great playing and always gets the best out of the pedals being demoed Shout out any others that deserve more attention down below!

FWIW I rate the cheaper digital example of the TC Spectracomp over the Keeley and the Cali! Don’t write it off if you haven’t tried one.

The whine can happen with digital pedals sharing power (the cab sim is digital). Happens with EHX digital stuff, but not TC - perhaps they have better power supply filtering going on!

I thought it was based on the Ampeg SB-12.

I’ve not tried the Germanium, let me know if you fancy swapsies for the LM308!

One Control Hooker's Green wasn't bad either, and certainly ticks the 'small' box!

I'm looking at this also... I have the Mk2 and LM308 Custom Shop at present.

It works well for a farty P. Your shortlist should also include the BJFE Blueberry (or One Control Blackberry which looks like a new variant), Fuzzrocious Dark Driving, Solidgoldfx Beta, and TC Spark or MojoMojo! As for which of those is best, that's a matter of taste! I've had them all and still have the Beta and the Spark. Spark is better for lower gain with more clarity. Beta is better at higher gain.

TC pedals are fine daisy chained I find, unlike certain other digital pedals that get really noisy when sharing power.

Lots of ways to split your signal so that only the DI gets the cab sim treatment. Sansamp VTDI/BDDI pedals have an unaffected thru output. There’s also the Darkglass Element and OmniCabSim, which both offer cab sims with a DI, headphone amp and aux in. The Element can be connected to the speaker cab if you want to capture your amp sound!

Definitely helps with the Diabolik to run a passive bass direct in, then the clean tone sounds really dark and bassy. Flick to active, or put any buffered pedal in front, and the clean tone sounds thinner and full range. I’ve not used the Amptweaker either, but seems more versatile, perhaps a bit more utilitarian / vanilla / boring. Whereas the Diabolik might be more limited but it has an incredible sound that you might struggle to replicate and it’s more likely to generate bass face.

The P&C and Diabolik are 2 pedals I sold as they’re a sound I wouldn’t use in a band… but I wish I’d kept both as they sound so good and are such fun to play.

Been a while since I played one, but maybe!

MXR Bass Envelope Filter always reminded me of this tone. Closest you’ll get with a standard filter if you don’t want to go down the Source Audio route.

Boloc Party

New discovery for me here - Messa from Italy. They’re like a blend of two of my favourite bands, Om and Acid King! Bassist plays an 8 string and manages to fill out the sound amazingly well during guitar solos, I was trying to spot a hidden rhythm guitarist in the background!

This has happened to me a couple of times and it was pedals with socketed transistors working their way loose during transit. Worth opening it up just to check!

Never tried the Carl Martin, but don’t waste your money on the Eden. I’ve tried a lot and it’s amongst the most useless!

I don’t know how these things work in reality, but I expect a lot of these YouTubers get plenty of profit purely from the platform so all it would cost Ashdown is the price of the pedal. Bunging a load of cash along with the pedal for a review would end up with more biased reviews, or at least the perception of that amongst viewers if they ever found out! They should hopefully clearly state if the video was sponsored by X if they have been paid to make a demo.

The Zoom units aren't great for this, the octave up effect has a noticeable delay and just didn't sound convincing. I got much better results running a Mooer Tender Octaver (EHX POG clone) into a Joyo American Sound (Fender guitar amp sim). Mike Kerr runs a POG into a bunch of Fender guitar amps, so it works quite well! You may be able to pick up a used Boss LS-2, TC Sub'n'Up Mini and Joyo American Sound for just over £100 all in.

So come on, which one of you bought this then?! 😁 https://bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-142---yamaha-bb1200s-bass-guitar/?lot=14495

Nice, never seen that model. Looks a lot like the Classic 50s MIM I had once, which was one of the best sounding P bass I've ever had. The neck was too wide and the fingerboard edges too sharp though, which resulted in an uncomfortable neck unless you have big hands.