dannybuoy

Heh, it's a slippery slope... once you've got those you'll 'need' fuzz, wah, flange, phase, delay, etc...

The Aphex pedal is footswitchable! But really, it's meant to be an always-on sound improver. For a boost you should look into some kind of clean boost pedal or subtle overdrive, maybe even an EQ pedal.

I would go for a subtle overdrive - mines always on for a most songs. Zoom B2 has some great amp models in it, well worth a go if you can pick up a cheap second hand one.

Just reverse the polarity. Oh wait, I've been watching too many Hollywood movies...

I've got the medium one of those. They are very good for the money, and built like a tank. The handle is very comfy too, much better than the thin rubber strap you get on most cases. Inside you get a plywood board sprayed black and some velcro to which you attach your pedals. I screwed rubber feet onto the bottom of the board to raise it so that I could feed cables underneath and also to raise the pedal height which provides better contact between the pedals and the foam in the lid (as the case is pretty deep). I've also got some fluffy speaker cab cloth and spray glue from Maplins which I was gonna fix onto the board to provide 100% covering. They are very bulky though and weigh quite a bit (the xtra large one will kill your arms when loaded with pedals, better get working out!). If you want something slimmer and lighter the Diago boards are great, and the Pedaltrains look pretty cool. But then again, the Spider is hard to beat price wise.

Any 9v pedal power supply will do the job for the EBS - I recommend this one: [url="http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_id=12&zenid=3da31de4d6daba39c8b32fde68bf575c"]http://www.johnnyshredfreak.com/store/inde...8b32fde68bf575c[/url] It's very similar to the highly regarded Diago power supply but without the huge price tag. I have one on my board and it powers all of my pedals no problem.

[quote name='thylacine23' post='182797' date='Apr 22 2008, 02:18 PM']Thats a snip, !!!!!!!!!! I just bought a s/h one off Voodoosnake, for £90.00 squid Typical !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mark[/quote] Wasn't that the VT1 compressor (I know because I was gonna buy it but was too late!)? This is a kit for the VT1 overdrive.

Dangerboy, that Rusty Box looks interesting! Do you have any clips of it in use? Or any other info would be useful, I can't seem to find much on it!

Just added new clips (9 & 10). Clip 10 proves you can set it up so that the Ch1+Ch2 gives extra overdrive without increasing the volume. The clips also show a bit of soft/hard playing with the same pedal settings so you can hear how responsive it is to touch. I've just sold this baby to a fellow basschatter though... I wanted to keep it but I'm a pedal slut and I want to play the field a little more before settling down! I'll probably end up having a few quick flings with various filthy cheap trashy dirtboxes before begging her to take me back!

I used to bash the pedal quite a bit purely because I'd heard so many bassists use it badly in live gigs and I'd never heard one sound good. But on Saturday night I saw some guy using one with a Gibson Thunderbird through a GK rig and it sounded incredible!

Take a look here: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=419883"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=419883[/url]