dannybuoy

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]

I found some cool stuff: In Ableton Live, you can use a computer keyboard instead of MIDI to control pretty much anything, like trigger loops or turn FX on and off. Here's a project converting an old keyboard into a footswitch! [url="http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/08/02/get-loopy-with-the-diy-10-ableton-footcontroller-no-soldering-required/"]http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/08/02/g...ering-required/[/url] This dude made a very home made looking DIY controller: [url="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/diy-foot-pedal-midi-controller/"]http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/10/diy-foo...idi-controller/[/url] MIDI Bass Pedal kit (Les Claypool style): [url="http://www.doepfer.de/home_e.htm"]http://www.doepfer.de/home_e.htm[/url]

Hmm, I'd like to make one of these, give it loads of flashing lights like a spaceship from a 70s sci-fi tv show and use it to control Ableton Live, Guitar Rig, Ampeg SVX etc... I hope nobody posts a link with full instructions on this or else I'm going to be busy for a while!

True. I've used it with quite a few different amps - It sounded awesome with a tube SVT Classic head, but at one gig I had to use a small Ashdown combo which just couldn't handle the boost and sounded like a torn speaker. However, my Line6 Lowdown 300 is solid state, but has plenty of headroom and copes fine with a really hot signal going into it. I guess some solid state amps are better than others when it comes to this.

Someone just asked me about the volume boost problem when engaging the 2nd channel, thought I'd post my response here: If you are going straight into a DI then yes, some sound engineers won't like the volume boost when engaging the 2nd channel, but it's never been a problem for me. They usually have compressors/limiters at the desk end anyway which helps. If you're feeding into an amp though, the extra volume boost can just end up pushing the amp into more overdrive instead of boosting the volume; I always try to get them to take the DI from the amp or mic up the cab which so that the PA sound matches the amp sound. It is possible to set up the knobs so that there is no volume boost but still an increase in drive though. Each tube has 2 gain stages which can both create overdrive. If you turn up the 1>2 knob, then that increases the volume going into the 1st stage of the 2nd tube, creating more overdrive. Then you can reduce the Gain2 knob to reduce the volume in the 2nd stage. Only problem is to get the really full on distortion you need Gain2 whacked up, so you can't go from very gentle dirty-clean sound to full on fuzz while keeping the volumes in check. If you treat it as a boost to just give you a slight volume push and a bit more drive during loud choruses etc it works wonderfully.

I've got the modded one and it's very reactive to my playing contrary to what Tayste quoted earlier. Maybe it's down to the mods or the bass I'm playing.