dannybuoy

Only reason being that Mr Bass Compressor absolutely slated TC here! http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/hyper.shtml

It takes a lot of effort to design a cooling system that is both effective at dissipating heat at gig volume yet relatively silent at bedroom levels. But hopefully with enough people moaning about it manufacturers will take note and put that effort in! Quietest bedroom amp I ever had was an Orange AD200B, no fan!

Don't knock it until you've tried it! I dismissed it for a long time just assuming everyone that liked it probably had cloth ears. I was genuinely shocked how good it was, especially given that I tend not to like digital stuff either. I need to spend some more time with them both, but the Cali wins for transparent yet slightly fattening compression, the Spectracomp though is an amazing tone enhancer, makes your bass sound like it has magical fairy dust sprinkled on top!

I highly rate the Spectracomp also, that I just picked up used for £50. So much so that my Cali Compact Bass might be up for the chop!

I mean with the tap tempo you could switch between: Preset A: Tubey drive and a RAT in parallel Preset B: Muff fuzz and Darkglass distortion in parallel You can't do the above using an A/B switch to flick between the two stereo outs.

I thought the tap tempo method switched the pedal between two banks? So you could use it to flip between 2 presets on each switch position. I think you can do the same by just holding the button down, but that is not exactly gig friendly! Time to consult the manual perhaps! Anyhow Source Audio are particularly active and helpful on Talkbass and probably via other mediums also. The A/B switch method is limited in that you can only have one distortion engine running rather than two in parallel. Being able to blend a thick muff fuzz with the cutting ability of the Darkglassish distortion is where the pedal really shines IMHO.

Check out the first couple of minutes of this video and notice how dull the Deluxe and Elite sound compared to the Flea. I think a lot of this is down to the noiseless pickups as they will either be split humbuckers or carry a dummy coil, both of which can mute your high end, or so I believe!

Hey TC - send me a free pedal and unlocked editor and I will record a demo. Just get someone better looking to mime for the video!

Cheers Bas! And just to clarify, we actually had our own separate beers!

That pretty much nails the tone in my head. And by that I mean the crap drive sound I imagined this would have! It does sound authentic in a way though, that's exactly the kind of tone you get from a tube drive that's fed too much low end. It would react totally differently, growl more and fart less with a bit of low end roll off and upper mid boost going into it. And I bet it can do just that with a bit of tweaking. That you can't do.

Just put a pair of dirty boxers on the sub, not many will want to put their drink on top.

There's also the Pod HD range, next gen on from the X3 before you get to the super expensive Helix models.

So how are you finding the Spectradrive, Dave?

Hopefully you can just beam the Spectracomp ones over, and it’s just a bit of organisation needed at their end to copy all the existing toneprints over to the Spectradrive category.

I can see why people would miss the tuner. Compression, drive and EQ is all most people would ever need along with a tuner, so having it all in one would mean no pedal board, patch cables or fancy power supply required, just grab and go.

There are 4 drive and one compressor tone print up for this unit, it's worth downloading and having a read of the descriptions!

And were a winning contestant on Bullseye and the proud owner of a Speedboat?

Considering you can't edit the Toneprints, there is only like one Toneprint available at the moment, so there's another reason to hold fire!