dannybuoy

I have those same headphones and went for the 80 ohm version. I've heard reviews saying the 32 ohm version do not sound as good for some reason, and the 250 ohm needs a very powerful headphone amp to drive a decent signal. I can still get a ok level out of consumer gear like an iPad with the 80ohm. They sound amazing for tracking bass though with a better headphone amp like the PJB Bighead!

I know it does - a preamp that needs a preamp before it to sound good?! I thought it was based on the Electronix Submarine preamp myself. Anyhow, all I know is it sounded pants with my passive P straight in, but glorious with any buffered pedal inbetween!

First there was the original BJFE. Then the Mad Professor, then the Bearfoot. Then there was a rumour that Bearfoot changed the circuit within the last year to make it brighter, but I've not seen any official confirmation, user reports or demos to confirm this other than one dude on Talkbass who apparently was told by Bearfoot. You'd have to contact Bearfoot to find if this is true and from which serial number they changed!

The Moog bypass is supposedly a bit like a slightly coloured preamp - hated by some so that they use a true bypass loop; but on the other hand I have heard of at least one person who loved the sound of that always-on preamp so much they got a custom made mini box to replicate it's tone!

EP-2. Exactly the same as the EP-3 that replaced it except it has the cable built in rather than having a jack socket and separate cable.

If you are looking for a Moog expression pedal let me know. I have one in my pile of pedals about to be listed for sale!

Neither - the Bearfoot version as the original BJFE version is too rare and expensive! Well the BJFE is supposedly the best but very hard to come by. The Mad Professor is much higher gain and mushier sounding. The Bearfoot version the most recent and is much closer to the original.

Their offer only applies to items in stock though... and G4M out of stock of those Trios! I would've fancied messing around with one for £40!

13lbs is pretty darn heavy. Most folk with shoulder issues around here often seek a bass under 9lbs. My heaviest bass is 10.7lbs and that can be uncomfortable at times. Any particular pickup configuration you favour? I've been eyeing up the Gibson EB basses myself, they are renowned for being consistently light in the region of 7lbs for a 4 string and 8 lbs for a 5-string. There is a new 2018 range inbound with some new colours, so the 2017 range and the differently styled 2013/2014 ranges are discounted everywhere. A good tip is to see if any basses you fancy are stocked by Sweetwater (in the US) or Bass Direct (UK)- as both list the weights of the basses in their ads, e.g: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BAEB17NSBC

Your Google-Fu is weak, young grasshopper: http://www.bass-pedals.com/eden-glowplug-bass-tube-warmer-review/ Looks like a decent pedal but I don't think they sold well due to the oversized enclosure and 15V power requirement. Both of those are instant turn offs for me as I like to use a common power supply and virtually none of them offer 15V outputs, and I like to keep the pedals as small as possible! But listening to those clips again, it sounds really good if you want a more vintage/mellow overdrive and don't mind the aforementioned drawbacks. A bit of a steal for under £100!

The Octabass also tends to one of the cheapest options on the used market, and the older ones are potentially more reliable too, at least in my unfortunate experience of the studio edition!

Through a clean amp I think the G&L has the edge; certainly a lot more versatile. But when running through my various dirt pedals I do prefer the BB, and since I always have one on, it's the BB all the way for me! There will be a black/maple one listed in the classifieds soon if you want to try one out!

I've not tried the old Octabass but the new one is great. More natural sounding than the Octabvre Mini, tracking is equally good for me if not better. In the low mode it's really deep and blends very well with the clean signal. Only downside is the footswitch started playing up a week after I've got it, I've got to send it back! I've had severely bad luck with new pedals lately, an RMI Basswitch dual band compressor died within a week, a Dunlop mini bass wah that had some kind of mechanical failure on between the pot and treadle, and now this!

You should try a buffer before the BDPG - I thought the one I had sounded terrible with a passive bass going straight in for some reason, but awesome with another drive pedal or even just a clean buffer in front!

I would go for one of the DHA tube pedals. Cheaper and better sounding than the EBS in my opinion.

Oh dear. Lots of political threads to clean up then!

Found an old post of mine with a YouTube link, edited and saved and it turned the URL text back to a working link. Didn’t embed the video though like the old site, is that not supported anymore?

All my PMs get forwarded to my email address, and pretty sure it did that by default, so you should still have a copy unless you’re the type to keep your inbox clean and tidy (not me, over 30000 unread mails in mine)!

Surely it must change something? Perhaps it puts special escape characters around the tags or something? Anyway, it must keep track of which posts have been fixed somewhere, and if it’s not the DB....?!

Same goes for converting the IMG tags from the old format so that they still show up. We massively appreciate the hard work that’s been put in, but if there were obstacles that couldn’t be overcome, I’m sure there would’ve been people able to help if the community was asked. I’ve had to stare at database tables to reverse engineer and migrate stuff before... it’s not my area of expertise though so wouldn’t be the most efficient at it!

In that case it should be possible to fix all those broken posts! Far better to try and automate a fix rather than expect people to update individual posts? There’s a wealth of content on here that is now a lot harder to view. Same goes for migrating PMs from the old database. If there’s nobody on the team with the know how perhaps there’s a member out there willing to help? I might be able to get it done but I’d struggle as I don’t work with SQL regularly!

So it appears that linking to external images with IMG tags is no longer supported whatsoever and the only option is to upload them? Seems strange that such a feature would no longer be available.

I’ve not fully explored the new site yet, but I checked the pinned ‘post your pedalboard’ thread in the effects forum, and not only have the last month’s worth of posts gone missing, but all the image links are now broken. I guess the new forum software uses a different format for image tags, but that’s a lot of old content affected that should be possible to fix with a bit of scripting!

I picked one up two days ago to compare to my BB1025X! A bit lighter, neck is slightly chunkier. Sounds great but still prefer my BB. Gibson EB-5 is on my to-try list as I really like the tone of my Epi Classic Pro Thunderbird but want a brighter tone and a fifth string!