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A friend at work hates using the phone but found putting it on loudspeaker so you’re not holding it to your ear helps. Guess it’s more like talking to someone in the room that way. Maybe worth a try.
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
ped replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I think I remember, was it using a lollypop stick? -
The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
ped replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I quite like the sound of a foam mute with bright strings. You get the initial attack and a nice full sound behind it. The Mustang bridge also fits a mute really nicely, I know it was designed to have a specific mute attached but this works just as well (and quicker to adjust!) -
The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
ped replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I accidentally pulled the wire out of my pickup on my Squier Mustang yesterday when I tried to adjust the pickup again and thought I’d do it without taking the strings right off (super lazy I know). The treble side has a really short wire so it was quite taught, so when I tried to push the pickup up a bit it came off. D’oh. Anyway I have a plan for that bass so watch this space. But that gave me an idea - why don’t I try the Elixir strings from the Squier on the ‘66? I did and it’s great. Quite a different vibe once the strings had settled in. The panning between pickups is now even more pronounced as I’m dealing with a wider frequency range I suppose, but we go from taught woody bark to snappy nasal funk with a twist. Reckon I’ll keep them on for a while. With my foam mute in at the bridge I can get some pretty muscular thud from it still. -
Boss Waza Air now available for bass. Personal Amp System.
ped replied to dave_bass5's topic in Amps and Cabs
The official case is nice but quite tight, so getting them in and out is a bit tricky. -
I've been using my Roland VB99 for over ten years now I think (used the V-bass before that). Super happy with it, it's just as good as a multi effects/preamp/interface using a 1/4" cable and a normal bass as it is accessing the full polyphonic range and features with a GK3B pickup. It's got the best compressor and sound quality I've ever tried, certainly - although I daren't try a newer generation unit because I'm happy to leave well enough alone and I really like the form factor over a floor pedal unit.
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I think the main reason that Terminator was upgraded to the T1000 was due to buckle rash
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You’re just a maverick renegade
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Yeah that’s been listed for ages. I think unlikely anyone would want all of those.
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Cheers mate yeah the small stone is a really nice sounding phaser for sure. I have a Phase 90, had the Phase 100 and Aguilar grape, and had the Boss PH2 before that, but this one has a more useful sound. The only issue is a slight volume drop on this one, not sure if that’s universal from unit to unit (I doubt it as they all vary depending on what was lying around the factory). They did the Small Stone in the same ridged box as the Tall Font Big Muff so I might pick one of those up if I see a good one. The Bassballs only came in the folded steel box. The Big Muff and Bassballs are a great double act. You probably couldn’t get two more different sounding effects. The muff sounds amazing with my Mustang, even though it has flats and I generally prefer distortion on lively roundwound basses for some lively grit and bite, but this pedal brings that along by itself - with the Mustang it falls over itself and cascades into a pillowy scattery mess which is just super satisfying.
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
ped replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
Thanks guys. Now sorted. The issue was that the hole for the pickup screw was stopping me from pushing the pickup down as it’s so tight and effectively threaded by the screw. Weirdly the bass side of the bass pickup has no spring at all but the others do. All seems quite solid now. -
Yeah very true. Well the Sovtek and the tall font I own both distort slightly differently at the attack of the note and then decays slightly differently, almost like the very front of the wave has more bite and some of the clean sound which then gives way to quite a complex and random 3D sound. It's like the dry sound lives inside the distorted signal and changes the intensity and warmth throughout the pluck of a note. Can you tell it's not easy to describe! A good example is posted on the thread about my EHX green muff
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That punch you mention was what I think I heard when I first started using one without knowing much about compression. Unbeknownst to me I had set a high ratio and high threshold setting which game a great fundamental enabling my sound to fit perfectly into a mix whilst preserving dynamics underneath and up to that point. Since then I have always set my compression more like a limiter because i love playing up against that brick wall that gives so much definition to the sound. I also always have it at the end of my chain as a kind of gatekeeper. I have tried lts of other comp/limiters but finding something that responds so quickly and evenly has been really tricky, and the final winner is actually a Roland designed model of what I assume is the LMB3 which does the same thing but is almost totally quiet.
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I haven't tried one of those, but it seems like the Sovtek has a naturally fuller bottom end to the distorted signal, meaning there's no need for a clean blend or crossover. Certainly the parametric mod control is massively useful for a bassist. Sometimes I find a blended signal sounds like two separate signals at once and not as fat sounding. But then the Bass Muff seems far more popular, so maybe I need to try one.
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
ped replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I need to lower the pickups on my Squier Mustang (CV). The screws on the pickguard don't appear to do anything. Do I need to remove the pickguard and investigate? -
And this is what it sounds like - mine sounds exactly the same as this at 4:42:
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It’s a great compressor. I used one for ages and found the enhance knob really useful in some venues and with some amps. It gets overlooked like a lot of Boss gear in favour of more ‘boutique’ gear but I found the LMB3 to work well as a comp and limiter. I was never sure about the colour though 😆
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I recently got a tall font Big Muff to complete my Green Russian set of EHX pedals. I have rarely seen one in such good condition without the paint flaking off, complete with battery hatch and rubber feet. It has the original case which was switched to simpler folded steel box. It's hand numbered inside which is quite rare. It has a really full bottom and and smoother drive than usual. Compared to my Sovtek Deluxe the drive is less fizzy and doesn't really do subtle. Honestly I think the Sovtek Deluxe is a better pedal but I really wanted the original tall font muff in my collection. The only other pedal they did in the green box was the Electric Mistress but apparently only 5 of those were made as prototypes that never went into production. Probably the rarest of all is my Bassballs - again, a handful were made. I love the sound of this pedal and use it a lot. With the sensitivity down it does a great synthy sound which breaks up really nicely when you dig in. It sounds really different from the USA version which is more metallic or something. Anyway here are some pics
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SFX Dual Filter Thumpinator: HPF + variable LPF - *SOLD*
ped replied to mcnach's topic in Effects For Sale
The forum doesn’t support img tags any more if that’s how you’re entering them. You can just upload the image itself directly. -
They look great to me, especially the bound neck. Are you going to change the controls to allow blending? My Squier mustang is fab; I thought I'd want to upgrade to a JMJ (still might) but I'm really happy with it. I just wish the reissues had the same body shape, not really sure why they changed it (slightly more body behind the bridge on the reissues)
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I’m sure we have more than two pages worth of Mustang players on Bc? I’ve seen loads taking up the JMJ recently. Here’s my modified 66 because I haven’t added it yet!
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Sounds like a harmoniser
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That’s great! I bet once I start using one I’ll think of all sorts of things to print! Those rings look bang on 👍🏼
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The University where I work has a ‘maker space’ which might be able to do this or show me how. I’m quite interested to have a go actually
