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[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1372248420' post='2123304'] It is indeed. Going by that, one could assume that the CL would make a rather good radiator (handy for those chilly winter rehearsals). [/quote] Sorry do you mean it would get hot (on an assumption) (i'm not very good at specs etc and understanding sensitivity)

Ok thanks for the replies cleared a lot of things up for me as i read on TB somewhere about the abm 410 not being quite as loud as you would expect?-Is this just a lie?

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1372184060' post='2122624'] How do you know the CL-410 is louder? The sensitivity is lower according to the specs (though ears are the best answer)... CL-410 SPL 94dB 1W@1m ABM-410H SPL 103dB 1W @ 1m As for sound. Again, you're best to use your ears & see what you prefer. One man's awesome is another's awful. [/quote] Thanks for the reply and i didn't see that but it's just the wattage rating is almost double of the abm so i assumed and yes i'm going to try to go and try them but i would also like opinions on whether it's really worth the extra (if they've tried both)

Ok I know i've done a few threads recently already but this site is too good and addicting not to ask and my ideas have changed! My question is has anyone paired an abm evoiii with a cl-410? i was just wondering whether it sounds much different from the abm 410 as the cl-410 is louder. Also this might be a noob question but you can't underpower a cab can you? Also can I have some opinions on the abm 410-volume and sound wise! Thanks everyone!

Yeah I got the same one but it's sorted now

[quote name='TG Flatline' timestamp='1371567526' post='2115618'] Thanks very much [/quote] No problem anyway i think later in the year i'm going to order from you as i prefer supporting someone independent! I'll get in contact with you nearer the time

YES!!!!!!!!!! I think you've done it thank you!!!! I can't believe it was the memory like i thought in the first place but without you i wouldn't have tried harder or again! At least I think that's the problem, I cleared some of the memory and it seems to work!! (lets hope so) thanks everyone!

Thanks a lot my parents mac doesn't do it like this one and works fine but it's also newer but I would prefer to record on my mac.

sorry hope I don't sound dumb but what do you mean by freeze?

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1371575146' post='2115765'] Google it, there are a few really great sites specifically doing Mac recording stuff. What Mac are you using, it could be a memory issue. [/quote] hmm it's a fairly old mac and i wondered whether it could be the memory but there's not much i can clear off it i'll keep trying

wait ill give it another go EDIT: right it comes up and i've got it selected but it still happens

Should i change it to built in input?

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1371569138' post='2115647'] Does Garageband have a default setting for 50 bars of recording anywhere in the 'Preferences' bit? Might be worth a look. [/quote] Thanks for the quick reply will have a look!

Right i plugged my bass into my zoom and then used the usb connection to go into my computer (mac) and garageband and then added it as a real instrument and then selected bass and no effects. When i record under 50 bars my recording is fine but when i go over it distorts and buzzes but I only realise till i play it back as it doesn't make a noise when i'm recording. I'm not clipping the input or anything and i've checked all leads and it seems to be something when go over 50 bars mainly but once i've recorded and listened to it then my bass no matter how many bars i record makes the noise! Here's a sample (horrible isn't it): http://youtu.be/nkn4rpEv67M please help me someone I want to get recording!

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1371566501' post='2115599'] In which case I think you will enjoy the tonal variety served up by the ABM. If possible, go for an Evo3 which has the built in compressor (which some hate, I know) and with the FS4 footswitch you have everything at your finger, er toe, -tips. Unfortunately I have no experience of the 610 you mention, so can't really help there. Geoff [/quote] thanks and it's ok you've been a big help already!

[quote name='TG Flatline' timestamp='1371458745' post='2114024'] Cheers for the kind words chaps! I think what has been mentioned above about Muffs being destructive is very true. It is a fuzz, after all! Also true is that there is no "right" or "wrong" when choosing one. Personally, I wouldn't touch the EHX Deluxe because most of the extras are completely unnecessary in my eyes and just mean a larger enclosure, but that's just me. Clean blend/no clean blend, stock mids/adjustable mids have varying levels of value to different players. The Tarkin I have on my own pedalboard has a clean blend and a three-way adjustable mids switch, because that's how I like it myself, whereas others get a great sound with a Muff without the extras. I can't comment on a TFR as I haven't had the pleasure of playing one, but they look very nice and I appreciate the effort that has been gone to to recreate a particular sound, and by all accounts it does it very well. The EHX BBM did exactly what it said on the tin, and for the price you can't argue, just the niggle about the clean blended setting boosting your signal meaning it was difficult to implement to a setup without modification to the pedal. Again, I've not had the pleasure of playing a Grey Stache, but I can't imagine they sell as well as they do based on kid paint alone!! I'm trying to tread carefully here, lest I sound like an advert, so I'm only really passing comment on pedals by other builders - feel free to drop me a PM if you want to know more about mine and the variations/mods I do! As for sound clips for mine, I'm currently without a recording setup and am in the workshop most nights so have been unable to get bass clips recorded as yet. On the one hand I'm glad I've been too busy, but on the other I am very conscious that they are absent, so if anyone has the facilities and wants to review or record bass clips of a Tarkin give me a shout! [/quote] hmm your pedals look so nice oh and btw i've recommended you to a friend (after looking at feedback from others) as he wants a russian muff clone and i told him to keep your pedals in mind and if he gets one i will try it out (probably end up ordering one myself)

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1371542828' post='2115131'] I think the ABM will suit you just fine. However, if you like the tone of the EB180, don't ignore the MAG600. The MAG series are tonally much closer to the EB range, and the new MAG Evo3's have compressor and overdrive (although the latter is not a valve one like the ABM). I had a MAG600 for a couple of years before I got my ABM, and in some ways I miss it. The EQ frequencies were particularly well chosen in my opinion. Cheers Geoff [/quote] Thanks and I like the eb but i'm not a massive fan of it and I would prefer and eq change hehe

[quote name='TG Flatline' timestamp='1371458745' post='2114024'] Cheers for the kind words chaps! I think what has been mentioned above about Muffs being destructive is very true. It is a fuzz, after all! Also true is that there is no "right" or "wrong" when choosing one. Personally, I wouldn't touch the EHX Deluxe because most of the extras are completely unnecessary in my eyes and just mean a larger enclosure, but that's just me. Clean blend/no clean blend, stock mids/adjustable mids have varying levels of value to different players. The Tarkin I have on my own pedalboard has a clean blend and a three-way adjustable mids switch, because that's how I like it myself, whereas others get a great sound with a Muff without the extras. I can't comment on a TFR as I haven't had the pleasure of playing one, but they look very nice and I appreciate the effort that has been gone to to recreate a particular sound, and by all accounts it does it very well. The EHX BBM did exactly what it said on the tin, and for the price you can't argue, just the niggle about the clean blended setting boosting your signal meaning it was difficult to implement to a setup without modification to the pedal. Again, I've not had the pleasure of playing a Grey Stache, but I can't imagine they sell as well as they do based on kid paint alone!! I'm trying to tread carefully here, lest I sound like an advert, so I'm only really passing comment on pedals by other builders - feel free to drop me a PM if you want to know more about mine and the variations/mods I do! As for sound clips for mine, I'm currently without a recording setup and am in the workshop most nights so have been unable to get bass clips recorded as yet. On the one hand I'm glad I've been too busy, but on the other I am very conscious that they are absent, so if anyone has the facilities and wants to review or record bass clips of a Tarkin give me a shout! [/quote] Thanks for the reply you really are tempting me now and the blend and the adjustable mids switch sounds amazing! hmm I will have to see if i have the funds at the moment if not i may contact you later in the year!

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1371476238' post='2114274'] It might help if you said what bass you're using (Jazz?), what amp you're currently using, what sort of music you're playing and what sort of tone you're after :-) [/quote] Yeah im using a mim jazz and a squier vm jaguar with flats with an ashdown eb180 112 (not loud enough) and im after a warm old school and vintage sort of tone and i play a real mix from kind of indie/rock and traditional rhythm and blues

hmm that tarkin fuzz 'looks' nice but and the price is right but i would like to hear it anyone got any sound clips?

thanks for the replies guys will look into them!

i was just wondering apart from the mids on the grey stache is there a massive sound difference between the TFR and grey stache?

Anyone?

[quote name='HazBeen' timestamp='1371401790' post='2113401'] Yet again the my Muff clone is better than yours discussion.... fun. I like the Muff fuzz circuit and must have owned at least 10 clones that have taken that original design and then tried to better it. Some were more successful adaptations than others. Wren&Cuff and Earthbound are two of the companies that I feel have successfully taken the Muff design to a next level, I have not owned the TFR but I have owned the Pickle Pie B, which is an adaptation of the Swollen Pickle = MUFF clone. I will take Danweb22's word for it that Tom of COG has created a design with the Tarkin that is at that level. Now for all the money I have spent on boutique clones and will in future I am sure, [u]NO[/u] fuzz I have ever owned (also the non Muff designs and you can actually substitute fuzz for OD or Distortion, all have the same issues in minor or major ways) has ever fit perfectly into a band setting. However good the pedal is you always loose some definition and this impacts how well you cut through. There is a reason why the bigger acts use 2 or 3 amps to achieve their sound. We can talk merits of individual pedals over others, but at the end of the day there is no perfect solution. There are only decent solutions when using 1 amp, the Muff Deluxe is decent at a very low price, Wren&Cuff or Earthbound or Fuzzrocious or Tarkin or Tonebender will all be slightly better than the original but will not totally overcome the fundamental issues with dirt pedals. No blend or extra transistor or whatever will. Just buy whatever you believe is best (believing something is better is as important as the pedal actually being better), they are all Muff based designs and will all give you oodles of dirt whilst screwing with your sound [/quote] Thanks you are very right!

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1371396030' post='2113313'] not tried the deluxe bass big muff, but I used to own the std bass big muff. It was a decent enough pedal, but the tall font russian, for me, is so much better sounding. doesn't lose any bass, if anything it adds bass. i'm not interested in the new EHX pedals, not liked what I have tried. i can't see the point of a DI out on a fuzz, and I think if you want options, some of the more boutique builders are a better option (fuzzrocious, wren and cuff, etc). i don't personally go for the obsession with clean blends that a lot of folks have with dirt pedals - the stache and the TFR do not lose any bass, and sound huge. As for cutting through, I think it depends what sort of band context you use it in. muffs tend to be scooped in the mids - but my fuzzrocious grey stache has a mids control and really cuts through well when you dial this in. The TFR manages just fine, as I use it when the guitar drops out mostly, but would probably struggle in a band with 2 guitarists playing fuzzy guitars into big 4x12's! I have by no means tried all the muffs out there, but from my experience, the TFR and fuzzrocious grey stache are far better pedals than the std EHX bass big muff, and the deluxe version looks to me like a very big box with a limited range of options. For example, Fuzzrocious offer (in a smaller enclosure) diode clipping, 2nd distortion setting, add a gate, or a tone bypass - far more options than EHX offer. [/quote] Thanks sounds like the TFR is better and anyway i play in a 3 piece and the guitarist stays fairly clean most of the time,do you prefer it over the grey stache?