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I always found the drive to be switchable when I used one of these, the IR you use has some play in how much the volume increases based on what frequencies are boosted etc. The drive wasn't hugely to my taste though and I found it more usable as a slightly dirty 2nd channel than a full on drive. Worth remembering though it's always good to have your drive slightly higher than your clean sound, as drive is compression by design and a little bit of extra volume just helps it sit right in the mix.

Ah, the bass freq on my MB preamp is 70hz so seems a bit pointless... might fill the holes in the mid and treble EQ though (Low mid 400hz, High mid 2.5khz, treble 10khz). Damn you, Stew... I thought I was sorted! 😅

Happy NPD! Really tempted by this and the Call76. Tempted to sell my JPTR FX Jive and take a punt on both... Do you know what bass and treble are boosting at?

I've only used this through headphones at the moment, but I'm not sure I like what it adds more than I miss what I feel it detracts. Definitely adds a weight and depth that's not there without it, but I just miss that natural upper punch both of my basses seem to have. This may end up on the FS Section soon, as sending back to Germany to JPTR FX doesn't appeal 😬

How do you both have these set up? I'd love to use one on my Source Audio C4 but can't work out the logistics!

I'm trying to use it for saturation, I miss the mid punch thing but I'm working on it... Great value pedal!

I've spent more time than I'd like to admit trying to straighten that up! 🤣. Will repost when I'm victorious! 😁

Board version #1282651876.1 Added the jive at the end of my chain, but before my preamp. Makes my synths sound bigger and my octaves sound filthy...takes away a bit of this je ne sais quoi mid punch my jazz and sandberg have both got, but it adds a weight and depth that works better in the mix... Thinking a compressor at the beginning may be the final piece of the puzzle 🤔. Would love a wireless midi controller for my C4 and ultrawave, but that seems to be a logistical nightmare...

So this came after an agonising 12 day wait! - A nice not so shiny new JPTR FX Jive! I tried one of these earlier in the year but it was lost on me and returned - since then I've moved to a Mark Bass tube pre which takes pedals much better than what I was using, so thought I'd take another punt! Any current users got any tips? Not looking for high gain stuff, just to spruce up my clean tone even further...

Long shot, but has anyone tried one of these against the markbass vintage pre? I'd love to see how they stack up, love my MB pre, but gas for this just won't budge!

That cali76 rip is hugely tempting... £55 new as opposed to £200 s/h 🤔

I'm having brilliant results with the mark bass vintage pre! It's not a small pedal, but sounds fantastic. I use the drive to add VERY subtle perceived saturation (not even grit, really) and it just sounds big and present running straight to FOH. The effects loop is a bit of a stupid set up (parallel loop with perma-dry mix), and the switchable drive is a bit of a miss-step as the clean blend is active even with drive disengaged (lower signal volume when dialled towards drive but drive off). but they won't make a difference to you by the sound of it and the clean tone is totally worth the short comings.

TL:DR - Waxing lyrical about a pedal that is hugely misunderstood after FINALLY gaining an understanding and coaxing some great drive sounds out of it (YMMV). Zombie thread revival and long post incoming... but I've had an absolute epiphany with this pedal over the past few days and there's just not a lot of positivity documented so thought I'd spread some love. The Ultrawave seems to generally be met with apathy or negativity, and I think it's maybe just misunderstood (poor marketing campaign being a big factor maybe?) I had one of these about a year ago, wrote it off as digital nonsense and sent it back (worst pedal I've ever owned was mentioned a few times). Ended up re-ordering a few months ago after little luck finding a good gated fuzz and remembering @Quatschmacher had some great mastotron style patches on the community. Downloaded these, and thought if nothing else this covered the price of admission. After some board shake ups I was tempted to move it on, but after seeing the poor re-sale value and limited board space thought I need to stick with it. Turns out; with a lot less effort than expected, you can get some great NORMAL drive sounds! The trick is that you don't NEED to use all of the EQ options and band splitting options available; keep it simple! There's a drive appendix on the Ultrawave page, which details all of the drive engines and what they're best at... and this went a long way to my understanding changing. My pedal now has the following, where previously I hadn't even bothered to change the stock settings (bar 1 anyways). All custom patches except where credited For a very specific Kasabian Clubfoot > Chemical Brothers Block Rocking beats mash up we do. Circle - Mono > stereo > mono Drive, Fuzzy on one "side", trebly TS style the other (Clubfoot) Circle alt - Clean, heavily compressed mid/treble heavy (Block rocking beats) General drives Triangle - Tube drive, fairly dark with a bit of clean mixed in Triangle Alt - Tube/TS style drive mixed with a bit of clean Synthy fuzz Square - @Quatschmacher Mastotron gated fuzz patch Square Alt - Lower gain version of above to feed solo'd octave into That's a lot of functionality and saved board space from a pedal I've previously written off twice. I don't tend to dabble in the crazier aspects and pitch tremolo etc, my C4 covers my synth requirements. I think the problem is that the pedal was pushed heavily on it's crazy off the wall features (I remember basstheworld.com saying they were asked to showcase the crazier elements) when really it should've been pushed as a utility pedal with infinite tone shaping abilities should you need them. I'm happy to share my patches if anyone is struggling with this pedal and scared to move it on, I'll see if I can get some audio samples if anyone cares, and I'm happy to offer any limited experience that I have if anyone desires (although I think this post has exhausted that!) If you made it this far then thanks for reading!

Bought Paddy's markbass vintage pre. Stand up gent, exactly as discribed, quick and well packaged dispatch and even offered to help when I struggled with the functionality (which was nothing to do with him at all). Thanks for your help Paddy!

Mind me asking what you use the ultrawave for, Fretmeister? I love the stock gated fuzz setting, but past that I struggle with this one

Definitely can't beat a simple analogue rig... mines not quite as simple, and I'm pretty envious of that!

From what I remember it had the option of turning the buffer off. All effects worked as usual, just saved a lot of tap dancing 🤣

I've lost count of how many variations this board has had, but here's the latest... Changed the hotone ampero II stomp out for a Markbass Vintage pre. The Hotone is a fantastic bit of kit, but I'm in a permanent love/hate relationship with digital stuff, and I'm currently on the wrong side of it. That, and option paralysis is a big thing for me; if I can tweak, I will forever question my decisions on which setting is better. Was also sick of standing at an expression pedal, so thought I'd bring back the tap tempo for the C4 instead of the hotone soul press ii for the ampero stomp. Still doesn't seem the most accurate, but we'll see. Time wi tell on the markbass. Sounds good through headphones, but I'm not convinced it's my flavour of analogue at this point...

I believe there's a big difference - parallel processing, more effects, much higher DSP and processing power, footswitches and midi capability. Hotone have done a comparison chart for the II and previous gen, which the shares its tech with the mini. I haven't had the last gen, the lack of parallel processing turned me off it, my comparison is to the HX stomp, which seems to be the standard in this category.

I have the Ampero Stomp II and it's fantastic. Not quite as feature packed as the HX stuff, but that doesn't sound like it'll be an issue. To my ears, the models and sound quality are definitely an improvement, and the UI on it is the best I've used on a multi fx. The compressors are good, as are the amp sims. I've gigged it several times without issue and a great FOH sound. As it happens, I may be putting it up for sale as I go round the multi fx/individual analogue pedal round about...

I had a hotone patch kommander at one point and didn't notice any degradation

Following as also in the market for a new preamp - Do you have any specific feature requirements? (Aux in/Phones out, Cab sim or LPF/HPF etc?)