Osiris
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Just received a pedal from Paddy, great Comms (especially about his dodgy teeth 🤣) and the pedal was a bargain price in immaculate condition and expertly packed. Can't ask for more than that!
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@Chienmortbb @Pow_22 Thanks for the information. With all the talk of valve tone and the thump of class A/B power amps and the heft - there, I said it 😱 - that you get from old school amp designs like this, coupled with what I think is pretty much a give away price, I'm surprised this is still hanging around. Someone somewhere mentioned that this series of amps wasn't particularly desirable but given that they doesn't suffer from the wooly sound some folks complain of with Ashdown amps I think they're an underrated gem. But as I gig almost exclusively on IEMs these days and have a light weight amp and cab for the occasional dep gig with backline, this is sadly in the way and needs to go to a new loving home. -
HELP! EBS Microbass II - B channel massive volume drop
Osiris replied to warwickhunt's topic in Effects
At the risk of stating the obvious, that's definitely not behaving as it should. I've been using a Microbass II for a few years now so know the pedal well and while I tend to use mine exclusively with channels A and B combined, whenever I have run them independently I find that channel B is generally louder than A depending on where the drive/gain is set and usually end up suing a judicial amount of the Boost control on A to balance the respective levels. But fingers crossed it's a simple, or at least inexpensive, fix. -
I was able to try one out recently and this post sums it up perfectly. It's very subtle in what it does, you're not going to switch it on and dazzle anyone with an obvious effect. But it's more of a feel thing, it's still very much your tone but somehow bigger, more 3 dimensional, with a subtle compression that slots the bass into the mix a little easier. It's one of those units that, I imagine, some people won't see (or hear) the point of and others will consider essential. It's neither a drive, EQ or compressor but it has subtle attributes of all 3 that adds a pleasing something to your sound. It's one of those things you need to try for yourself to see if it works for you as there's not really anything else to directly compare it against.
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As far as I understand it (as in what I read online somewhere), the mk1 and mk2 are the same circuit, it's just the mk2 has the switch that supposedly bypasses the drive section - what they call pre-amp mode. On mine at least you can still get a pleasing very low gain drive with the gain cranked when it's in pre-amp mode so I don't think it's completely bypassed. I tried the Ge version alongside the mk2 a couple of years ago and, IMO, it wasn't a patch on the mk2, the Ge was higher gain and pretty harsh sounding and had none of the warmth and character of the mk2. Best to think of it as a Beta in name only.
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It certainly is. A lot of guys use flats on Mustangs, the JMJ comes strung with flats new but, IMO, the bass only really comes alive with a set of rounds. @Lozz196 back off some bass and low mids, not too much, just enough to keep things clear, push the mid-mids, upper mids and treble a touch, add a bit of drive, give the strings a good old tw@tting with a 2mm plectrum and you'll be a punk rock legend once again!!!
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This is an excellent condition Ashdown Touring 220 combo. It's a 1x15 setup featuring a twin valve pre-amp with a 180 watt old school power section, people more clued up than me can clarify whether it's solid state, class AB or whatever. It's definitely not a class D light weight unit! It has a 3 band passive tone stack with switchable bass and mid frequencies plus a bright switch. Tonally, it's big, warm and clear but isn't designed for full on valve distortion. It's in excellent condition with one superficial scratch in the tolex on one side and a couple of minor pulls in the grill cloth. It's lived in the bands private rehearsal room where it has never been abused. I have no real idea of the value of this so I'm asking what I think to be a reasonable £225 - or sensible offers - collected from the Wellingborough area, NN29. It's not exactly light weight so unfortunately I am unable to drag it out for posting. Potential buyers are welcome to try it out and the kettle will be on. However, I'm also happy to meet up somewhere up to an hours drive from Wellingborough. I'm ideally looking for a straight sale although I could be tempted with a trade for a Genzler Magellan preamp/DI pedal or maybe a Sire U5 short scale.
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Yeah, it's an odd one. I'd mentioned this on another thread somewhere that after borrowing yours I was so impressed that I picked one up for myself. I'd dialled yours in for that on the edge of breakup sound and it was exactly what I was looking for. However, the one I bought wouldn't go as low gain even with the gain/drive control backed right off, I couldn't get it clean enough so I ended up moving it on. I recently managed to grab an immaculate mk2 off the forum recently and for my tastes it does exactly what I'm looking for, it adds a real pleasing fattnes to the bass in the mix with the band, not an obviously overdriven sound, just bigger and juicer 💦. Think a B15 kinda vibe. Some people have complained about the lack of high end but to me that's part of its appeal and what helps it slot into the mix where I want the bass to be, sitting under the other instruments and supporting them, not clanking over the top of them like modern drives do.
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I've just got home from meeting Steve to collect a pedal from him, the pedal itself is flawless and was very reasonably priced. As others have said he's a thoroughly decent chap and we had a few minutes chatting about bass and bands. Cheers Steve!
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As far as I could tell, the LPF is something of a misnomer as it appeared work more on the mids rather than the highs. The user manual was a bit vague as to exactly what it's supposed to be doing. The body controls the lows but there's something about the way the mk2 fattens things up which that is more pleasing to my ears. But obviously the only way to know if the Mk5 is for you is to scratch the itch. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts compared with the MK1.
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This is purely anecdotal and probably no use to you whatsoever, but here goes anyway... A while ago, Krispn very generously loaned me his Beta mkV for a while and I liked it so much that I bought one. While I had his mkV on loan I tried it against the mk2 and found that I preferred the latter. Now, this is where things get a little convoluted, the mkV I bought was higher gain than Krispn's pedal even at minimum gain. Not hugely so but even at minimum gain it was more driven than I was looking for, it wouldn't clean up enough for my tastes whereas Krispn's did 🤷 I like a saturated tone, not obviously distorted but the fattening of the the tone from the additional harmonics and the mk2 does this brilliantly, I seem to be in the majority of users who like its inherent darkness and fat low end. Ooh err. There's no denying that the mkV is the more versatile of the two but if you're happy with your mk1 (my understanding is the mk2 is the same circuit but with the gain bypass switch) then the mkV may not really bring anything new depending on what you're looking for.
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Here's where I bought mine from.
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You can get a strap that splits into 2 parts, one for each shoulder to help distribute the weight, although I have no idea what they're called. But if you're not keen on wide straps I'm guessing you're not going to be tempted by something that makes you look like you're wearing a bra...
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Just recievied a pedal from John in a very quick and straightforward transaction. The pedal is immaculate, arrived the next day and came in bombproof packaging. John also kept me informed every step of the way too with tracking details and delivery updates. First class service!
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Just received a tuner pedal from Chris, it was a good price and he kept me informed every step of the way. Deal in confidence.
