adamg67
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[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1444664357' post='2884890'] All ears are different of course, but I thought those three all sounded pretty different, and the Blueberry absolutely slayed the other two! Within one minute of playing with each, I knew that I would sell on the Beta and HGBM, and that I would never ever sell the Bearfoot. [/quote] Hmm, interesting... because I've never tried a blueberry, but the reason I thought they were similar is that when you sold the HGBM to me, you said, "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Only reason for selling is I already have the Bearfoot Blueberry and they sound so similar that I don't need to keep both!"[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]They way it's worked out, the HGBM has stayed while quite a few other pedals have been tried and failed or have come and gone now. I really like it when it's only just overdriving, same tone as my clean sound, but just roughed so it goes nicely when I play with a pick, vs fingers which is how I play my clean sound. So I switch from fingers to pick and bump the HGBM on at the same time.[/font][/color]
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[quote name='MothBox' timestamp='1438436467' post='2834521'] For low gain I've been using the SGFX Beta, I think it covers the same sort of territory as the Blueberry. It has a lot of bass baked in and I love it![/quote] [quote name='doctorbass' timestamp='1438691183' post='2836401'] Solid Gold FX Beta is outstanding. No low end loss, in fact it adds a bit, which is no bad thing for an OD. I also use a Catalinbread SFT a more upper middy, Ampeg sort of tone. [/quote] I had a good play with a Solid Gold FX Beta a week or so ago, tried it back to back with my Hooker's Green Bassmachine. The verdict from both me and Steve was that they were virtually identical, slight differences at each end of the settings but anywhere near the middle you could get identical sounds from them. Given that the bassmachine is meant to sound like the blueberry, and the comment about about the beta and the blueberry, I think basically the three of them - Solid Gold FX Beta, One Control Hooker's Green Bassmachine, BJFE Blueberry - are very similar, or at least have massive overlap. So, I'll stick with what I've got on that front, especially as it's such a small footprint.
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Final price drop, £110 posted, otherwise I might try it on the ebay as it's good for guitar as well.
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Quick bump, open to offers.
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Weekend bump
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Sold Simon a pedal, everything was quick and easy, cheers!
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Thanks for the reply, my impression of what it sounds like FOH is from a recording from the desk from one gig and video from another, which both sound fairly similar. There isn't actually anything wrong with the sound, it's just got more highs than I happen to like, I have a bit of an old fashioned sound. I think my speakers don't reproduce the highs as much. So, I think your guess is right, I'm running too much high end at the mo. The problem we have with the local gigs is that we don't have a lot of control over the sound, so the closer it is to how I want it, the better. I'll have a play with the RBI through the PA at rehearsals and get it as close as I can, then I can use those settings for gigs.
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[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1443959391' post='2878946'] "... strap button on back of bass" I've just found that Dingwall do this with a flush mounted Dunlop strap pin on the back of the body. [/quote] I found a spare strap button so as soon as I get chance I'll fit it to the back, but probably a little bit higher than that to stop it rubbing as it won't be flush. It's not a really expensive bass so a small hole on the back isn't a big deal if it doesn't work.
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And another bump
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Gentle bump, I'm starting to think of reasons to keep this one.. but I shouldn't, so still for sale.
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[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1443684281' post='2876793'] Apparently moving the bridge strap pin partway up the lower bout (as on a Spector - see pic below) helps to counteract neck dive [/quote] That's interesting, I came to the conclusion that having a strap button on the back of the bass a bit further forward than that would do the trick on mine. At least if it's on the back it won't matter too much if it doesn't work out,
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Small correction, I should have said £125 posted to the UK. I'm happy to post further afield for cost minus £5.
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Small correction, I should have said £95 posted to the UK. I'm happy to post further afield for cost minus £5. -
Here's another distortion I bought when I really just needed an OD pedal, the GAS was too strong and I couldn't resist it, it's still a bit of a reluctant sale but I can't keep things I don't need. Lovely bassy rat-style distortion, designed specifically for bass and you can tell. This one is the newer smaller one, with the etched case. It's in great condition, boxed, with velcro on the bottom. There are details and demos here: [url="http://idiotboxeffects.bigcartel.com/product/blower-box-bass-distortion"]http://idiotboxeffec...bass-distortion[/url] Quick Pic (Click for a bigger version): [attachment=201793:blower-1.JPG] Looking for £95 posted which is less than I paid, but I just wanted one [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The only trades I'd be interested in would be a Solid Gold Beta or a good Ginger.[/font][/color]
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Price drop £115 posted.
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So, I got a bit distracted when I was searching for overdrive pedals and ended up buying some distortions as well. Predictably, although they are good, they're not what I need, so now I'm selling them again! This is a good one, they say it was aimed at Baritone and Bass and it does work well. The depth knob and the very tweakable eq mean you can dial in a really good bassy distortion. It has such a massive range that once you get the hang you can easily find tones that sound really good for pretty much any setup I would think. It also seems to do a much better distorted bass sound than the others I've tried, so rather than keep undistorted lows with distorted highs you get distorted low end that still sounds good. I thought this one had the most consistent sound over the whole fretboard, where a lot of others sound very different on the high notes to the low. It does just have the one distortion style and then you change the tone, but if you like the way it distorts you can make it sound great. It's pretty much brand new, I bought it virtually unused on here and have just had a bit of a play at home. I can't really afford to keep pedals I'm not using in the band, so although I like it, it has to go. £125.00 posted, the only trades I'd be interested in would be a Solid Gold Beta or a good Ginger. A reasonable demo here: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD5kFY2VLa0"]https://www.youtube....h?v=mD5kFY2VLa0[/url] Full details: [url="http://digitech.com/en/products/boneshaker"]http://digitech.com/...ucts/boneshaker[/url] Quick Pic (click for bigger version): [attachment=201789:boneshaker-1.jpg]
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[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1443623237' post='2876350'] Attach the strap at the head like they used to do with acoustic guitars? [/quote] Interesting, never seen that done on a bass. From having a mess about, I think attaching the body end of the strap further towards the neck has the same effect, I'll experiment with the aid of cable ties and see what I can work out.
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I had my Sansamp straight into a desk at the weekend for recording, and wasn't loving the sound there much either, even with a bit of playing around, so I've got a DHA VT1 on the way courtesy of the basschat for sale pages, I'll see if that's different and if it's maybe just the sansamp sound I'm not so keen on and the speakers warm it up for me.
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[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1443445693' post='2874711'] Cool. I hope your luthier is filling the gaps with something nice [/quote] To be decided, but as it's maple bodied some fake maple sounds like the thing to me.
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Another quick bump
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Yeah, that is making some sense, there's a PA at the rehearsal place we use and I can use my audio interface + phones at home to check as well. For small gigs I need just the backline but I know how to make that sound good. I was thinking about this on the way home and cutting the treble to just before the speakers notice might help as well.
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It's an Ibanez BTB456 6 string, it has a pretty chunky neck & head and yeah, adding more weight to the body doesn't sound good. I could check out how much the tuners weigh. If moving the neck end strap button helps, does moving the body end one towards the neck work? It'd have to be on the back of the body though. Otherwise it's some way of extending tge horn which won't do much for the look of the thing.
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[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1443191441' post='2872995'] Wouldn't you be stacking amp sims if you put an amp sim after the RBI ? [/quote] I would, I was thinking of just a cab sim (which the RBI doesn't have), like this but for bass: [url="http://www.sfxsound.com/microcab/"]http://www.sfxsound.com/microcab/[/url]
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I tried someone else 6 string the other day and it made me realise that mine is a little bit neck heavy. Not by much, but it doesn't sit at a nice angle like this ACG did. Any tips on how to shift the balance a bit?
