bobbass4k

I thought I lost mine a while ago, because it's quite an odd spec I couldn't find a generic replacement, I found some pretty cheap on evilBay though

A lot of its personal preference but there are some general rules, octavers (especially analog ones) are very fussy and need as unaffected a signal as possible I much prefer mine at the front of the chain, but some people like it after dirt. Compressor is a matter of preference, most people put it at the very start or the very end, depending on what you want to use it for at the start will limit the signal going to your pedals, this will affect some of them quite dramatically, it'll improve analog octavers. At the end will limit the signal spike from your pedals, very handy for wild filters, stops them blowing up your speakers. Modulation effects chorus should got toward the end, time based effects like delay and reverd should at the very end. Filter and dirt is another preference thing, they should both go in the middle, between pitch shifting and modulation/delays, but the order is a preference thing, i like dirt>filter because it gives a lovely synth quack, but filter>dirt is a lot more subtle, personally i think it's too subtle, the dirt destroys the filter unless it's a mild/transaprent OD. My general order is: Pitch Shifting > Dirt > Filter > Modulation > Time based

I've got an original black labal japanese octaveR, i payed an extra fiver over a tawianese octave so that I can sell it for £150 on ebay, buy a tawainese octave for £40 and pocket the difference if I ever need it. There's zero difference in sound as far as i can tell, same circuit same components, the process may have changed slightly as I opened mine up and it's on perfboard with everything mounted vertically (it uses a CRAPLOAD of resistors btw, counted at least 35, and germ diodes too), I imagine they switched to pcb's at some point, but I A/B'ed it with a tawianese octave and they sounded identical

Probably a well trodden subject already, but I've got an audition next week for a band, met up with the guys today, nice guys, band sounds good etc., but I've never auditioned for a band before, got no idea what the do's and dont's etc. are, any sagely words of wisdom?

Yea, tbh an exp pedal option would be good, the sensitivity knob give's a really cool sweep, but it's not the end of the world without it, and I'm gonna be borrowing a drum machine to try the triggering trick soon

Right, I'm having some issues with recording, the monitored signal sounds great, but when I try to record it the low notes clip, I got a rough sample down, Turning the gain crazily low made it half ddecent quality but now it's very quiet. The sample follows some vague sense of logic, basically I fiddle with all the knobs L-R, then the switches L-R, then some random settings I like, then there's two fuzzes, the first one is my cherry pop in the loop, the second is my mastotron in front of the GR, then there's some cheesy synth sounds using some other pedals. I apologise for the quality of the sound and the playing, I haven't had enough coffee today and I've just sepnt half an hour trying to MacGyver the audio into life. I'll try to fix it and record some decent clips tommorow clips [url="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=249504"]here[/url]

And about half the price and a lot more user friendly gonna record some clips now, should be up soon

I've had this around a week now and I'm in love, everything I wanted from a filter, there's a pic up in the pedalboard porn thread, I figured it might be worth sharing my joy as these are regarded with near divine devotion on Talkbass but I've heard absolutely no mention of them here, never seen or heard of any others on these shores Basically, it's a trimmed down Lovetone Meatball clone, fewer controls, more useable sounds and a smaller box. They're handbuilt (I think) by a fella named Spencer in seattle, 3leaf site [url="http://www.3leafaudio.com/"]here[/url] He sells them new for $199 plus $30 international shipping, which is about £140, which I think is pretty good for a brand new boutique filter, unfortunately I bought it in a rush so I forgot to ask him if he'd gift it, so I got stung for tax and handling which ran me £28, but if you're gonna buy one shoot him an email and check, it's a one man operation (I think) so it's worth checking. Soundwise I'm very impressed, it's basically what I've wanted for a while, a discumBOBulator with more versatility. It doesn't get crazy wet or squelchy like a mutron, like the dbob, your drytone shines through, but it's less subtle than the dbob, but like the dbob, this is it's upside, every sound this thing can make is useable, it's very tame no crazy speaker blowing spikes no need for a compressor, sounds glorious with a fuzz before it or in the fx loop, which reins in fuzzes that sound wild before it, unlike the tron models on my FM4 that just clipped at the first hint of fuzz I should probably stop before I rant some more, I can record some clips if anyone wants them

Just bought some cables off him, smooth deal, avoided the postal strike so they'd definitley get here, very impressed

Groove Regulator landed this afternoon, didn't want to waste space so edited my above post

This is my transition setup, my groove regulator got snagged at customs so it's gonna take a while to get here: And the nightshot: EDIT: Look what arrived this afternoon (after I payed exorbitant ransom to parcelfarce........) It's good, oh it's very good, the TB hype is justified

there's 2 bass part's by the sound of it, the interesting one sounds like a whammy going 1 octave up and some delay

How's the SFT treating you? If TB is to be believed it should have sorted out your finances, bought you a bigger house and serviced you sexually by now.

Should have an update before the end of the week, my Groove Regulator has arrived on these shoresand postal strike permitting should be here shortly, I've also got one of devi's new manglers on pre-order, joystick controlled feedback loop? Hells yes