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admiralchew

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  1. Thanks for the heads up but I'm already well-stocked on the TK-421 front. It's a lovely pedal though so I'm sure someone will get joy from it!
  2. Hi @Arnoldas, I'll DM you but I can record a video for you as I'm not aware of any demos either. It's basically a noise box that emits a drone and the knob on the pedal allows a limited spectrum of control over it. It's good fun at the front end of a chain but it's musical only to the extent it feels like being musical. I'm a sci-fi nut and took a chance on IdiotBox's mystery sci-fi noise box. It lived up to its name on all counts but I wouldn't consider this an effects pedal in the usual sense. Thanks very much @LukeFRC!
  3. I’ve had a few sales threads on here recently but have been put off adding more by the file-size limitations. Throwing caution to the wind (or at least compromising with the breeze), I thought I’d put up a single consolidated thread instead. All of the pedals are in good condition and I’d be happy to supply further details to those interested. I’ll post using Royal Mail Special Delivery. WITHDRAWN FOR THE MOMENT COG Custom Solid Snake Blender (boxed) - £90 – bought it because I love COG pedals and because I love Metal Gear Solid. Unusually, it works left to right but I forgive it because it looks cool. COG Custom CMM00 - £250 £220– Exceptional dual-amp monster aimed at assisting with obtaining a Royal Blood tone through two fuzzes and a re-housed POG. Outputs for bass, guitar and a combination for those running a single channel. Recently given the once over by Michael Aitken of Aitken Audio (and neighbour of Tom at COG) to replace a scratchy switch so it can purr for a new owner. Works thunderously. COG Custom F-2 HPF – £90 £80 – Lovely dual 30 Hz HPF which makes me sound more musical than I am. Source Audio C4 (£170) SOLD and Disaster Area Micro Pro (£90) SOLD (both boxed) - (or £250 for both) SOLD – A Basschat classic. Includes a USB cable and the Disaster Area Ghost Adapter. Idiotbox WTF (boxed) - £75 SOLD – Easily the maddest pedal I’ve ever played. A more or less uncontrollable noise box that used to sit at the front of the chain on my sci-fi themed board before a rejig. Southampton Utility Knife - £275 SOLD – One of my favourite pedals. A chorus, flanger, phaser and tremolo in one small unit. Josh Broughton had a hand in designing the algorithms. They are extremely difficult to find and I’ve had to import both I own. I had one on two boards, one of which I recently disassembled, so I’m selling the spare. COG TK-421 Mini (boxed) - £348 £275 – Tom's take on the RAT distortion in mini format. The T-16 and Tarkin are, for me, the best octave and fuzz pedals of this size and I think the same of this distortion. I bought this for £348 in an eBay auction so hopefully someone else will get more of a bargain. Broughton Calamity (boxed) - £175 £165 – One of the top three muff pedals I’ve played. Like the Utility Knife, I had this on the same two boards and I’m selling the spare. ON HOLD Sushibox Slampegg Bee Pre X - £150 ON HOLD – A familiar pedal on this sales forum. I’ve sold it a few times. It self-oscillates at certain settings (apparently this is inherent in the design) although I use it behind a buffer and at 12v and it behaves itself for me. I recently sold it on here but the tube became faulty on arrival. It’s visited Michael Aitken and is sporting a new tube. Abominable Electronics Throne Torcher - £120 £105 – A nice HM-2 clone I bought for a shoot-out. I’ve gone with an HM-2 variant I waited over a year for, partly on the strength of the wait, so I’m selling the others. Lone Wolf Audio Left Hand Wrath 2.5 (boxed) - £140 £125 – Similar to the Throne Torcher, also bought for a shoot-out. Barefaced Machinist (boxed) - £185 – Bought on here and listing it for what I paid. Bought on the strength of Tim Commerford using it on his demo for his StingRay signature bass and Tom George at COG being involved in its design. WITHDRAWN FOR THE MOMENT Wrought Iron Leather & Effects Kaiburr (boxed) - £300 – This was a custom run of one by Wrought Iron (and cost a princely £400 or thereabouts after taxes). It sat as the centrepiece of my sci-fi board but has been replaced by something more sith lordy. I was going to price this at £325 but I've priced it a little lower as the unit sometimes needs a tap to get the light to come on. Thanks for reading!
  4. I recently sold a pedal to Hywel. The whole experience was an enjoyable one: Hywel was very patient, communicated well and spoke passionately about pedals. Recommended based on that experience. Thanks!
  5. Absolutely phenomenal bass. Good luck with the sale!
  6. It’s kind of difficult to say. I think some is the likeliest answer. The studio pedals impart a bit of subtle sweetness that I find quite pleasing. I put the tone in a similar bracket to the Caveman BP1: kind of studio sheen rather than beefy heft or overdriven/gain-fuelled. I’ve placed it where I have here to give the envelope, phaser and tubes to get stuck into. A lot of the folks on the Talkbass Broughton thread like to use it with the Messenger as almost a DIY Studio One. The Studio One is a great pedal and crazily good for the price. The BP1-C is about the closest comparator for the price I think in terms of tone that I have used, although I’ve heard a few people compare it to the JHS Colorbox.
  7. I've had a board of Broughton pedals for a long time and, after a recent flurry of succeeding on releases, I decided to make a bigger board. It's sorely missing the flanger of the Utility Knife (which Josh Broughton helped design) so maybe that will go back on the board with the Omnicomp sneaking underneath. It's an absolute monster though and weighs a ton. It has comp, EQ, fuzz, OD, distortion, envelope, phaser, boost, PLL, tubes, preamps and DI and headphone out, so it covers a lot of ground. I've tried my hand at putting together a few more manufacturer specific boards which I expect will see the light of day here soon. I know that doesn't float everyone's boat but I've still got my main board, clean board and headphone amp boards that do most of the work so the manufacturer-specific boards are just ways of enjoying the pedals I've spent forever F5ing for rather than keeping them in boxes. I really like fuzz into octave and realised there are a lot of competing dirt pedals so I've tried to vary them so that I can various combinations e.g. fuzz into distortion into fuzz into OD into distortion. Not pictured: there is a Broughton BBA and a Studio Boost Mini on the back, along with two Cioks DC7s and two DC8s.
  8. That Mu-Tron is an absolute beast! How does it sound?
  9. Absolutely brilliant pedal. The functionality on it (not to mention the routing flex) makes it easier than some of the alternatives to make part of a set up too. I’ll message you on Saturday about some of your wanted ads.
  10. I bought an Analog Music Company SHSL at the same time as the Source Audio Reflex that was sold on here recently. I’d been holding off on getting an SHSL until I’d figured out how to add effective expression control as it looked like it would be relatively inexpressive (if you’ll pardon the terrible pun) without it. I tried them together recently and they are a powerful duo. I’ve been looking to get Tim Commerford’s tone from Calm Like a Bomb and I think this may do it. I bought a fuzz and a distortion I really like but I’ll hold judgment on those until I’ve played them more. The other pedal that really sticks in the memory is the Doc Lloyd DLA-2A. It completed my main board and is a truly fantastic bit of kit.
  11. As an update to this topic, I had a belated birthday gathering at the weekend and my wife had arranged for a birthday cake that hit the centre of my Venn diagram of pedals, basses and Star Wars. It's one of the more over the top things I've seen but loved all the more for it. The bass even has the Dingwall logo on it!
  12. Thanks for the heads up (and the assumption that the verb is ‘need’ - you know me well)! I already have a Locust Star but I’d highly recommend it to anyone. It’s a brilliant RAT designed for bass by a guy who’s at the top of his field. Great form factor too. Good luck with the sale!
  13. Good question. It sounds like the controls from the short scale basses. Last time round there were active and passive short scale options too.
  14. I wondered when they’d do another run: https://www.music-man.com/instruments/families/basses/tim-commerford I have an active full scale from the first run and it’s a lovely bass. It’s very light and I love it being string-through. The other distinguishing features are string gauge, adjustable ramp and mutes, so not exactly show-stopping, but it’s as close as I’ve ever gotten to Timmy C’s sound (and I have tried!). There is again a passive option.
  15. I've spent a good amount of time with the AB II this week. The neck profile is very thin front to back and the ovangkol is smooth without being tacky: it reminds me of the sanded and oiled backs to the Geddy Lee signature jazz basses in terms of feel. That and the low action make this an extremely enjoyable bass to play. It sounds excellent too: it's got a brand new set of Dingwall nickel strings which, when combined with the semi-hollow body and wenge fretboard, results in a mellow but zingy tone. The Glockenklang preamp is, thankfully, flexible enough to make that work. It's a little different but I'm enjoying it! The guys at Dingwall sorted through their inventory too and were able to find the broadly matching brown Dingwall strap, which was a nice bonus.
  16. Haha, sadly not. Her brother's a really lovely guy though.
  17. Good question! I’m not sure. The triplebuckers are very impressive though, at least in conjunction with the preamp. I’ve managed to get some nice jazz bass and StingRay-esque sounds from them.
  18. Haha, thanks for the entirely accurate birthday wishes! To say I was surprised and delighted to receive a bass is to massively understate it. It was an incredible gesture. The fretboard, according to the spec sheet, is black flamed maple. Thank you for the congratulations and amazing bass there! I love the woods/colours. You’re right about Jens: it went to Guitar Summit with a note from him that he wouldn’t let people touch it, and when he put a video of the bass up he was wearing white gloves. The craftsmanship and design is extremely impressive. I can imagine his designs splitting opinion but like @tauzero I find the Roya in particular a beautiful shape. The black strings were a nice touch too.
  19. Thanks very much! George is a really incredible player; I think he could sell me any bass with his playing.
  20. It's not strictly a new bass day but I recently received two basses in quite quick succession and I think they're both very worthy of a new bass day post. I've chatted with a few people on here about them (most because they were wondering what was enough to part me from Cog pedals) and I said I would put this post up when I'd spent time with both basses. I've been lucky enough to play some of the basses I've dreamed about over the last few years but one that's been firmly etched on the list of dream basses and one which I never thought I would actually own is a Ritter Roya 5-string. Owing to some fortunate timing and very optimistic book-keeping I was recently able to welcome this beautiful bass, named by Jens Ritter as The Red Line. It has an alder body, poplar burl top, black flamed maple fingerboard and Ritter's parametric preamp and triplebucker pick-ups. The neck is maple, it's built to a 35-inch scale and it's been given an arresting paint job that gives the bass its name (more photos below). The preamp and pick-up combination is extremely flexible so it's hard to say precisely what the signature tone is (it reminds me of a Pope preamp in terms of flexibility) but I've been having a lot of fun seeing what sounds I can dial in. I've tried to write the details in a matter-of-fact way but the result is absolutely mesmerising. The bass was exhibited at Guitar Summit in Mannheim a couple of months ago and it's one of the most beautiful basses I've seen in person (although I expect I'm horribly biased here). I should say too that Jens Ritter was very patient in answering all of my questions too, particularly as I was mithering him just before Guitar Summit. Here are a few more photos of it: Knowing the Ritter was coming was incredibly exciting but I was just as excited a few weeks later when my lovely wife went above and beyond (and beyond again) and surprised me with the most amazing gift for one my my milestone birthdays: a Dingwall AB II that I had been enamoured with since I first saw it (and which may look familiar to some on here). It's an incredibly generous gift and, frankly, I'm going to have to try much harder for birthdays and have my work cut out at Christmas. It has a chambered walnut body, wenge fretboard and, unusually for a Dingwall, an ovangkol neck. It has three FDV pick-ups and a Glockenklang preamp. It was originally built for NAMM but was instead tweaked and sent to George Baldwin (Hilltide). Here he is using it far better than I could ever hope to: I love the rustic colouring and styling of the bass on the modern-ish body and it sounds magical: it's got a deep growl but is very articulate. It's a wonderful bass all round and it's a nice thought that this will forever be the birthday bass. A few more photos:
  21. Massive congratulations on bringing that home! Enjoy it and never let it go!
  22. I’ll message you later about another one!
  23. Hi all, I made an ill-considered bass purchase recently so some of my pedals not currently on boards are on the block. Up for sale are a couple of my most prized Cog pedals: the CMM00 dual fuzz octave and the absolute monster that is the Hellraiser custom bass multi-effect. More details on both can be found here (as extracted below too): https://www.cogeffects.co.uk/custom.php (further photo below) CMM00 Dual Fuzz Octave - £300 £275 posted to the UK - a pedal built for Royal Blood-style bi-amping but which can be used on a single amp too thanks to a mix output. Given Tom at COG made pedals for Mike Kerr of Royal Blood it's not surprising this unit is so good. As per the COG site: "Built as the basis of Royal Blood/Death From Above 1979 style bass-and-faux-guitar rig, this pedal features a rehoused Electro-Harmonix Micro POG and two Fuzz Face/Mastotron-based fuzz circuits, with additional routing circuitry to provide a great deal of flexibility. The signal is split after the input, with one signal sent through the POG and then the fuzz circuits, and another uneffected signal sent to the Kill footswitch before the output. Each signal is then split again, and sent to both their own output jack and also to a mixer with Wet and Dry level knobs to send to a third output with the blend of both the bass and faux guitar signal." Signal chain: https://www.cogeffects.co.uk/cmm00.php Hellraiser - £450 SOLD posted to the UK - This is an absolute beast of pedal with a T-65 octave, Grand Tarkin bass fuzz and Knightfall distortion in parallel. The top is the Hellraiser design but it reminds me of the top-down view of the Millennium Falcon. As per the COG site "Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz, Knightfall Distortion and T-65 Octave all in parallel. Four level controls for mixing Dry signal, with only one ever active depending on which combination of effects are selected. This is very much an expansion on the concept of the T-65 Octave and parallel sub octave in general. Artwork is an adaptation of the Puzzle Box from the 1987 film Hellraiser, with oversized Moog-style knobs to finish things off." Trades: This is meant to be a bass-acquisition-related sale but I'd be interested in trading for a Cog T-70 in the later finish (https://www.cogeffects.co.uk/t-70-octave.php) just to have tried it; it's the only one of the nine stock pedals COG was offering for sale before COVID that I haven't played. If anyone would like more photos, please let me know. I can't remember what Basschat's policy is on photo hosting so I'm trying to limit numbers but obviously want to be as upfront as possible about the condition of the pedals. Thanks for reading!
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