MrDinsdale

The Traynor TSb inspired preamps such as the Rusty Box, Cosmic Trigger and the 0xEAE Bass Driver (my current favourite thing) all have a very distinctive clank. I had a Master Effects Super 800+ which absolutely nailed the GK 800rb tone. Other preamps ive tried like the SLO sounded great but less distinct.

John said he's planning to potentially re-release the circuit in a standard enclosure at some point in the future. Its very impractical 🤣

Recorded a little run through with the new 0xEAE Bass Driver along with some other favourites. There's no structure, just me faffing around. Really digging the Accountant, 0xEAE Bass Driver and Opus which are all new additions.

I knew you could change the loop order but can you also do parallel routing with the ML10x? 👀 UPDATE: did some reading and you can split and merge on the ML10x but not the ML5R

Ahhh I know, I wanna put together a 2.1 or 2.2 board but love the patch bay. Was tempted to get the dremel out and try to cut a hole for it myself 🤣

Its great so far, very similar to a Rusty Box given the same inspirations. I'm using it for low gain clank, I'm then using the Science Mother like 2 channels into it. Its a beast of a pedal, waaaay more versatile than the 0xEAE Fuzz. I love everything John and EAE put out though so its kind of a given that I love it 🤣 They said they'd they might look at putting the same circuits in different enclosures in future. If I had to fault it, it'd be the completely impractical size of the pedal but it looks like a magnificent obelisk of doom so its easy to forgive.

It's that time again 👌 Going to use the new 0xEAE Bass Driver as a preamp, much like the Rusty Box. Currently playing with the Mother in front but really like how it takes the Dagger and Black Math too. Going to start popping it on the board now Im pretty happy with the order. Its extremely clanky in here. UPDATE Had a little more time than expected so I got it all wired up. Think it'll stay like this for the foreseeable until I've had chance to experiment with upcoming musical endeavours and maybe I’ll downsize to essentials. Heres and undercarriage shot for anyone into that: Not the neatest but passable 👌

Oooo always wanted to try out the COG stuff 👀

Incoming EAE 0xEAE Bass Driver Very hyped for this one, clanky Traynor inspired drive. Was already in the market for a Rusty Box or similar so this was a no brainer.

I got given a yamaha gig bag with my BB734a and its excellent 👌 I use it for everything.

BB1024x is here and I love it, head off on holiday tomorrow night so barely get any time to get stuck in but from the few noodles it seems like a keeper👌 I was worried about the neck profile but its nice, noticeably more chunky than my other basses but super comfy.

Grabbed another HX One, I sold the last when I decided to get the Quad Cortex. I really love the form factor of these and they’re great to bring some fun to the table. I think ive pretty much narrowed down my shortlist of pedals for a smaller board to: Canvas Tuner > The Accountant > HX One > Science Mother > Two Notes Opus I may need a bigger board to add the Black Math or Longsword for extra dirt but I think this might just do the trick for now 👌

Feeling saucy so think I‘ll grab that 1024x. Always had a soft spot for them, particularly the laminate necks. The finish isn't my first choice but at least I could scratch the itch!

Oooo nice, would love to build one of these at some point. I've eyed these kits up plenty of times but never pull the trigger.

After a while with no pedal purchases I treated myself to 2 new ones. The Accountant (top right) is the first addition. Its noisy, abrasive and not very flexible but I love it. I've got it set quite light, it does a nice job of evening things out and imparts a grizzly character which I love. Certainly not clean or transparent. Two Notes Opus (top left) a spicy DI, to quote @tayste_2000, that offers preamp, power amp and cabsim and a bunch of other utilities in a nice neat package. Barely scraped the surface so far but love it. I'll admit I wasn't blown away with the DynIR cabs it shipped with but I have my trusty Science Amplication IRs. The power amp simulation is great though, really brings some of my preamp pedals to life. Also ships with Genome which is a nice bonus!

So that's why you're stockpiling Elements 🤣 Seriously though I'd love to at least have a Model FeT and a Mother board, they're both excellent but having both on a board seems a little silly.

Haha I know, couldn't decide which combo I wanted to keep and realised I'm not emotionally ready to commit to a compact board 🫠

I'm not well.

New day, new board! 👌 I love all these pedals so much it's too hard to pick a few for a compact board.

Did you buy the DynIR Mesa cabs or are you using other IRs? Very impressed so far, particularly the power amp sims. Not digging the bundled DynIR but everything else is great.

If you end up getting an MBD and don't like it ill probably take it off you 🤣