MrDinsdale

It changes fairly regularly but currently it’s: Polytune Jad Freer Capo input Capo pre loop send > Thumpinator Lusithand Alma Comp Boss OC5 Moose Sledgehammer EAE Halberd EAE Dagger HX One HX One send > EAE Model feT < Capo pre return Capo post send > < HX One return HX One output < Capo post return Capo output Couldn’t think of a better way to articulate it, certainly not any more concise. This means that I can have a clean DI and a DI from the end of the chain. I can also add fx either after drives but before the preamps or after preamps and before the DI.

Yeah, it’s a beautiful bass, plays great too. I think other active preamps I’ve tried or passive options like the Stellartone work much better for me personally, for whatever reason it always feels like I have more control with them. My signal chain and stuff I’m playing will probably have a big impact on that though.

I popped fresh batteries in to give it another go and I dunno what it is, maybe the choice of EQ points for the active preamp but it just doesn’t work for me. Even in passive mode anything other than full tone goes from really bright to mud almost instantly. Of all my basses it’s the one I really struggle to get a range of sounds I like from. I do love the one sound I can get out of it with everything on though.

Both laminate necks, the 1024x is calling out to me although it’s a tobacco sunburst which I can go either way on tbh.

Interesting, the 1024x was darker? Currently torn between the 424x/1024x as I love the metal control plate. I love my 734A but the preamp is a waste of space. Perhaps I can try and swap bodies with a 434 😂

Is the 1024x a worthy upgrade to the 424x for an extra £150-175ish?

For what it’s worth I was asking more specifically if it was just a case of matching the replaced pot with an equivalent resistor but all feed back is welcome. I have a pretty good selection of eq on my board and amp so it’d probably be manageable either way although I do like the sound of the bass so no immediate desire to tweak that sound drastically.

So after a little thinking not gonna do the mod I’d originally intended but may tweak another Jazz to have on/off push buttons for both pickups and then just a Stellartone b10. Found (someone else kindly shared the ones they use) some really nice metal latching push switches. I was tempted to see if I could mount the b10 at 90deg so it acts like a wheel so there aren’t any protruding knobs but that’s gonna be a time sink!!!

The HX One has been on my board for a few days now and so far pretty impressed, does exactly what I need in a much smaller package than the Boss GT1000core I had on there previously. I’m currently using it to apply some noise reduction, light EQ and the occasional fx other than dirt (which I’m already kitted out for) when needed. So far gotta hand it to them the Noble and Retro Reel sound excellent for a little depth. There are some really great modulation and delays in there I need to dig in to.

Might have to grab one, it’d be so handy to be able to plug in while looking after the offspring.

Ahh yeah seen the Artec stuff, crazy cheap for what it is. I wouldn’t be after a momentary kill switch Tom Morrello style, it’d just be a mute switch.

Interesting, I was thinking of just having an on/off latching push switch for each pickup and a Stellartone b10 pot for simplicity. Something like this:

Hey, just like the title says really, I don’t have much use for volume pots aside from muting especially on my Jazz which is VVT. Anyone replaced the volume pots with push buttons? I’m guessing you’d want to pop a resistor in there to mimic the pots value but anything else to consider. Also any recommendations for where to get them? You can grab them on eBay but always dubious about quality, really wanting black metal ones, probably 16-22mm.

Actually just measured placement and the neck PU should sit practically over the top of the current p pickup cavity. The pickup ring makes them look far more tightly spaced than they actually are!

It’s happening 🥲 @funkle any thoughts around adapting the P-bass and placement? I was thinking when I make the new pick guard I’d make it slightly lower so that the pickups can sit closer to the bridge. The electronics cavity might need to grow a slither to accommodate the extra control too! Please excuse the crudeness of the mockup, the size of the pickups is correct but missing the ears/lugs/screw thingys.

Also just generally getting to know assigns opens a lot of doors. Understanding how to assign parameters to a wave/saw can let you do some crazy stuff like these: for example using the Slicer and setting “pattern” to rapidly change back and forward over time results in the random stutter effect heard here.

Another couple of things that caught me out: - no AIRD preamp in the chain = no cab sim/IR. If you’re using an external preamp or 4cm this is annoying. Only work around is to use an A/B divider, preamp block in B path and mix set to 100/0. - Stuff in an inactive path of a divider isn’t muted. If you have something noisy like an external Fuzz on a divider path, even if that path isn’t active you’ll still hear any noise. You can use an assign to drop the level on the mix block when that path is bypassed to fix it.

Yeah I often set a foot switch to be a dedicated tuner switch when I don’t need all 3 to toggle fx, I hate the double press.

Well I just got my hands on the HX One and gotta say I’m pretty impressed. The Regal is actually quite nice with some drives in the front of it and there are some really cool modulation fx built in. Still not 100% sure if it’s enough to kick my Boss GT1000core off which has a lot of signal routing options available but it’s definitely made the Stomp a far more compelling alternative. I only ever use the CORE for its noise gate, an occasional modulation/delay so this covers off all of that in a smaller and cheaper package. Gonna keep digging through the effects 🙌

New HX One thanks to @Ander87 means reworking the board to make sure the signal chain is right. I definitely have a problem. The joys of working from home 🙌

I do love the Fet but the Citadel sounds ace by all accounts. I was tempted to get one to see if it could get close to a Marshal VBA400 without the extra 40kg 😂

Well NFP Special preamp should be here in a few days, gonna start making a new scratch plate for my p bass to accommodate the Turner multicoil and preamp. Then it’s just a case of sitting and bracing myself for the teabagging when the pickups arrive in the UK and I get the customs bill 😬

Wanted to play with a simplified setup for a bit while waiting for a couple of new toys to get better acquainted with the Moose Sledge Hammer. TBH though I think I just have a problem.