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MrDinsdale
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I unintentionally went ampless for a gig last Tuesday when our VBA400 blew in soundcheck, maybe a valve got knocked in transit or something. I decided to just go through the PA rather than asking to borrow the headliners amp. This sounded absolutely awesome, think the sound guy was pretty blown away with it. The Capo has a really well tuned LPF rather than and cab simulation/IRs etc which helped a lot take some of the fizz out of the really gnarly tones. As great as it sounded, it would be super hard to hear over both the guitarist's Marshall stacks and loud drummer. I also really missed having that wall of sound behind me but I very much enjoyed being an ampless setup tourist, I can definitely see the appeal. For other less loud punky bands I'd happily turn up with my Capo and a tuner in future though!
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Yeah i get bored of fine tuning the same settings every time i move my board or the child stands on it. I think I'll probably just tape all mine, doesn't look great but it's effective!
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Nice! That low profile one looks perfect 👌Already got the patchbay on the Rockboard, just need to get the DI with minimal wasted space. I was actually considering moving the capo up to the top edge of the board if I couldn't get a neat xlr solution as I only used it as an always on anyways. Not sure what I'd put in it's place.
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Been experimenting with layouts to make it a little better for gigging, much more space now and less chance of accidental presses. Currently the Ditto isn't hooked up because I was missing 1 more long cable to reach all the way back to the capo. Really milking this Cioks 4 😬 Sounding great, thinking about wiring up an FX loop with the mod patch bay so when I'm at home experimenting or playing guitar i can hook up some extra reverbs/echos without messing around with the board. The last thing that I really want to sort though is hooking up the main XLR out: Any thoughts on a lower profile XLR connector I can pop in? That way I could squeeze in another pedal 🤘🤘🤘
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Show us your rig of choice for the weekend ** Basschat edition**
MrDinsdale replied to bassace97's topic in Amps and Cabs
Get a few Y dividers and take them all 👌 -
@Ander87 It'll sound awesome 🙌
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All i have in front of the OFF1 is the compressor and a HPF so it's the most firstest in the chain it can be. TBF i do like having compression at the end of the chain too, gives a little more control of dynamics with very touch sensitive drives. I find, especially live, it's better up front for a slightly more consistent tone. Haven't tried in a band setting yet but don't see it being much of an issue tbh, not wildly different from the Longsword with boost and that cuts through great. Best advice I have is to get all your pedals off the board and experiment with different combinations, ideally record some samples with each so you can directly compare. Once you're happy then get them back on the board and wired up. The decision to put the OFF1 up front is less about the fuzz and more about the octave, i find tracking is sketchy at time with bright strings never mind any other effects.
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Hey! Selling my much loved 5 string ash corvette, plays beautifully and (controversially) I think this is even prettier than the bubinga versions, it's probably lighter too 🙌 Currently looking for £650 collected, seems like waaaay below the price of other similar ones but I could do with the money and it's had some modifications mentioned below👇 Not really sure on the specs aside from the ash body, ovankol neck and ebony fretboard. All original hardware and pickups. I bought this 2nd hand many years ago, it was a fretless at the time, didn't realise until a few years later that a previous user had added the fret marker lines in and they weren't quite right. As I didn't have much use for a fretless and it needed fixing I decided to have frets added (professionally), in the right light you can still see the original fret marker that a previous owner had covered up but it's super subtle. Really nice action, nice low profile frets which feel great, only selling because I don't really play 5 strings any more. It comes with some DR hi-beams although they've been on a while so they're pretty dull. Happy to send over some samples or if anyones in the area they're happy to come and have a go. I can always throw in a case too. No trades, open to offers though. -
It depends what you want to send in the pre DI. I have tuner > Thumpinator > Compressor into the Capo input. This gets sent in the pre DI which is rarely used as a clean signal. For recording Id pop the compressor in the pre loop though. In the pre loop I have the OFF1 > Longsword > Model FeT (for now) Then it hits the Capo preamps. In the post i have the ditto for writing so i can do a loop and mess around over it with guitar etc. Then the main DI out. This works for general use, tbh the only reason my comp is in the input instead of pre loop is because it was slightly more convenient for cabling and I didn't care much 😂 In real terms though the pre DI never actually gets used outside me recording ideas at home. I've never found a use case for it at a gig though although naturally never hurts.
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Might possibly have a chance to grab one for £850 in new condition 😬 Thats not money I particularly had available right now but seems like a pretty fortuitous!
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Not sure what the correct term is but there's some kind of low end compression or something that I find very appealing which I've never really found on my GKs and other SS head etc in the past.
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Aye tbh I'll always have access to the VBA for bigger gigs etc as it belongs to the guitarist but its so overkill for most where we have PA etc. It's also incredibly awkward rocking up to a gig where the headliners have supplied a backline and plonking down a huge bass head that dwarfs their cab. Especially touring bands who are rocking pretty compact rigs, if it was my cab I'd be well nervous 😬 I've dropped a message via FB asking about pricing but has anyone here bought a WB100 recently? Any rough estimate on total cost? I had a scan back but could only see r400 prices i think. Gutted I missed one on here a few months back 😭
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Well after a lot of weighing up options and looking at some SS, hybrid and all valve amps I think I've settled on the WB-100 as my goal. I love the VBA400 tone but I think the main thing missing when I've tried other SS heads was that low end saturation. The preamp itself wasn't adding a whole lot of colour, much less than I thought at least. When I tried a different bass and took all my pedals out of the equation it sounded like a great valve head with plenty of grunt but not quite the game changer I thought, and certainly not enough to warrant hauling 40kg to gigs! The thing that really sold me on the WB-100 was the size when I saw an unboxing video on YT, it look's about half the size I thought it was. I knew it would sound incredible but the portability... 🤯 Now just gotta raise funds 😬
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I got a Radial ProDI cheap on ebay and its a great backup. Very fortunate to have a Jad Freer Capo on the board now which has a pre and post DI which is super handy too.
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@Ander87 snap 😂 With the Rockboard 3.0 i can actually fit my Hyper Luminal underneath along with the Thumpinator. This would give me space for a HX Stomp or GT1000core etc in future, I'd love a LEM to go with the OFF1 however it's just a bit much for the amount I'd get to use it. I was trying to get my head around how I'd wire up the Capo pre/post fx loops with one of the compact multi fx units 2 fx loops and my brain melted. For now this is a pretty great functional board for gigging plus a few extra bits for fun in there. Just doing a dry run before I start connecting it all up and it sounds monstrous.
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Hahaha yeah, these things and anyone with any personal experience of the VBA400 is rare so post revival is a must 😂 Yeah thats kind of where I'm at, I was keen on a Baby Sumo but missed two of them on here by a couple of days, you couldn't get much further from a VBA400 though! I was just curious as if it was in a similar ballpark tonally it'd be a good one to chuck in the van just incase if I could find a cheap one.
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Ooo interesting, I really need to find some sound clips to see if it gets close to the clanky goodness of the VBA400.
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Hey where did you get to on this? Our Vba400 failed us before a gig this week and wanted a backup of some sort.
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What are you listening to right now?
MrDinsdale replied to Sarah5string's topic in General Discussion
Supported these the other night and they were excellent, some pretty monstrous bass tones 🤘 -
We all know that's not how it works 😂
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Tbh it completely depends what range you need, I'm ranging between clean, gritty and really clanky so I'm using Capo A side for my overall tone, B side for some extra grit. The longsword for everything beyond. I think its just one of those setups you just need to play and experiment with. I kind of landed on this and it just happened to sound like what i had in my head. I do need to sit with the looper going and just twiddle to see what kind of sounds i can get though.
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SFX Micro Thumpinator £85 posted UK - *SOLD*
MrDinsdale replied to Hugsonic's topic in Effects For Sale
Thats a bargin, these things are subtle but effective! I noticed a huge reduction in clipping on my amp when I got mine. -
The main issue with the Capo is that it's so good at tone shaping it's a shame to use it as anything other than an always on pedal. Having the EAE Longsword for some obnoxious clanky drive on top is a great addition, I'm sure the Broadcast will fit that need perfectly.
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I've been doing a lot of soul searching about my current board, it sounds amazing but for a while I've really wanted to add something a little more fun like an Octave pedal or some kind of modulation. Thanks to @Ander87 I've become a little obsessed with the OFF1 and LEM, I was impressed by the videos of the OFF1 at the time but totally forgot about it. Hypothetically if I did get my hands on them I'd have to extend to the Rockboard 3.0 from the 2.1 I'm currently using. This would mean I could get the MOD bay and have the Capo DI along with in/outs and an optional expression pedal jack. Not super keen on rotating the pedals but I don't think theres another option. It also means upgrading the Cioks DC4 to a DC7 😭 Here's how it's looking: I use the Model FeT and Hyper Luminal always on, the Capo rarely gets touched but handy to have at the front. That leaves me with my Longsword 🖤 and potentially an OFF1 and LEM up front to play with (if I can find the funds and justify it). Planning a pedalboard is the worst 🥲
