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Hey bud, Mine is a custom shop job from Ryan at Fuzzrocious direct. Cat Tail + Clean Blend in a 1590B enclosure. When he did mine, he also built two others to the same spec, but they got snapped up pretty quick: All that to say that I’m sure Ryan would build another. The Cat Tail are a tweaked Rat pedal ‘on steroids’ with variable clipping in the Highs and Lows (the 1 & 2 controls), Diode switching, and then the standard Rat controls (plus clean blend in my case. They were previously called Rat Tails before Pro Co threw a wobbler. Probably loads of band recordings of them, but none that I know of specifically, other than I definitely know Brian Cook uses a standard (ie no clean blend) Rat/Cat Tail as an ‘always on’ for Sumac, so you can hear it in the various vids of them live (such as below). That said, he’s tuned down to low G or something, so might not give you an accurate impression of what you’d be getting with your setup haha. 50 minute set….4 songs 🤘 Si

Boss would clean up if they would just do what I say (😆) and release a OC2W (Waza) and expose that sub-only function via a double-tap or EXT footwitch out. Si

Appreciate that it's not in the spirit of the thread, but just get the MXR M81. Excellent clean preamp, just as compact as the Boss (a little more I think, as it's physically lower), additional XLR out. Done. Si

As good as he is, from what I understand, he's not against annoying a few people. Very basic maths suggests that he made upwards of $33k before costs for this months sale.......why would he bother creating more abundance or going back to supplying dealers who take 20-50 points margin? Create scarcity, drives up used prices to silly amounts, means people are easily going to sell-out a pedal at a 'very reasonable' $333 when he releases them. Still a little overpriced IMO, sounds the same as an OC-2/OC-5 or a MXR Vintage Octave (granted with a couple extra little features).......but GAS & Economics & FOMO & stuff. Si

Pleasure, glad you’re enjoying it off the bat 💪 Si

Put together a couple of pedalboards over the last couple of days: A kinda secondary ‘fly-board’ to my main board: This is somewhat in flux as I figure out the spacing and what I can manage to fit. The OC2 will likely change for an MXR Octave Deluxe, love the OC2 for recording, but for live use, the MXR is huge sounding. The Flashback has a Chorus toneprint on it, my OCD would like a Corona Chorus in there (or some other 1590a bass chorus perhaps, basically not a ‘Delay’ pedal), but it would just be chucking money after something to do exactly the same sound haha. The COG 66 will almost certainly be swapped for a Fuzz, and pretty sure I can fit a 1590B pedal there, so plenty of choice. Powered by a Cioks Sol. Second board is one for a metal project I’m trying to learn some tunes for, may as well get the sounds right to practice them to: The MXR compressor is supreme, these Studio Compressors are exactly the same as the Bass Compressor, just a different box. And the Fuzzrocious Cat Tail (with Clean Blend) is just awesome into the v1 Sansamp. Powered by a small Diego thing. I want to get a EBS 4-port power daisy chain….just because the ones here really stick out. Both are Pedaltrain Nanos. Si

Also most decent interfaces should be able to change their inputs to Line level (which will bypass much of the 'preamp circuitry'). If you preamp has a Line out, that's probably the easiest way to go. Si

I’ve just taken delivery of some WBC patch cables using the Eminence ‘Tiny’ connector, very impressed so far. Not the cheapest, but perfectly reasonable for the quality I think. Si

Oooo exciting!! ❤️ Let me know what you think. They’re an awesome family run company, so it’s an ethical purchase too! Lovely people! Si

This was the latest update from Facebook. Still available but on Tom’s timeline….so as I mentioned, a little tough to get hold of at the mo. Si

If you or anyone you know has some soldering ability, you can't go wrong with the Fuzzdog Big Fluffy Pie: https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/product/bassblendmuff - 1590B (so same size as the EHX) - Mids control (optional) - Clean Blend I believe they'll do it prebuilt too, which takes it to about the same price as a new EHX Green Russian. Other than that, the Wren & Cuff Tall Font is probably a decent bet, twice the price though. There's obviously a billion different Muff variants available, it's somewhat option paralysis. It's a shame it's not easy to get hold of a Cog Tarkin....THAT would be your first port of call really. That or a Fuzzrocious Grey Stache (love this one at Joes Pedals, decent price: https://joespedals.com/collections/pedals/products/grey-stache-standard) Si

Absolutely of course!! A ROUND FOR EVERYONE!! Si

Oh and a pint owed to @Doctor J as well haha. Si

Ok......I owe you a pint! 😆 All fixed! Thanks for all the help everyone! Basschat strikes again! Cheers Si

Brill, thanks for the clarification! Going to try it in a bit! Si

Paging @Andyjr1515 and @Doctor J 😅

So purely for my own understanding......the wiring looks to be 'correct' when going by this generic layout I found via the Googulz: If I swap the two cables as mentioned, isn't that just sending the Jazz p'up live to ground? Or is there a suggestion that the Jazz wire colours aren't correct (ie colour for live, black for ground). Again, purely for me to try and do some learning. Cheers Si

It has somewhat made me question my ‘tech’ decisions….regarding electronics in any case. Setups have always been fine. Si

Thanks, will give that a go today! Cheers Si

How does this look in relation to your diagnosis? @Doctor J @Andyjr1515 Thanks very much Si

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In a PM: ”Would you take half of what you’ve advertised it for?” Si

Yeah the Regal sounds great to my ears! I haven’t compared it to my actual Noble yet, but think it will compare favourably. Si

My Lakland bass is a straight-up passive P/J, nothing fancy. It was working perfectly, both pickups on full, sounded lovely, nothing weird. Then I took it to a tech who, for reasons that are boring, removed the pickups and then had to refit them. However, now, when both pickups are on full, they are horribly out of phase, thin and weedy sounding. I have to slightly back one of them off to get them working properly again. I’ll post a pic of the cavity tomorrow, but any immediate thoughts why this might have started happening after the refit? Wired in a particular (wrong?) way? Cheers Si

The EBS seem to be the way to go, has anyone compared them to the Donner ones? Si