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...It's true! Sold my Aphex Bass Xciter to him.... very prompt payment & easy to deal with... Thumbs up!

Well... the 1st bassline that I really got happening & was proud of the achievement, was Lord of Light by Hawkwind (the Space Ritual version) ....... then the Universe opened up!

Aria P bass copy (really well made bass.. with DiMarzio PU that I'd put in) 1st gigging rig was a Fender bassman 100 & Leech 2x15 cab ... used that for a long while!... Now it's EB Musicman Stingray 5 or Sandberg basic 5 with either a Genz Benz neo-pak or GK RB1001-II & Aguilar GS112 x2 cabs

I've been known to wear a hat or two..... ..with gaffa mustaches [i](the guitarist's last minute brain wave before we went on a couple of weeks ago at a wedding gig...)[/i] A Band messy nite out... with hats! A[i] 'recreational'[/i] hat

Sold a looper pedal to Paul recently, really prompt payment... Easy guy to deal with. Cheers Paul...

I'm in....

[quote name='chrismuzz' post='1206663' date='Apr 21 2011, 02:31 AM']If you can stretch a little more, I'd look into a second hand EBS Multi Comp. They're very highly regarded, very useful and sound nice and smooth. I almost got one myself but I heard they don't squeeze the f*ck out of your sound as much as the aguilar lol [/quote] +1 on the EBS multi-comp... a great pedal, versatile & quality sounds...

I like the Colorsound fuzz vibe... used to have a modded tonebender back in the late 70's... it was great...but before the modding it was a little light on bottom end... recently bought a Colorsound bass fuzz & it's turning out to be a pain in the arse! see my signal loss thread! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=131920&st=0&p=1204133&#entry1204133"]signal loss thread[/url] Surprised to hear you say that yours has tons of bottom end!.... maybe mines a duffer? begrudge having to get it sorted when it's already cost £129! reckon I need it modded to let more bass through & put in a smaller box with an LED on it & also a power socket. So you have no problems with yours, other than it being a bit over the top?

Right!... It's the colorsound bass fuzz.... The battery adapter to connect it to my mains supply was dodgy... but it actually loses some signal & a bit of bottom end anyway. The Dod filter loses some bottom end too, even with the blend knob hard left... all the others seem reasonable.. I used to have a Colorsound Tonebender many years ago (1979!) & a friend modded it so more bottom end came through.. it was ace... sadly, got rid of it.. & in a recent search for that sound again, bought the bass fuzz a little while back for todays price of £129 (my original purchase was £26, I do believe!) ... I reckon it's gunna need some tweaking to make it work on the board.. & maybe I could use a new envelope filter?... I've ordered a George L kit through Digital Village (not too bad a price at £65!) I have a refund of £28.45 from them for the LPB-1 anyway, so wont be as painful as parting with the full wack... Hopefully this will sort it... Bit disappointed in the Colorsound though, it's a bit sh*t to spend all that money & still have to pay out to rebuild the thing so it's usable....

Thanks for the suggestions... "4) ultimately you'd be better off with better pedal connectors, like george l's or planet waves, but they are expensive, so leave that option until you've tried all others." [i]Yes, I fear this is true...[/i] "try swapping compressor between start of chain and end of chain" [i]Hmmm.... I'll give this a go.... I'd still have the delay at the end of the chain though, yes? Even though it's set subtle, wouldn't want it interfering with the decay of the delay....[/i] "p.s. what are you using to achieve 2 loops, the amp or an ls-2 (or similar) ?" [i]a bright onion micro looper[/i] "can't you set your pedal's volume controls so that you get no decrease in volume when you engage them? If not that's pretty crap. A boost at the end of loop 2, or using an LS-2 as your loop switcher (it has volume controls) would work." [i]This is what effectively happens if I use the PhatHed on clean to match the signals...makes it a little complicated to use the distortion sounds from it live though. Boost at the end.... before delay or after? [/i] "Have you tried taking out the pedals one at a time? It might be one or two pedals clashing that's causing the problem" [i]Good idea, I have a feeling the culprits are the Colorsound & the Dod.. plus leads & some cheap daisychain power conectors [/i] "First of all, can you clarify whether your volume drop occurs when the pedals are engaged or bypassed?" [i]bypassed... If I switch through the effects loop, with none of them on... it drops significantly [/i] "In either situation, is it a cumulative result or is it one or two pedals that are the culprits?" [i]A bit of both... but I will experiment to clarify this... (board is packed for gig tonight, so will have to do tomorrow)[/i]

In the past, I have had up to 6 pedals on a board at a time & not really had much signal loss... Now I have 8 pedals on a pedaltrain 1 & I have been having to use my Phathed PD7 on clean boost setting, to compensate for the drop in signal... I want to use it for it's varied distortion/overdrive sounds... even though it's a noisy pedal, I kinda like what it does.... I bought a EHX nano LPB-1 booster (cheapest option available to me at the time) to see if that could take over the job but it seems to distort, wherever it goes in the chain & is also a noisy pedal... more so than the Phathed!! How can I get my through pedals sound matched to my comp only sound, without spending a fortune? Any advice gratefully received After much experimentation, I have ended up with this signal chain.... loop 1 - EBS multicomp to amp loop 2 - EBS multicomp, Aphex bass xciter, EBS octabass, Dod envelope filter, Colorsound bass fuzz, Ibanez PD7, Boss chorus, Boss DD6 delay.

Very cool