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[quote name='sk8' timestamp='1389122884' post='2330346'] Another delay?! Will you never learn?! [/quote] never thankfully I found my fave octave, OD, fuzz and chorus pedals pretty quickly, but delay is turning into quite the mission!!!

Clearance??? Didn't see that!! Darn you...

Yeah, saw a few demos at lunch and was sold, it sounds great!! Si - guitarguitar...

The perils of free, next day delivery... "Order before 3pm for guaranteed delivery tomorrow". DANGEROUS!! So, catalinbread echorec incoming!!

Cheers

Have you tried something like the W&C phat phuk (looking at your gear list, something to slam the front of the SVT would be cool, I used to use a phat phuk to push my old 70's bassman into overdrive)

I think the Xotic BB Bass Preamp is pretty damn nice. Not quite as nasty as the OCD, but does a very good low to mid OD. I used to own an OSD but prefer the BB and my other od/distortion pedal (early series fulltone bassdrive)

hey all... so I recently finished an album with my new band, First And Last Men. One of the tracks is up on my soundcloud, I'd be interested to hear what people think [url="https://soundcloud.com/gazthefink/falm-projection"]https://soundcloud.com/gazthefink/falm-projection[/url]

[quote name='Byo' timestamp='1388721765' post='2325323'] The new TC Electronic HOF pedal is quite cool too. [/quote] I am quite interested in this, though thought it would be cheaper, it's only £15-20 less than the regular hall of fame... BUT i only have space for a nano pedal on my board, so right now, tempted!!

Oooooh - supet fuzz as in univox / Fy-6 superfuzz?? Let us know what it's like if that's the case

Just posted this in another thread actually! I finally got a chance to give the Diabolik a proper run out last night after practice (P-bass, old bassman 135 and a 4x12)… and I can confirm it's a great pedal The blend on it is definitely needed, as the fuzz itself can get pretty messed up, but it's a good blend, it doesn't sound like separate fuzz and clean bass signals, which is something I really hate in dirt pedals. With the squeeze control up past 1 o'clock, you can get some great gated sounds, really nasty (in a good way). It would be quite easy to think the pedal is limited as you don't have any tone control, but you can actually get a pretty wide range of sounds out of it. I was liking it, but not loving it, until I started using it after my OC-2, and lowering the volume on my bass, and then I loved it. I've never used a fuzz on bass where turning down your volume can result in such a change to the sound… it really starts to bring out the upper harmonics and octave, and with the OC-2 set to -2 and -1 with no clean signal, and the volume on the bass down somewhere between a third and half volume, I was getting the best synth tones I've ever coaxed out of my rig, almost organ tones. It's a fantastic pedal, but for me is going to be a home and studio tool, as the best sounds (IMO) are squeezed out of this thing at lower input volumes. JMJ said it's not a 'traditional fuzz, and he's right, I'll still be using my tall font Russian for gigs, but this is a cracking pedal, and covers a lot of ground. Totally different beast to a muff J Prac didn't end til gone 12 last night so I was too knackered to record any clips but I'll try and do some next week.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1388502636' post='2322757'] Tried the Diabolik in anger yet? [/quote] So, I finally got a chance to give the Diabolik a proper run out last night after practice (P-bass, old bassman 135 and a 4x12)… and I can confirm it’s a great pedal J The blend on it is definitely needed, as the fuzz itself can get pretty messed up, but it’s a good blend, it doesn’t sound like separate fuzz and clean bass signals, which is something I really hate in dirt pedals. With the squeeze control up past 1 o’clock, you can get some great gated sounds, really nasty (in a good way). It would be quite easy to think the pedal is limited as you don’t have any tone control, but you can actually get a pretty wide range of sounds out of it. I was liking it, but not loving it, until I started using it after my OC-2, and lowering the volume on my bass, and then I loved it. I’ve never used a fuzz on bass where turning down your volume can result in such a change to the sound… it really starts to bring out the upper harmonics and octave, and with the OC-2 set to -2 and -1 with no clean signal, and the volume on the bass down somewhere between a third and half volume, I was getting the best synth tones I’ve ever coaxed out of my rig, almost organ tones. It’s a fantastic pedal, but for me is going to be a home and studio tool, as the best sounds (IMO) are squeezed out of this thing at lower input volumes. JMJ said it’s not a ‘traditional fuzz, and he’s right, I’ll still be using my tall font Russian for gigs, but this is a cracking pedal, and covers a lot of ground. Totally different beast to a muff J Prac didn’t end til gone 12 last night so I was too knackered to record any clips but I’ll try and do some next week.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1388502636' post='2322757'] Tried the Diabolik in anger yet? My Fuzzrocious Dark Driving is in the post! Si [/quote] and now the wait begins!!! cool, fingers crossed customs isn't too much of a pain I've still just used the Diabolik at home, but practise this Thursday so I'll try and record a few clips if I get a chance... liking it at low volume though

It's such a personal thing and depedant on your choice of bass, amp, cab, strings, plec etc, but personally, i love the Xotic BB bass preamp for light o/d, and for fuzz i love muffs, my fave being the wren and cuff tall font russian

I have a stingray, and know what you mean. All my FX sound great through passive basses, but the fuzz and distortions generally don't sound as good through the stingray. However, a fulltone bassdrive and a BB bass preamp both sound great with my stingray, and they are both tubescreamer based pedals. I don't want to suggest getting a tubescreamer will solve your problem, but for me these types of overdrives work well with my stingray, so maybe worth a try if you can borrow one?

[quote name='BigBassBob' timestamp='1388006261' post='2317861'] Hope the Diabolik is what you're looking for! [/quote] Had a chance for a quick 10 mins today, and i like it! Very different to a muff, it's a spluttery, gated fuzz with a great blend that really meshes with the fuzz. Can't wait to try it properly through the full rig

cheers - it was a tough call to pick between the Diabolik, You're Doom and the Darkglass one... fingers crossed I picked the right one, but I was very tempted by the Doom!!

Pretty chuffed with my haul this year, though not going to be able to try the Diabolik until Friday at the earliest

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1387998278' post='2317816'] So yes, my lovely gf ordered me a custom Fuzzrocious Dark Driving from Ryan :-D. It's still being painted I think, so will be delivered when it's done and built. Until then, she wrapped a self-made mock-up Si [/quote] awesome - saw this on Ry's facebook and wondered who it was!

[quote name='BigBassBob' timestamp='1387990394' post='2317758'] I received an Iron Ether Sub-T on Monday and I just got a pretty sweet pile of goodies for Christmas [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/BigBassBob/media/xmasswag.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Nice - killing joke is my favourite Batman story

Soooo, does anyone have any pedal-shaped parcels under the Xmas tree?? I'm (hopefully) going to be unwrapping a Malekko Diabolik tomorrow Happy fuzz Xmas!

I wouldn't take any of it to heart, i wish more people were able to invest the time and put up videos of the quality of yours. You'll never please everyone though, play some slow riffs with a P bass for me and Bob and the next guy will say the demos are dull!

Damn it. I was on the waiting list a couple of years back and nobody bothered to tell me they'd stopped making them!! I was wondering if i'd ever hear back, though after seeing how mad Bjorn is on that fuzz documentary, i'm surprised he builds anything