The Badderer Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Just got one of these in a sale brand new for not much money. WHAT A GREAT PEDAL!! Means I can blend my Wet and Dry signal and go anywhere with total control of the sound going to the PA as i can do all the fiddling at home, then just send the correct wet/dry signal to the desk. Also means i can dial in some more extreme sounds into the pedals, but still retain my low end, where i found in the past i had to keep my pedals at a more subtle level so that I didn't lose the low end support to the band. The big knob on the pedal means i can adjust it on the fly from song to song if there is one that needs a majorly effected signal, and you can just bypass the FX loop if you want. Probably one of the most useful pedals for a bassist ever (IMHO), as solved my long running problem of wanting low end, but some bold sounds too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Agreed. I have one as well and they are amazing pedals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Badderer Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 a few days further on of playing with it and getting to know what it can do, i can safely say this is never coming off any board i use. whatever board i put together will have one of these on it just because it is perfect for bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsy Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I used to max out a Fulltone bassdrive then use the x blender 50/50. That was a mega bass overdrive tone! Only moved it on coz I found an even better overdrive in 1 box. But yeah, x blenders are super cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdavethebass Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Where did you pick it up - in case they have any left!!!! Ta Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Badderer Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 sorry i got it in a sale at Absolute Music but it was in their clearance cabinet. I got it for £110 brand new, which was practically the same as what they go for 2nd hand on here so went for it. It might be worth a call, but i think it was the last one left. They also had a couple of strymon pedals with about £70 off. https://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=xotic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 does anyone know where in the signal chain the EQ is? is it only applied to the loop? if i use the send to split the channel to a clean DI, will the EQ be applied, or is it later in the chain? like after the return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Badderer Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) the EQ is input to the Return of the signal from the FX loop. the blend function has to be on for the EQ to be applied, so when you aren't using the blend function it won't be colouring your signal. I believe the aim of it is to compensate for any pedals that you have that suck your low end so it compensates only when using the FX loop. [url="http://www.xotic.us/effects/x_blender/X-BlenderManual.pdf"]http://www.xotic.us/...enderManual.pdf S[/url]ee the diagram at the top of Pg 2 showing where things like EQ and Phase inversion are applied in the signal chain. Edited October 31, 2014 by The Badderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 I had a barge concepts blender that I bitterly regret selling... I recall the xotic one being better spec'd tho.. Invaluable tools.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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