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[ordep]

not yet with me, but soon as its on its way! custom order japanese font version.

 

[Quatschmacher]

4 minutes ago, ordep said:

not yet with me, but soon as its on its way! custom order japanese font version.

 

Of what? 

[ordep]

2 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Of what? 

its an overdrive pedal from CMC Audio called Proto Type. thick, vintage vibe OD. Mine is the “29” version. more amp-like than fuzzy according to the builder. Can’t wait to try it.

[Bagman]

The old trusty Brown Boss limiter 

[Kev]

NPD for me, a Sushi Box FX Neptunium.

Love what its doing. I'm using it in conjunction with a Quad Cortex in such a way that the QC chain is running into it, and the XLR output is running back into the QC before being sent out to FoH/IEMs. This way, I get the lovely tube warmth and magic with a quick on the fly adjustable preamp, with a fallback DI available with just a couple of cable switcheroos. I also use the QC as a recording/practice interface, so keeping the Np within the QC workflow is necessary.

As shown in the pic, im getting great results by boosting the bass and flicking the cut switch to really thicken stuff out without adding the boom, and the treble brings back some sparkle absorbed by the tube. Instantly sound better, love it!

 

[Chadu25]

25 minutes ago, Kev said:

NPD for me, a Sushi Box FX Neptunium.

Love what its doing. I'm using it in conjunction with a Quad Cortex in such a way that the QC chain is running into it, and the XLR output is running back into the QC before being sent out to FoH/IEMs. This way, I get the lovely tube warmth and magic with a quick on the fly adjustable preamp, with a fallback DI available with just a couple of cable switcheroos. I also use the QC as a recording/practice interface, so keeping the Np within the QC workflow is necessary.

As shown in the pic, im getting great results by boosting the bass and flicking the cut switch to really thicken stuff out without adding the boom, and the treble brings back some sparkle absorbed by the tube. Instantly sound better, love it!

 

Lovely! Got mine the other day. It’s a greaaat sounding preamp!

[Kev]

Indeed! Can't wait to take it out tonight with the Evanescence tribute and be told by my bandmates they can't tell the difference. 

 

At least it's pretty.

[nilorius]

22 minutes ago, Kev said:

Indeed! Can't wait to take it out tonight with the Evanescence tribute and be told by my bandmates they can't tell the difference. 

 

At least it's pretty.

I got the same feeling, when i wate for Aguilar octamiser to take.

[Chadu25]

5 hours ago, Kev said:

Indeed! Can't wait to take it out tonight with the Evanescence tribute and be told by my bandmates they can't tell the difference. 

 

At least it's pretty.

Haha most important thing is it’s pretty!

[SumOne]

It's good to have these two back on (pedal) board.

 

 

...not many things quite as smooth yet powerful 'wall of doom' sounding as these two combined.

Edited March 2 by SumOne

[Baloney Balderdash]

I haven't actually bought it yet, but I am strongly considering ordering the Gamechanger Audio Bigsby, that simulates a Bigsby wammy arm, but does so much more (Vibrato or Chorus for one).

 

I always wanted a wammy bar on my bass, but getting even the cheapest option installed would end me up costing at very least the double of this pedal.

 

And before you get started, my main bass, which is a 5 string short scale, is tuned in G# standard tuning, that is like the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E string, that is really more of a low baritone tuning, or as the common term is tenor bass tuning, and I use it more melodically, and for solo bass work.

 

The demos I have watched of this are really impressive, it actually sounds realistic. 

 

And the advanced polyphonic pitch shifting algorithm they wrote for this runs on the SHARC processor that this pedal features. 

 

 

And yes, that is a genuine Bigsby mechanism sitting on the pedal.

 

Edited March 3 by Baloney Balderdash

[nilorius]

1 hour ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

I haven't actually bought it yet, but I am strongly considering ordering the Gamechanger Audio Bigsby, that simulates a Bigsby wammy arm, but does so much more (Vibrato or Chorus for one).

 

I always wanted a wammy bar on my bass, but getting even the cheapest option installed would end me up costing at very least the double of this pedal.

 

And before you get started, my main bass, which is a 5 string short scale, is tuned in G# standard tuning, that is like the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E string, that is really more of a low baritone tuning, or as the common term is tenor bass tuning, and I use it more melodically, and for solo bass work.

 

The demos I have watched of this are really impressive, it actually sounds realistic. 

 

And the advanced polyphonic pitch shifting algorithm they wrote for this runs on the SHARC processor that this pedal features. 

 

 

And yes, that is a genuine Bigsby mechanism sitting on the pedal.

 

Very original design.

[tayste_2000]

It’s been a busy evening

[Baloney Balderdash]

21 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

I haven't actually bought it yet, but I am strongly considering ordering the Gamechanger Audio Bigsby, that simulates a Bigsby wammy arm, but does so much more (Vibrato or Chorus for one).

 

I always wanted a wammy bar on my bass, but getting even the cheapest option installed would end me up costing at very least the double of this pedal.

 

And before you get started, my main bass, which is a 5 string short scale, is tuned in G# standard tuning, that is like the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E string, that is really more of a low baritone tuning, or as the common term is tenor bass tuning, and I use it more melodically, and for solo bass work.

 

The demos I have watched of this are really impressive, it actually sounds realistic. 

 

And the advanced polyphonic pitch shifting algorithm they wrote for this runs on the SHARC processor that this pedal features. 

 

 

And yes, that is a genuine Bigsby mechanism sitting on the pedal.

 

Well, won't be this time, anyway, found an amazing deal on a used amp that I spend my money on instead.

 

Not quite a pedal, but the way I will be using it will be as a tube preamp.

 

This one (random Google photos):

 

 

The Laney Laney 50th Anniversary IRT Studio SE Amplifier, at a really good price used, under half the price of what it costs from new, and appears to be in mint condition.

I suppose it is guitar oriented, but perfect for my needs.

It is only 15W, but has a build in speaker dummy load that allows you to use it as a poweramp/transformer out DI, which is how I am primarily planning to use it.

It comes with 3 channels (Clean, Rhythm, and Lead, and then an additional switchable Boost), running with brand new and biased 3 12AX7 JJ preamp tubes, and 2 JJ EL84 poweramp tubes.

And allegedly with a high quality digital reverb build in as well.

And footswitch is included, to be able to switch between channels and engage/disingage reverb.

For sure this is going to beat the socks off my ART Tube MP Project Series tube preamp and DI I use currently as DI last in the chain of my amp-less setup.

And only weight 5.5Kg (12lbs).

 

Edited March 4 by Baloney Balderdash

[tayste_2000]

9 hours ago, tayste_2000 said:

It’s been a busy evening

 

For context

 

[tauzero]

Boss SY-200. I was considering getting one, then one cropped up for a price it would have been rude to refuse.

 

 

Have been doing some experimenting and finding sounds I can definitely make use of, which is nice.

[Quatschmacher]

[nilorius]

3 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Superstion one !!

[Quatschmacher]

9 minutes ago, nilorius said:

Superstion one !!

I don’t follow. Please explain. 

[DGBass]

I was given this the other day for 'evaluation purposes' by a fellow bass player. Never seen or heard the like of it before. I suspect it has been a custom made pedal and possibly a take on an old Tonebender distortion pedal. Sounds very nasty, and makes the user want to play evil riffs. Apparently🙄

 

 

Edited March 8 by DGBass

[0175westwood29]

On 04/03/2025 at 12:26, tauzero said:

Boss SY-200. I was considering getting one, then one cropped up for a price it would have been rude to refuse.

 

 

Have been doing some experimenting and finding sounds I can definitely make use of, which is nice.

Enjoy it dude! 
 

it’s a cool pedals being able to use the ctl1 to trigger octave stuff was my fave!!! 

[nilorius]

On 04/03/2025 at 14:26, tauzero said:

Boss SY-200. I was considering getting one, then one cropped up for a price it would have been rude to refuse.

 

 

Have been doing some experimenting and finding sounds I can definitely make use of, which is nice.

And what was the price ?

[MrDinsdale]

After a while with no pedal purchases I treated myself to 2 new ones.

 

 

The Accountant (top right) is the first addition. Its noisy, abrasive and not very flexible but I love it. I've got it set quite light, it does a nice job of evening things out and imparts a grizzly character which I love. Certainly not clean or transparent. 

 

Two Notes Opus (top left) a spicy DI, to quote @tayste_2000, that offers preamp, power amp and cabsim and a bunch of other utilities in a nice neat package. Barely scraped the surface so far but love it. I'll admit I wasn't blown away with the DynIR cabs it shipped with but I have my trusty Science Amplication IRs. The power amp simulation is great though, really brings some of my preamp pedals to life. Also ships with Genome which is a nice bonus!

[neepheid]

S'pose I had better 'fess up to my recent pedal acquisition then...

 

 

I just upped my pitch shifting game with a TC Electronic Brainwaves.  Up until now I had been using a Hotone Harmony, which was a revelation and frankly better than I could have hoped for from such a tiny and inexpensive pedal.  So intuitive as well - one knob, numbered in semitones, up/down switch, wet/dry knobs.  DONE.  I had been looking at posher ones, but they all annoyed me in various ways, like expecting you to know that a minor second is 1 semitone (I don't naturally think that way because I'm not a "proper" musician), or having missing intervals (no minor third, Pitchfork, WTF?), or having overly complicated (to me) controls (I'm mostly looking at you, Intelligent Harmony Machine), or being too big/wrong format for my board (Slammi Plus has all the intervals, but it's a pitch shifter in an expression pedal - do not want/need)

 

I nearly skipped the Brainwaves and went for the IHM (which I would probably have ended up sticking a sticker on to write on it which settings meant which intervals) because on the face of it, the Brainwaves is missing a minor second (1 semitone) interval.  TC manual is utter garbage - there's all this complexity under the hood with Toneprints etc. and you're basically left to fend for yourself.  Well, I stumbled upon a guide which explained how to get that custom interval on the Voice controls to be 1 semitone.  The barrier to acquisition was lifted and in I went!

 

It's really good.  Was doing some A/B with the Hotone and it's clear that this is a step up in quality.  Both track well with little latency, but there's a warbly/artifact-y nature to the sound coming out of the Hotone (especially when you start plumbing the depths) that isn't there with the Brainwaves.  Isolated, it still sounds a little "odd" but that oddness is harder to define.  What this opens up for me is more options.  Being dual voice, you can do cool stuff like be a fake guitar by adding a 5th AND an octave above (sounds really good with some overdrive) or do some of the Sub n Up thing by having an octave above and below - it's less flexible than a true Sub n Up because there's no third octave (you'd have to choose between 2 of octave above, octave below, two octaves below) and you can't individually control the octave levels, they must be the same relative to the dry signal, but it's good enough for a chancer like me!

 

Also the MASH button is fun - push down on it and it gives you an extra tone bend, like a string bend except you do it with your foot.  It's obviously not as controllable as an expression pedal, but with practice one could get good at it.

 

As I followed the instructions to create my custom Toneprint to unlock the single semitone interval, I could see that there's a whole bunch of options to play with, you can make the MASH button do other things, change the curve of how it changes the parameter through its operation, looks like sneaky auto tuning with an option labelled something like "lock to nearest semitone" and a whole heap of other stuff.  There are other basic modes of operation that I haven't even looked at yet (V1 > V2, WHAM).  There is a detune mode, but I'm going to leave the Hotone on the board for that one, because it's good at it and the Brainwaves can't be both a detuner and a pitch shifter at the same time.

 

Apologies for the shaggy dog story, but TL:DR it's a good pedal and I'm happy with my purchase.  I'm a lazy boi at heart, I don't want a 5 string and I can't be bothered retooling/relearning songs when the singist asks to do a song +/- x semitones.  The ability to be a fake guitar at times will help fill out the sound (as we only have a single guitarist).  MASH is fun.  That is all.