NPD - Laney Black Country Customs The 85 Bass Interval

[stewblack]

What a snappy name for a pedal eh?

Things I don't like about octave pedals: warbly wobbly upper octave, bad tracking, lower octave only sounds synth, or only sounds realistic - I like a bit of flexibility - and a pedal with no special sauce, nothing unusual added.

So I like the MXR Poly Blue very much - ticks all boxes. I like the Joyo XVI - ticks most. I like the Boss OC5 - ticks most.

And I have to say I also like The 85. 

The addition of a 5th is a really cool feature, the Focus control alters the whole sound in unusual ways. If there's a downside it would be that you can't simultaneously select octave up and a 5th up - its either or. 

The one time I've gigged it I found the 5th, blended with a smidge of -1, and full dry signal produced a wonderful harmonious thickness to my sound. Used on appropriate songs it filled the sound under solos in a very satisfying manner.

[Pea Turgh]

Sounds interesting.  Off to find some YouTube demo vids…

[Pea Turgh]

Is it my imagination, or is there a bit of latency between the original signal and the fox sound?

[stewblack]

4 hours ago, Pea Turgh said:

Is it my imagination, or is there a bit of latency between the original signal and the fox sound?

I haven't noticed any. Let me have a play around 

[Pea Turgh]

I love auto-correct!  FX sound. 😂

[stewblack]

No latency as far as I can tell. Others may experience latency differently, but I'm not aware of any.

[Bagman]

4 hours ago, stewblack said:

No latency as far as I can tell. Others may experience latency differently, but I'm not aware of any.

I      also have         yet to        notice any latency 

[Bagman]

Whilst discussing Laney

 

their Custard VCA Compressor is very good . Nice pedal 

[MichaelDean]

I've been very tempted by the Blackheath too. From the demos it sounds right up my street. The 85 sounds like an excellent pedal too. I feel a bit like Laney are on a good streak. My Digbeth head is so good. 

[stewblack]

12 hours ago, MichaelDean said:

I've been very tempted by the Blackheath too. From the demos it sounds right up my street. The 85 sounds like an excellent pedal too. I feel a bit like Laney are on a good streak. My Digbeth head is so good. 

I've been casting glances at the Digbeth heads I must admit.

[MichaelDean]

2 minutes ago, stewblack said:

I've been casting glances at the Digbeth heads I must admit.

You can try mine at the SWBB! 😁

[stewblack]

2 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

You can try mine at the SWBB! 😁

Oooooh. I'll bring a big bag

[MichaelDean]

23 minutes ago, stewblack said:

Oooooh. I'll bring a big bag

Don't know what you're going to need that bag for! It's not going anywhere!