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  2. Lab Series (Moog) L4 two channel preamp (Aion L4) This is Aion FX version of the Lab Series L4 preamp - it’s got two channels, one like a fender tone stack, and one more ampeg style with a swept mid. That then goes into a saturation engine, the master output and a really musical limiter. It can put out a lot of signal. The green channel is very very similar to the Pearce preamps - and lending it to Ant he got to compare it to his Pearce and Suncoast preamps. Neither of us were going for the Sheehan thing though. Negatives, it’s fiddly to balance the channels if you want clean and dirty (though possible if you bounce it into the limiter) and if you use it in a studio full range I “think” I might hear the led switching noise in the noise floor. Live you won’t hear that. Negatives out the way - Why should you care? The L5 guitar amp was considered one of the closest solid state electronics got to the sound of a valve amp - and it’s an amazing amp style saturation thing, I think it does odd and even harmonic clipping or something and it’s the closest I’ve heard in an analogue pedal to that detailed warm model/captured valve amp in the Helix/Kemper/Anagram/QC whatever. It just sounds good. The price is again cost of kit and knobs and postage to you - if you look at the build docs you’ll see how much soldering there was to put it all together. I’m selling it because the HX stomp replaced it for me. Irn Bru PedalPCB Chop Shop (similar to Fairfield Barbershop) A clone of the V1 Fairfield Barbershop with my own custom Irn Bru artwork. Knobs can be the same as the two above if you prefer. The price is again cost of kit and knobs and postage to you - trust me when I say this lets you avoid testing and sorting lots of SMD JFets to get them in the right spec. It kinda excels at a low gain drive, sounds like the Solid Gold Beta without the bass boost. I’m selling it because my own version of the SS/BS mini replaced it. PedalPCB Low Tide (similar to Fairfield Shallow Water) This is a genius pedal in a 125B enclosure. Lofi modulator, envelope, random vibrato/chorus. Sounds amazing before drive, or end of chain. Watch the video that Zach Rizer made. This is priced… well higher than just the kit as I don’t really massively want to sell it - but it’s not getting used. I would say - it sounds ok with bass (but is very subtle) but stick something like synth/keys into it and it’s magical and analogue and warm and lovely. Broken MXR Bass octave deluxe Right, I bought this off here for the price of postage, it’s got a fault in that the detector circuit is too sensitive and picks up rumble from the bass moving. I had a go and managed to make the noise significantly less noisy by soldering a couple of extra parts inside, but it’s still noisy. Stick it after a gate, or LPF maybe it would be fine, but for me it’s useless for live work. This is a partial feature of the pedal - Listen to Janik Gwizdala’s video where he compares lots of octavers and the BOD he’s got does the same! But it’s also rubbish. So if you want to try a BOD without investing lots, or you think your rig can work around the problem it’s here or you want to just muck around at home…. It might work out? I would say that without the sensitivity problem it’s a killer pedal - one side is a OC2 style octave (synth), and the other a EBS style octave (fat)
  3. Eventide H9 Max This is an absolutely amazing pedal. Really in-depth multifx with loads of parameters, one of the best reverbs I’ve heard, pitch shift and harmonising things, octave, modulation, delay, synth stuff - all controlled via a really simple to use mobile app and bluetooth. (Or on the pedal if you’re a glutton for punishment) I’ve also been using it to pass on Midi expression and time… and fully midi controllable… It’s great and sounds great… why stick it up for sale I’m wondering myself? Well I went back to a HX stomp, and the kind of music I make means I’m not going to be using the full extent of this… and while if I end up keeping it it will go back on the board, I don’t need it. If I’m being critical, some of the effects are more useful on guitar than bass, but that may say more about my lack of adventure than then pedal! With box, power supply, velvet bag, paperwork, deregistered (remind me) and ready to go. Still has the protective plastic on the screen! Also comes with a really cool custom riser @rwillett made for me, so I could raise the front of the pedal up over the pedals infront, a hot switch pedal and if you talk me into it a patch box (1590a) (and cables if needed) that split the the TRS expression out into the TS for an expression pedal (M-Audio one works fine) and the hot switch Mosky Dyna comp A Dyno style comp with one knob, surprisingly well built inside and compresses well… probably better on guitar. Got on here broken, and then fixed it. Futuristic Retro Champion, Mutron clone (Aion Lumitron) with mods It’s a mutron, built on Aion FX’s Lumitron boards. It does what a mutron should. The Mods are a decay control, so you can get a really slow release, or with HP filter going down, a slow attack style effect, it’s linked to the gain so they are quite interactive. And then the “Moog mod” which basically means the filter is effected slightly differently as you go down the fretboard. It’s subtle. I built it and erm didn’t like it. Loaned it to @ped and @Quatschmacher who said it worked and it was actually just I didn’t like a Mutron style envelope filter! It’s a decent filter but not the best. Priced at cost of kit and knobs and postage.
  4. Peaches - The Stranglers
  5. Treb

    East Pre Amps

    I've found John East quite responsive to emails in the past. With regard to the DJ-Retro preamps, I've read that John East has difficulty obtaining the curved control plates from Lakland. That would explain the difficulty of buying one. It would be nice however if questions by email get answered...
  6. I have a small board and don't like clutter... so here's everything not on the board and up for sale or trade... There's one (well two) proper good pedals - priced at whatever they seem to be going for at the moment... There's a handful of things I've built myself, priced about the same as the kit to build them would cost. There's a broken/bust pedal, and a cheapo which if you're buying anything else and want it I can chuck it in.... Full detail in later posts Prices including postage.... Eventide H9 Max - £355 Mosky Dyna comp- £10* (or £3 with another pedal) Futuristic Retro Champion, Mutron clone (Aion Lumitron) with mods - £65 Lab Series (Moog) L4 two channel preamp (Aion L4) - £120 Irn Bru PedalPCB Chop Shop (similar to Fairfield Barbershop) - £42 PedalPCB Low Tide (similar to Fairfield Shallow Water) - £160 Broken MXR Bass octave deluxe £10* (or £4 with another pedal) For Sale Or trade… Try me with ideas for trades, I’ve got a lot of thing things that I want/need but…. Things that have caught my eye recently… Creation Grizzly Bass Hamstead Subspace and Redwing was cool but overkill on bass! Chase Bliss Onward Pearl OC7 Boss FL2 Source Audio Artifakt Broughton HPF or Buffer Fender Japan sunburst 57ri serial R003045
  7. Just got hold of a trb5 mk1, absolutely blown away by how good these buggers are! A tad under 34 inch scale and the b string is amazing . Very versatile. Enjoy yours x
  8. The capo is so good I don’t know if I’d gig it. Just use in studio. Debating just using an amp di for anything live, or getting the bass rig pedal.
  9. Get you about the trainers @LozzI96 For years I have worn Adidas Sambas but after being on my feet for 2 hours plus at Bonfest, I have invested in a pair of Nike Air as my feet were killing me. This getting old lark is not what it`s cracked up to be!
  10. Because the vendor isn’t fitting it Kev.
  11. Hello good folks of bass chat, I’m new here and after some assistance. I recently picked up a Cort C5 as I wanted to experiment with 5 strings and get back into bass after a 20y gap, so far it’s been a roller coaster, went from 10w practice amp to 60w Ashdown to a Barefaced Super compact in 6 months… I’m finding to hard to get the tone I’m looking for. I thought the round wounds on the Cort were too twangy so replaced with TI jazz flats and that helped, but still struggling to get a nice ‘bass tone’. Tried changing the amp from a TC BQ500 to Markbass little mark 58R and that helps a bit but I think it must be the Barefaced Super compact cab which is the problem. I like very solid lows, reasonable mids and no highs, so vintage knob 100% on the amp. But it still sounds hollow and not like I’m expecting. Tried boosting the low mids but still not there. also picked up an Ibanez from the 90s and it sounds the same. Compared to through the PA where it sounds fine, I simply can’t get a tone I like from the Barefaced Super compact. So the question is, can it be fixed via pedal/preamp or is it just the cab tone which can’t be changed and I might as well sell it. I’m looking for something very small and light but can do low C and make the window rattle, the barefaced does that but I don’t like the sound! Arghh!! Unfortunately I live in a remote spot hundreds of miles away from music shops and trying caba out is not an option. I did find a 70w Hartke to try locally and the C5 tone is nice but has zero bass thump in comparison. That’s the difficulty, the Barefaced does have insane subwoofer levels of bass when cranked up for its size, just don’t like the sound! anyway, if any can recommend a light ish cab that goes lowww but has nice tone would be much appreciated. Budget probably up to £600-700
  12. Why are Shuker getting involved?
  13. My interest in the T16 is inversely proportional to the amount of interesting things i have…a boxed Flattley Bass Filtron is prolly the most worthy of any interest 😀
  14. Ok , so it was actually Saturday night just gone but we had a fab local one for us at the hawth theatre in Crawley, 600 tickets sold, and such an appreciative audience. I recently purchased a Trb 5 mk1 Yamaha, one with the ‘slap cut’ recess. Second show I’ve done with it and I’m bloody well blown away by how good it is! The b string is sooo good, i never imagined I’d get on with the wide neck, but it’s nice and shallow and seems to fit me like a glove! Lightweight as well ( from what I’m used to anyway) the B string actually interacts with the other strings and is so useable.Ironic as it’s by far the cheapest 5 string I have. happy days! X
  15. I had to build up the nut on a ebay neck. Tape up the headstock from sharp pointy things... think i used a round needle file, twisting rather than back and forth.
  16. Price dropped to a tenner. I just want someone to them rather than me bin them tbh. Nice condition assumed rotosound flat wound strings taken from a Rick 4003 so cut for 2 aside headstocks but with plenty of silk left (probably not enough for 4 a side)
  17. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
  18. I have one of these and it’s superb. If I thought I could get another in the house and maintain marital harmony I would!
  19. I was wondering why the 2 were mentioned earlier, makes sense now
  20. further price drop to £ 3333 / 3900€ 💥💥💥
  21. further price drop to £ 1370/ 1600€ 💥💥💥
  22. Sultanas of Swing - Dire Straits
  23. A new pre is now on its way from EBMM via UPS (so fingers crossed…..). Mr Shuker has agreed to fit it so here’s hoping it’ll be fit and ready soon.
  24. Today
  25. And that is the reddest red. 100% red (I checked and that’s all the red) love it
  26. You just use left and right outputs as separate feeds - one for the PA (left), one for monitors (right). The Pan control on each channel acts to control how much of each signal goes to left and right - so a channel panned centre goes to both PA and Monitors, panned full left PA only, panned full right Monitors only...
  27. Raisins to be Cheerful - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
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