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Ah! The man himself! That would be great if you could post your video, I've looked for it twice on youtube. Is it still on there? Perhaps I'm not looking hard enough
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I've had this pedal for about 4 weeks, so it's in mint condition. I've just found that I've not got much use out of it since my band has taken a bit of a u-turn into a noisier, more hectic direction. Hence I need to fund nasty noise pedals, so this one has to go. I'd describe this pedal as a slightly crazy envelope filter with an awesome step filter function. You can do a lot with it. I found it to sound stunning with an EHX Micro POG running into it on the Step Filter setting and some delay running next in the chain. There's a bunch of demo videos of it on youtube, not many bass ones though. I saw a video of Tayste playing around with one once but I haven't been able to find it since. That video is cool though, if anyone can find it! Its' got the newer paint job (which is now shown on the SubDecay site [url="http://www.subdecay.com/pm.htm)"]http://www.subdecay.com/pm.htm)[/url], I'll post pics when I get in from work. I've put some velcro on the bottom but I still have the rubber feet which I carefully removed. It's very freshly built, April 2009. [b]£150 delivered[/b] with Royal Mail Special Delivery. These pedals are now £175 new, if you can get hold of them. I had to wait well over 2 months for mine. So that's a nice little saving on an as-new pedal.
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In reply to the OP: I used an LMK for a couple of years with a variety of basses. I went for the LMK based on its' power, portability and how it let the nuances of different basses shine through. It was a great amp with my vintage Precision and it sounded just as great with my Streamer Stage 1. I think that's testament enough to how flexible this amp can be!
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There have been 2 significant price increases throughout many music industry distributors in the past 6 months. The first one was last November and the second was around the beginning of April. It's this damn climate. No one wants to raise their prices but shops are forced to when their suppliers are upping prices, it's simply a knock-on effect. Even UK-built products are being drawn into this because they are often sourcing their materials from outside the UK. Sadly it's something we'll just have to get used to, or at least until the Dollar rate is a bit kinder to us!
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[quote name='WalMan' post='476984' date='May 1 2009, 01:28 PM']Or for an alternate view.....They're great. Put one on my Wal years ago and love it for the ability to quickly drop down and back up even when you are playing. Always comes back in tune within a few cents, and setting the drop only takes me a few back & forth checks. I always leave it switched down in the case to prevent the thumb wheel that sets the drop getting knocked in transit.[/quote] +1. I've got one on my Streamer Stage 1 and its worked a treat. I just check it's in tune for standard and drop-d once at the beginning of a gig or rehearsal and I don't need to check it again, I play about 50/50 in standard/dropped.
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The Akai Headrush gets my vote. I've used a few loopers and currently have a Boss DD-20 and Akai Headrush on my pedal board. The DD-20 is far more delay orientated but I've always liked the looper function, it's very simple, all you can do with it is record and overdub (as many times as you want). You can't save any loops into it and there's no stop/start function after a loop has been recorded. I mainly use this pedal for its' delay functions though. The Akai Headrush is a more versatile looper and it also sounds a little more organic to my ears. You can also stop and start loops with the Headrush.
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It's nice to see some professional looking band shots, good on you for making the effort with it.
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[quote name='allighatt0r' post='232808' date='Jul 4 2008, 03:40 PM']You start them without the string by flicking them with your thumb... (NOTE: this takes a bit of practice. ) NEVER roll them on the carpet or your jeans etc. they gather dust and cease this way.[/quote] Ah... that's probably why mine is dead now. I lost the string ages ago. I've had mine for about 3 years now, time for a fresh one I think. Who's bought one recently? Where's the cheapest place?
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change of plan! I've decided to just make one instead. That way I can have the size of casing I want and exactly the kind of switch too. Cheers for the suggestions though chaps.
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Where can I get a decent quality, relatively compact tap-tempo switch to use in the 'control out' on my Boss DD-20? It'll take quite a regular kicking so it needs to be sturdy! Ed
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Lakland Duck Dunn Skyline or Japanese Fender Precision?
thumbo replied to Linus27's topic in Bass Guitars
Just spotted this in the for sale section. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=40897&hl=lakland+duck+dunn"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...kland+duck+dunn[/url] -
[quote name='joegarcia' post='413850' date='Feb 19 2009, 02:17 AM']Bit of an update: [attachment=20528:DSCF0101.JPG] Needs a bit of a tidy up but don't see myself wanting much more at the moment. Wouldn't mind replacing the Octoplus with an Octabass at some point though.[/quote] This looks like some kind of puzzle. Are you having trouble figuring out where those last 2 pieces should fit? I bet that board is loadsa fun!
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Haven't done this in a while, thought I'd add an update. It's pretty obvious what's on it so I won't bore you with the details.
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[quote name='xgsjx' post='410005' date='Feb 15 2009, 12:19 PM']Moogerfooger mf101 with an expression pedal (or two) is very controllable. Some 101's buzz a bit but you can fix this by shielding the insides of the wood panels with copper sheet. I'll get some samples up using the ep in my review later.[/quote] I'll look forward to having a listen
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Thanks for the offers chaps but I'm just trying to get an idea for what's out there and what people recommend at the moment.
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I'm starting to think my pedal board would benefit from a limiter at the end of the line as I'm getting a little paranoid about what the overly harsh peaks from my envelope filter might be doing to my poor amp. Can anyone recommend a good limiter pedal? The other option is getting rid of my EBS IQ envelope and getting an envelope filter that has a little more control. I use envelope effects for big ambient effects in songs, never for short funky stabs. So something with a little more control might be a better option. I use my envelope filter a lot so I'm willing to shell out some bucks on something decent if that's a better option. Thoughts? I'm not very familiar with what's out there in the world of envelope filters at the moment. Cheers Ed
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[quote name='Basszilla' post='405518' date='Feb 10 2009, 05:06 PM']Total tonal devastation.[/quote] I like that expression Tim! I get total tonal devastation when I run my 70's P-bass with the gain cranked past 3 o'clock. It sounds huge, or TTD to quote Tim.
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I used a TA503 for a couple of years. It was great amp, loads of control over your sound with that EQ. When I bought my first Markbass amp, an LMK, I was tempted with the TA503 but was put off by the price tag, coupled with a lot of people saying the sound difference was not that noticeable. To be honest, I wish I'd gone with the TA503 to begin with because I really could hear the difference. That valve pre-amp gives a warmer, more organic tone and the semi-parametric EQ is simply awesome. I found the semi-parametric EQ to be very useful at gigs for correcting nasty low-mids. I generally found that I'd dial in a punchy hi-mid sound, a little percussiveness from the high control, some fat rounded tones from the low control and like I said, use the low mid for correctional EQ. But this is of course just one way of using that kind of EQ, there are so many possibilities. Like a couple of other guys have mentioned, I'd recommend trying out these amps first, and try to get some volume out of them too. Depending on how loud you play, you'll notice that the TA503 doesn't kick in with this kind of natural compression when the volume is up to around 11 o'clock.
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Apparently the new Orange gear will be available around mid-June. That'll include the Bass Terror.
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[quote name='thumbo' post='405115' date='Feb 10 2009, 10:16 AM']I could only find this pic of my rig, it's a bit similar to Daves' rig.. and Basszilla might have a similar pic to share too This pic is from a live stoner-rock recording that I played bass for last summer. It was far from the most ideal cab setup but it worked surprisingly well. The Tiny Terror and Marshall cab was being used by a synth player, my AD200B and Berg NV610 is nestled in the middle and the Orange 4x12 on the end had a Thunderverb 200 linked up to it in the other room. The Tiny Terror, NV610 and AD200B are my toys, the rest of it was borrowed from various people that kindly lent us stuff for our Orangey mission... [/quote] edit: forgot to mention, if you stick a nice vintage mic infront of an NV610 with an AD200B you're quite likely too poop yourself from the stunning tone, I've spoken to Basszilla about this before, he had a similar experience. You can also use the slave out on the AD200B as DI out live, I did this for the first time the other day at a gig and had a lot of compliments on my tone - so it must have sounded alright!
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I could only find this pic of my rig, it's a bit similar to Daves' rig.. and Basszilla might have a similar pic to share too This pic is from a live stoner-rock recording that I played bass for last summer. It was far from the most ideal cab setup but it worked surprisingly well. The Tiny Terror and Marshall cab was being used by a synth player, my AD200B and Berg NV610 is nestled in the middle and the Orange 4x12 on the end had a Thunderverb 200 linked up to it in the other room. The Tiny Terror, NV610 and AD200B are my toys, the rest of it was borrowed from various people that kindly lent us stuff for our Orangey mission...
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I don't think these will be out for a couple of months yet. I can probably get hold of a rough release date though, I'll post it here if I do.
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Get well soon!
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[quote name='lozbass' post='396681' date='Feb 1 2009, 11:22 AM']I love the top and the simple, uncluttered look of the bass as a whole.[/quote] I think you've hit the nail on the head there. Mr Shuker has this amazing knack of keeping bass designs so sleek and stylish without making them look like exquisite coffee tables. This is something like the 4th time I've been back to look at this bass in the last day. GAS is a terrible thing.
