mcnach

Well... I like tractors.

Oh! Tell me more!!! I would REALLY like it if I could have say another 2-3 foot switches in a compactish box that would allow me to select an extra 2-3 overdrives... It would actually even save me space on my board. For me it's not so much having access to MANY overdrives, but to have EASY access to 2-3 of them. Three ideally, that I can just switch between with the footswitch and tweak if required on the spot with the pedal's knobs. Is this gecko thingy the key to what I am asking? 😁

I almost put it up for sale... I'm impatient. But I really must play with the neuro app on this one and try the different drive engines available... then choose my fave three and ignore the rest. Even the knobs can be re-assigned to other parameters! I just realised that one of the available presets is called "Rage Bass". Guess what band I'm using all these overdrives with???

Having been playing with the SA Aftershock a bit tonight... what a great pedal that is! I must really explore it properly. I'm getting the feeling that those sounds I'm looking for in other random pedals... they're in there already.

Then the EB Cobalt Flats would be my choice, for sound (and smooth as they can be, since they're flats).

I got the soft case. The hard case is attractive but it added quite a lot and I want to keep it light, so I figured I'd try this first and explore hard cases in the future as I don't really need anything as solid as a full flightcase.

Done it a couple of times myself

I had one for a while, the neck-through model. It was very well made, and sounded great. It also looked a bit different, which was nice. However, I let it go after only a few months. Why? That thing weighed like the Moon, and the neck dive on it was really annoying. I would recommend trying before buying or staying away.

+1!!!

I tried the G3 using a 100mA output from my power supply: it does not work. The 250mA is sufficient, but the 100mA is useless. I then tried it with a separate supply capable of 700mA. I am not sure I hear a difference between that and the 250mA. I *think* it may be slightly louder... but it was hard to tell at 'home' volumes. Which means that 250-300mA is probably what the pedal requires for normal operation. The funny instructions that came with it suggested 350mA, and as usual you can go lower... but not much. If you plan to get one, bear in mind you'll need to have an appropriate supply for it. I have not tried it using AC or anything other than 9V (it's supposed to be happy up to 12V)

Well, a Cinque 5.2 is on its way now. Thank you for the nudge! I almost went for the 5.3 which is a bit bigger than my current one... but then I realised that the 5.2 is only a bit shorter than my current one, but a bit deeper, and with the power supply underneath, it has plenty of space, and the thing is just over 3 Kg. Result! I was very tempted by the patchbay too, but I'll wait until I get the board and see how I will best organise it, as I might not find it much of an improvement and I have better things to spend £50 on... but it's a very cool possibility. Thank you!

During periods that I am really busy playing I hardly ever buy anything... but then I hit a quiet time, and here come the new basses, FX pedals, and time spent looking at things I could buy to streamline this or that. I think it's a mechanism to compensate. Then when I buy things, and I'm stil in the quiet phase, I get a bit restless because I am not really using all that stuff and it seems like such a waste and I feel a bit silly for spending so much time (and money) on it all. It goes in cycles for me.

They're a lot more flexible, you'll see. Let us know what you think!

Hmm... I'm liking what I see, thank you! And that little optional patchbay thing could be quite handy too...

I'm using a couple of tiny ones mostly (a Pedal Train nano and a similar one slightly larger by Donner), which do the job well for a couple of pedals plus the wireless receiver. However, for one band I use a larger setup, and that has now become two bands and I find myself a lot busier taking the larger board with me everywhere... It's a Diago case, which is very solid and works very well... but that thing is heavy!!! With a bunch of pedals inside, some of them pretty heavy themselves, it's getting a little annoying at times when you're carrying things in both hands and need to open doors, climb stairs... As I'm about to reorganise my board, I thought I'd look into lighter suitable alternatives. One thing that is not good about the Diago case is that the power supply is on the surface with the pedals, taking precious space (Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2+) so I'd like something with space underneath to fit the power pack there and also have all the cabling routed from the bottom if possible. What's out there? Hopefully something that's not going to cost me £200!

I have a Mesa D800+, I love it, but the black knobs on black background is not great for visibility, and as there are 10 of them all in a row I would really like to improve visibility. Ideally I'd like some white/cream chicken-head style knobs, but I don't think they make them small enough: the knobs are too close together and the 'beaks' will interfere. I have looked online but I haven't found the right stuff. I found a nice alternative using this kind: But I'd much prefer a chicken head style, if available in the right size. Has anybody come across any suitable ones? The shaft is solid 6.3mm (made for a set screw fixing) and the 'beaks' should not protrude much more than 20-21mm. Any ideas?

Ernie Ball Cobalt flats are very smooth (of course, they're flats!) but they're a lot brighter than any other flats I've used. If you're looking for the smooth feel with no string finger noise, but without the classic duller sound of flats... try the Cobalt Flats. Alternatively... Labella White Nylon Tapewounds are very smooth, but they have the tape feel (plastic) which not everyone likes. They're very low tension, and have a very good sound, bright if you want it to be, with strong low mids and very nice tight bottom end that doesn't get boomy easily. These are my favourite 'smooth' strings now. They cover everything you'd normally play with rounds down to 'old school' tones if you roll off the treble. You won't get the very bright Marcus Miller and Wooten type of sound, but anything else... they're very good.

oh yes!

And the input gain knob is at the same position you had it before?

I decided the black knobs on black background were not easy to see... so I put a set of yellow chicken-head style ones. Not to everybody's taste, I am sure, but they do the job beautifully. Here's what it looks like, and also next to other pedals to give a better idea of its sise: it's larger than the usual suspects, but not by much:

That Little Bear G3... Black with black knobs just doesn't work for me. It looks good but not very good in terms of visibility. So I put a new set of knobs on it... A little too 'markbassy' but very easy to see, which is the point. Here's a couple of pictures, including one next to other pedals to give a better idea of its size:

stacking overdrives... I've been having fun stacking 3 pedals together in combinations or all three... I really don't need that array of sounds in my bands but... I wish I did to justify buying a little programmable looper like the Mooer L6... Add overdrives, then induce feedback by placing the bass against the speaker and turning up the mids on the onboard preamp... controllable feedback bliss

That's the gauge I use, on two basses so fat (a Jazz and a Precision). Fortunately I did not need to widen the nut slots but on some basses you might have to. They feel reaaaaally soft. I like a mid-low action (I haven't measured it but that's my impression from playing other people's basses), and I do have to weak the truss rod a bit to avoid excessive fret buzz (when switching from DR Fat Beams 45-100), as they're really low tension. The extra flexibility feels a bit strange at first but I love it. The only thing is it encourages me to bend strings like crazy :D

I've only just got a little Focusrite USB interface precisely so that I can record stuff... I can't promise when... but I'll get something done as soon as I get my recording up and running. I'm interested myself because one thing is to try it with different voltages etc, but it involves gaps and remembering... if I record the clips then I can compare them more easily switching back and forth... so it'll happen