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bassist_lewis

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    Fuzz into a Filter

    in Effects

    Posted

    7 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

    Yup. You found a combo that works.

     

    Life is good when it all comes together. Change one thing and it goes to hell in a handbasket.

    Dammit! The B:Assmaster is annoyingly huge.

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    Fuzz into a Filter

    in Effects

    Posted

    I like putting a fuzz into an envelope filter. It sounds synthy and cool. but I've noticed that not all fuzzes behave in the same way, even with the same filter. My B:Assmaster is the best, triggering the filter in just the right way to get that distinct vowel sound. But any other of my fuzzes and it just doesn't quite work. Even my Diabolik, which is just a paired down version of the B:Assmaster, doesn't hit the filter in the same way. If I turn up the volume on my Jupiter it kind of works, but then its impossibly loud. Anyone able to give some insight?

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    If you could only choose one filter pedal

    in Effects

    Posted

    I've owned and still own quite a few filters, but the my One True Filter Love is the Moog MF-101. It's quite limited compared to say the 3Leaf Chromatron, it's huge, it needs a centre positive power supply, it only goes up, it only has 2 attack settings, no decay control, its low pass only and its got a very coloured (though not bad sounding) buffer. But it just sounds incredible.

    Out of interest, is there a filter out that sounds like the Moog but in a pedalboard friendly box?

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    NPB: Poison Noises The Crook

    in Effects

    Posted

    12 hours ago, Bassmidget209 said:

    Glad to hear it sounds good, there's very little online for this pedal with a bass. Also good to hear they, albeit begrudgingly, ship internationally. 

    Your spot on with the OCD comparison, it's a modified version of that from what I have read

    Yeah, they don't offer it on their website, I pestered them specially 😂 I'm really enjoying it, though still to try it on a gig. I would say that the switch on the OCD does a lot more than the switch on The Crook. On this it adds a bit of top end but it's not very noticeable.

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    NPB: Poison Noises The Crook

    in Effects

    Posted · Edited by bassist_lewis

    Just received this in the post this morning. I saw it on the JHS Show about a month ago and asked about international shipping, which they said they couldn't do. However, a couple of weeks ago they emailed and gave me a quote and barely £100 later (that's including postage) here it is.

    It sounds great, does a really nice low gain drive but also gets really aggressive and almost fuzz-like at the top of the gain knob. To me it sounds a bit like an OCD but with the gain range of a JPTR FX Tesla Wolf. You can also dial in more low end (Lay Low) but so far I haven't felt the need.

     

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    Does anyone have just ONE bass?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    12 hours ago, Chrisan2 said:

     Theres normally other bands at our gigs and we often say to each other if you break a string, just grab mine. When that did happen one night to another bands bassist, it was quite fun to see how my bass sounded!

    I've always been a bit miffed by bass players who take a second instrument to gigs. I've done hundreds of gigs over the years and never once needed a back-up.

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    Does anyone have just ONE bass?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I currently own three, with a fourth on the way. From 2015 to 2018 I only had one, my Callowhill MPB 5 string, which is still my main bass as it does pretty much everything. I got the JMJ Mustang and the Nordstrand Acinonyx because I liked the sound. Both are very different to the Callowhill, more unique and less versatile.

    The Callowhill is still my workhorse, and I used the JMJ for one band in particular for a few years but that's now folded. I just like having the option of different sounds for recordings or gigs.

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    Secondhand 3Leaf Audio Pedals

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    2 hours ago, Bunion said:

    Probably more of a case of cash flow but I agree there’s little risk to the buyer with PayPal 

    3leaf have never had a problem selling stock 

    Yeah, I agree with you there. But has something changed in the last few years to make cash flow an issue? Surely in the Before Times iron Ether/3Leaf would build a stock of pedals and sell them, rather than insist on pre-sale?

    Secondhand 3Leaf Audio Pedals

    in Effects

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, Kev said:

    Yeah it's gone now.

     

    Much as these guys need support, given how many pedal builders are just disappearing right now, paying up front for a pedal with a 4 month lead is a hell of a risk to take.  Yet people are clearly taking it...

    From the builder's perspective, they're taking a big risk to buy parts and spend time building without any certainty that they're going to sell. My understanding is that independent builders are working on pretty low profit margins, despite the price per unit, and from what I've heard/read that's the case across the board.

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    Secondhand 3Leaf Audio Pedals

    in Effects

    Posted

    8 hours ago, admiralchew said:

    Not exactly on topic but, if high-quality boutique north-western US pedals are your thing, Iron Ether is taking pre-orders for the Xerograph Deluxe. Apologies to the mods if this is not the appropriate place and contravenes a rule.

    I'm guessing they've all been sold already coz I can't find an option to buy one 😔

    Is any of it worth it?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    If the thing you like the most is the cheap Squier then play it. My favourite/main bass is a handmade Callowhill 5-string. It cost me about £1300 (it was a much more favourable GBP-USD exchange rate back then), but I also have a Fender JMJ Mustang and a Nordstrand Acinonyx (both mass produced and <£1k) and I love playing those as well. I also have a Serek on order, which has every chance of not being what I want. But if I couldn't take that financial risk I wouldn't.

     

    I agree its impossible to know without playing an instrument if you're going to like it, but I heard a podcast recently on buying custom instruments and Ian Allison said when he buys a boutique/custom bass, he wants to adapt to the instrument, for it to dictate how it wants to be played, rather than for him to decide what he wants and have the instrument fulfill that expectation. If you've found the one bass that does the thing you want, then just play that bass.

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    Using different scaled basses...

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I used to play long scales from when I started to my mid 20s, then I switched to short scales about 7 years ago. I find when I go back to long scales (usually at jam sessions) I have to think a lot harder about where I'm going. My solution? Only use short scales and don't go to jam sessions!

    How do you decide what NOT to put on your board?

    in Effects

    Posted

    We all talk a lot about what pedals we want and what goes on our boards. But when you're planning and building a board, how do you decide what you don't use?

    Personally, if space is an issue (in the context of a wedding gig), I'll drop the modulation pedals first (phaser, chorus) as I feel removing them has the least noticeable impact on the sound, then it would be fuzz as in that context I don't ever use it.

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