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anyone heard anything about their availability yet ?

ok, so i've left it a few days since i got the pedal to give it a proper run-through and also to use it at a band practise. firstly - a quick description. standard ehx nano-sized box with two controls: effect level and response. the effect level controls the level of the effected signal in the output and the response controls the severity of the effect. ok - so..what does it sound like ? difficult to describe to be honest ! the simple answer is that it adds a variable degree of 'clank' (when playing with a pick) or ''bite' (fingerstyle) to the sound, the amount of which is controlled by the response control. at very high levels of response the sound is almost unmanageably trebly. when i first started using it at 'bedroom' volumes and through headphones i was a bit disappointed...it sounded too extreme, and at low levels of response you could hear the sound of the gate opening and closing. it sounded good, but a wee bit too processed. one thing it was good for was to add some presence when playing along with songs. but here's where it shines...playing with a full band. i took it along to practise today and used it with very mild settings (effect level at 9 o'clock, response at 10)...and it sounded great ! it just adds a bit of punch and bite to the sound without being over the top. placed before my modded rat it really added a lot of crunch to the overdrive. both guitarists mentioned that they could hear a difference, but couldn't say exactly what it was. they liked it though !! so - i hope this makes sense...it's hard to describe exactly what it does, but it's gonna be in my pedalboard from now on !!

100-40 elites on all of my 4-stringers

[quote name='The Funk' post='161986' date='Mar 22 2008, 10:03 PM']You can't just change the title of the thread on us. Makes all our comments look daft now. [/quote] /waves goodbye to prog/

[quote name='dlloyd' post='161983' date='Mar 22 2008, 09:48 PM']Fashion.[/quote] no, i thought it was more... "oooooh...fashion"

[quote name='dlloyd' post='161980' date='Mar 22 2008, 09:35 PM']Prog's never gone. It got a bit embarrassed of the guitar solo and relabelled itself as post-rock/math-rock, but that'll pass...[/quote] hmmm...

[quote name='Beedster' post='161979' date='Mar 22 2008, 09:31 PM']Can't help thinking that there was a good reaons for putting the Stingray humbucker closer to the bridge?[/quote] people seem to like the 2 p-up model musicmans tho'

[quote name='Faithless' post='161815' date='Mar 22 2008, 03:28 PM']Aren't we interested in what John Myung is doing...[/quote] washing his hair i'd imagine.

[quote name='David Nimrod' post='161904' date='Mar 22 2008, 06:44 PM']Just forward your post to the manager/owner of the shop. I doubt whether the 'assistant' that served you(!) will be there much longer.[/quote] plus the one.

dongs don't worry be at all...to me it's a bit like worrying about getting your new spade dirty

you could try this ebay sale [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Bass-Owners-Kit_W0QQitemZ290215747072QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]ebay linky[/url]

[quote name='Astronomer' post='160112' date='Mar 19 2008, 09:51 AM']I play fretted 4 and 5-strings, and there's always just that little bit of background ringing.[/quote] do you live near a church perhaps ?

[quote name='FJ1200' post='159349' date='Mar 18 2008, 07:26 AM']I always read users reviews before buying these sort of things, as manufacturers website reviews are a bit of a waste of time ...[/quote] ahhh...remember the days [i]before[/i] the interweb ?

maybe they're vintage ?

[quote name='R,5,R,5...' post='159779' date='Mar 18 2008, 05:40 PM']Brilliant fun. I love the guy with the massive balalaika having a blast.[/quote] blokes with big balalaika's normally do !!

mine's on its way. i'll take one for the team [i]covering FIIIIIRE[/i]

plus the one. i wonder if they do 'georgia on my mind' ?

[quote name='neepheid' post='159728' date='Mar 18 2008, 04:22 PM']I hate higglty-pigglty string through holes.[/quote] i hate the who bl00dy thing !

you really don't like the line 6 synths do you ? and i agree...they're terrible...if only magazine review were as straight talking !!! "i mean...what could you do with that ?" great stuff !

[quote name='ednaplate' post='159281' date='Mar 17 2008, 10:39 PM']+1 on the Julian Cope autobiography.[/quote] plus the one (two ?) although half of it is fiction i'm sure...he he did all that he did i doubt he'd remember it all !!

[quote name='Low End' post='158226' date='Mar 15 2008, 10:06 PM']Wood and metal it is, but it surely merits its place in rock n' roll / bass history, he may not have inspired us all but he inspired enough of us, and this bass is mentioned enough in all articles everywhere to warrant its own credit. How many other famous bassplayers and the basses that they use are so intertwined[/quote] my take is this...the bass is only of interest cos jaco played it, and tbh i'd have the same attitude to one of peter hook's or simon gallup's guitars, who i have a lot more respect for. i wouldn't pay over the odds for a shergold cos hooky played it for instance. that's just crazy to my mind. but if anyone's selling a shergold 6-string... it's just my take on the sitch ymmv, as per.