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2 minutes ago, bnt said:

 

How do you get on with the JHS Colour Box on bass? I've been considering that or the Crayon for something different from the usual American amps. I have tried an IR of it on the ToneX One, low gain.

I like it.

Some people like tubes, I like the sound of transformers - my fave preamp I shouldn’t have sold is the hellborg one -  that’s based on a neve type transformer and a more modern preamp stage and coil based eq…

The colourbox is input and output transformers, two neve style preamp stages and a simpler eq circuit… 

For me it lets me give a more polished - tiny bit compressed tone to the desk/amp - the eq does any tweaks I want and it just sounds nice - the hx stomp is running amp and cab sims.

The bad things:

i don’t think it excels at drive sound, it’s that straight into console Beatles thing that works with guitar but I don’t like on bass, esp not last in the chain into a Pa - but you can set it so when it does clip it can clip just the peaks of the notes. if you want that sound I think there are cheaper ways to get similar- Hudson broadcast maybe?

the gain, interstage gain and output volume knobs isn’t intuitive to me, and I guess makes sense if you’re going for a driven signal it makes more sense.

It doesn’t love hot signals into the 1/4in input - so if you’ve got a preamp before you have to pay close attention to gain staging. I’ve got line level from the stomp going into the xlr in as it sounded better to me.

talkbass seems to hate the HPF and write the whole oedal off based on that. At the lowest setting you can combine it with a bass boost for the pulltec type trick and that’s nice. Otherwise my phone has a stocks and stocks app I’ve never used. I don’t discount iPhones just because one feature isn’t made for me. 
 

but overall - it’s brilliant and if I had too  only have one pedal, my heart would say the colourbox. 
 

crayon, for me the joy is a preamp strip style sound with transformers in it. 
Does Tonex have any neve 1073 style captures - that might be fun?

othewise that was a lot of blether  from me - go watch Janek Gwizdalas preamp shootout video…

all gone - ta

6 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

Some real quality-of-life improvements coming in the next update that address most (if not all) of the things people are saying give the MXR Bass Synth an advantage.

They need to pay you to do some YouTube content - Sheffield's version of IMA... 

(The filter/chorus/distortion/drive will get added on again)

I took my board to bits at the start of the summer - and partly laziness and partly not really needing much more this is what I’ve used the last few times … 

it just works 

while testing It would be rude not to try all 4 at the same time wouldn’t it? 

54 minutes ago, Joe Nation said:

You made the right choice, although the gold looks pretty cool too.

+1 

5 hours ago, tauzero said:

It does seem about due

In my dreams they add a couple of more bass amps,  SWR/eden type, or trace/ashdown, a couple more preamps with a console style and then a load of the moogerfooger effects. That would make me happy. 

If you have a patch on the HX stomp with both Left and Right loops on, and they are bypassed

And you plug in something to one, but leave the other unplugged. 

And then try and use say the left one, with the right one unplugged.- HX stomp goes a little bit crazy and does all sort of noise, like feedback or DC in the signal or something.

And if you've just built a pedal and are testing it - and get the sound of electrical pain coming out - of course you're going to spend 2 hours tearing your hair out trying to work out what you've done wrong. 

The answer is compete the other loop with something, or delete the other loop block. I guess it must be the ground connection it's after. 

but year - that was a crap evening!

21 minutes ago, Rollin Thunder said:

Anyone heard any news in any updates due on the Helix. Seems like there due an update

What other than Helix Stadium? 

Seems I forgot to add that £180 Ono includes U.K. postage . So it’s cheaper

3 minutes ago, jwood662 said:

Reckon so, I can’t see them having the bandwidth to do everything people might want from scratch so hopefully they have an mxr/boss/ehx deal lined up or in progress. You would have thought that they have software versions of their own pedals already that will be easily portable. Boss definitely do, just a question of whether they want to play ball I guess. 
 

But yeah, dirt pedals are low hanging fruit as they are pretty simple circuits and gives people some different and classic options to the dg ones. Shows they are good on the updates so that’s a win win.

 

looking forward to updating and trying the muff in particular!

 

 

I doubt it would be boss/ehx/Mxr as frankly if they wanted too they could bring their own anagram type unit to market - and they aren’t going to undercut their own products.

I imagine it will be things like is it the Valhalla reverb where a plug-in can find a new audience and compete with something like blackhole

1 hour ago, Chadu25 said:

 

Agree! A proper synth block  or more modulation blocks would be good. Darkglass listens to user feedback and requests. I hope they line it up in the future. For me, I'm hoping they would add a nice moog block and a 1073 preamp.

what do you think the plan is with 3rd party blocks? If I were Darkglass it almost would make sense to focus on the drives and comp (which Darkglass are known for) and let others develop the other stuff? 

Just now, Chadu25 said:

Just saw this! Update yours now! Lots of stock at GuitarGuitar and a couple at BassDirect.

Am I being stupid?

top is sansamp and green muff

bottom right boss od1 from the font…

what’s an arc dreamer? 

1 hour ago, Chadu25 said:

Let me know what you think!

I like your icon/personal brand at the end  

11 minutes ago, Rayman said:

I think it’s cool that. I had a Cimar guitar in the early 80s, it was a really nice player. Made by Ibanez?? Not sure, but that’s what I remember, but it was  long time ago.

 

Nice bass

There’s a link between Cimar and Ibanez I think - but later in the 70s or 80s than this bass 

1974-76 Diplomat Jazz bass - Made in Japan and looks to be similar to the Cimar 1905 model  - but branded Diplomat who I think were a Kiwi brand?

I had one of these years back and it was amazing. A really fun playable bass, that was just enjoyable to play. A mate took it off me and still uses it regularly. I've kept my eyes open for one ever since... spotted this, did it up with new bridge and fixed the wiring with two new pots and got it all set up and... It is a really fun playable bass and enjoyable to play... but unlike years ago I've got 3 other basses that do that jazz bass thing, including my main one, and I can just see this gathering dust... so offering it up for sale or trade, just to get money back

£180 posted  Ono - or trades

The Good

• Its a fun bass to play
• It's pretty light weight
• Solid Ash body 
• Mostly original and it really good condition for the age
• Nice vintage style sound
• The original bridges on these are evil things with sharp screws - it was also missing two parts - I replaced it with a Gotoh 
• Sets up and intonate well 
• Looks cool
• really nice neck to play
• Save money compared to an original 70's fender
• Comes with old sadowsky blue rounds AND a set of flats that came with it. The look, sound and feel like TI jazz flats I've got on my other bass but I'm only 95% sure they are - I'll set it up for you with either.
•  

The Bad

• From the era just before Japanese basses became accurate - so note the square heel and I think it's 33.5inch scale. Pickups are normal size but with the classic curved ends. So if classic Japanese basses aren't your thing and you are looking for a mod platform - it will do that but not be drop-in for fender parts. 
• With where the bridge pickup was tucked close to the bridge to fit under the original cover, and with the Gotoh bridge being a fair bit longer it looks like the bridge and pickup are closer than a 34in fender bass. The bridge probably could go back a bit if you wanted. 

The Ugly

• It could probably do with shielding to get it quieter 

So it's a fairly cheap, fun, old bass. Anyone have any love for it? 

Trades... try me, P basses, Telecaster copies, jazz master, Microkorg or similar simple synth... I also seem to like trying effects pedals... .

2 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

Thanks. I have a feeling it’s the standard one then. A mate has it and i could borrow it, although it’s a bit of hassle getting it. 

host plus version says "host" above button B  

2 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

Do you know if the one that comes with a BT adapter will work? I can get hold of that quickly 

There’s two versions - the original and the plus - both can come with by adapter - the plus version will do midi host. I’ve not actually owned one, @rwillett has…

39 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

No, that’s the thing i didn’t  know i had to have. 

Mvave chocolate plus  will do if you want a cheap alternative 

7 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

Oh well, the above plan has gone out of the window, seeing as my footswitch works with everything on the planet other than the MB60B+.

50/50 if ill keep it now. 

Can your midi controller do usb host?

2 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Highway One Fender basses - Y'know, the Mexico made and painted bodies sent for final build in Corona with Grease Bucket tone circuit and Nitro finish with BadAss II bridges. Rare as hen's teeth, and people obviously tend to keep hold of them.

 

 

 

 

these were good - Ild buy one

It’s a very good price for both. 

7 hours ago, peteb said:

 

I've just talked to my mate / guitar player / BL, who trades guitars quite a lot. He's close but not quite as generous as you lot - he reckons £1,500 to £1,600, which is pretty much what the guy is looking for! 

 

Having a think about it... 

 

thing is they are all inconsistent enough I think I'ld be tempted to play them. If I were looking I remember liking the old AVRI stuff... but not so much whenever it was the '62ri turned into a '63ri - but that's one opinion based on a limited sample size of half a dozen basses. Japanese are good as I think they are more consistent. One of the best Fender P basses I tried was Mexican ... but others have been dogs. 

If I were in the market and had the budget I'ld be driving to try this and see if it justified it, just cos it looks cool. 

that's obviously on a active circuit. 
The Bill Lawrence link looks interesting. He's also a legend and I'm an idiot so don't listen to me. 

The G&L OMG switch is actually series mode - so naturally way louder with more bass and treble - and then using a capacitor to take off the treble - leaving the massive bottom end to bother the PA! 
If I had known now what I know now I would have bought a HPF to take off the subs and kept that L1000