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2024 Pedals cull - part 2 JohnK mini XO crossover distortion Right - it's a pedal made by John Kallas (Johnk_10 on talkbass) Its a distortion/drive pedal that lets you keep your bottom end clean... or boost your bottom end more or whatever... but I don't really like anything more than a mild drive on bass so it's a wee bit wasted on me. For someone else, playing heavier music than me it's killer. £105 posted to your door (UK) So 5 made and not something you will see every day... I think there's two in Europe that have been on basschat before... Info... https://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/mini-XO.html The larger one including a sound clip https://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/XO-Crossover-Bass-Distortion.html some topics on talk bass about it https://www.talkbass.com/threads/johnk-has-a-crossover-distortion-coming-out.1383604/ https://www.talkbass.com/threads/johnks-new-crossover-line.1386253/ Controls are Gain and volume of the drive then low volume, crossover point, high volume. 1590a with top mount jacks. What does it soundlike? Well its based on a Greedtone Overdrive https://youtu.be/S-SbUnERhg8?si=nUVRkgIibTEZaWn1 which sounds like this... but obviously with a crossover section so it sounds different... It's loud. And the drive can get quite aggressive into distortion type sounds- it is transparent sounding in that there's not any major eq curve in it (unless you put one there with the crossover) It's lovely into a bass cab, cab sim or LPF - anything full range it's a bit fizzy (in the same way a dark glass b3k is) for my ears - and as I play a full range cab or into the PA... it's getting played. The price (or trade) I'm asking £105 including postage Trades (with cash either way)... Zoom MS70cdr, Zoia, HX stomp, Neunaber immerse mk2 or Expanse, valeton OC10, Hellborg preamp*...? *other hens teeth don't sound as good!

if I had to sell all my pedals - my one of these would be the last to go. I would be out of tune but I would sound great!

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2024 Pedals cull - part 1 Schalltechnik_04 VONG Filterung It's a HPF! It's a LPF! It's a boost! Its a DI! Basically the classy European answer to a Broughton HPF/LPF with added functions and a better* HPF *i.e. steeper £75 posted to your door (UK) Their spiel .... The VONG-Filterung features: adjustable HighPass-Filter (30-140Hz) 4th Order-Filter -> -24dB/Oct. -12dB/Oct. fixed at 30Hz -12dB/Oct. adjustable adjustable LowPass-Filter (.250-22kHz) 2nd Order-Filter -12dB/Okt. adjustable DI-Out with Ground-Lift-Switch adjustable Boost (up to +16dB) for the 1/4″-Output (can be set 0 to +16dB, or unity to +16dB, I've done the former) Polarity-Switch (180°-Phase) for the 1/4″-Output The Footswitch allows three different configurations: LowPass-Filter: ON/OFF (how I've set it) Volume-Pot (Boost): ON/OFF Volume-Pot (Boost) and LowPass-Filter: ON/OFF The first two options are quite intuitive – though it’s good to mention that there’s no audible difference between LPF=ON@22kHz and LPF=OFF therefore it is not needed to turn the LPF off if it is not wanted; just turn the knob to 22kHz and forget about it. The third option is quite nice to avoid the a drop in volume if the LPF is set to very low frequencies. That way it is possible to get reggae-like sounds without any volume drops. 10M ohm input - can be used with piezo pickups 125b size 32mA current draw I got it as I used to use a HX stomp and used a high pass filter and low pass filter block on that as a pseudo cab that sounded nicer than a IR... so I recreated it in analogue form... I know @Owen uses his with the Piezo pickups on his double bass... Mine is set up with footswitch option 1 - so in practice I stick the pedal at the end of the chain as an always on HPF and master volume control - I then hit the FS if I'm going to be using lots of gainy drive/fuzz pedals so it sounds nice, like bass fuzz into a bass cab... rather than bass fuzz straight into HF horns and your in ears... you know it makes sense! So a useful wee box... but not getting used by me. Built as a kit by yours truly - I'm not a professional pedal builder but I know what I'm doing well enough that it's well built - semi polished aluminium enclosure with a Vong v60 filter graphic done as a brushed aluminium sticker for those who like a combination of coffee and bass pedals. (It's laminated finish so hardwaring and I probably have spare stickers I can send too) I'm a designer by trade so personally prefer my coffee joke to the official design you sometimes see... The kit costs around £50 posted if you include knobs (but it's in lots of bits, and without graphics ) Built up I've seen these for sale on Basschat for over £100, which seems a bit steep to me -so am thinking £75 including postage to a UK address? Cheaper if you collect. I can set up the boost and foot switch options to your liking before I post too. Trades - not really needing anything, you can try me, a Zoom MS70cdr would be fun...