LukeFRC

There’s a great video on YouTube digging into the tremolo - sounded lush

15 hours ago, disssa said:

I'm currently testing this board:

It’s a shame the ends aren’t red to match the rings around the footswitches!

22 hours ago, ped said:

I've spent the last few days getting into the weeds with IR models.

 

I have always taken the DI from my combo but I bought a NUX Pulse pedal out of curiosity, partly so I could use my pedalboard as a headphone rig.

 

I think 99% of the IRs I tried sounded nasal, thin and generally terrible, the best being Shift Line's Sunn model and the Behringer V-Amp model of an SWR or some sort. Even those had nothing on the Roland 'Super Clean' I usually use.

 

It turns out that the DI on my amp (Blackstar U500) has an emulated output setting, which I have always been using without knowing. It gives cab sim and post EQ/voicing sound. Through my headphones the sim sounds spot on, far better than any IRs I tried on the NUX.

 

So I will return the pedal and keep everything as it was.

 

I don't suppose the quality of the IR PEDAL matter when it comes to using IRs? Like would those same IRs sound better with a different 'loader'? Surely not - but you might get more control, better quality 'effects' such as 'space' or 'reverb' - better menu, less noise etc? I must say in every respect the NUX worked really well, very quiet, USB-C, Tiny, easily powered. The headphone output ran out of steam beyond moderate levels but still, for £50 pretty good.

 

Cheers

ped

The hx stomp is fun as you can try the inbuilt cab sims, or load IRs… in my case I prefered neither, just HPF and LPF to give a signal in the range of a bass cab

46 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

 

We can end the thread here

1 hour ago, Quatschmacher said:

Finally, after 30 years of bass playing, a Japanese OC-2. Only the 2nd OC-2 I’ve ever played (the Taiwanese one next to it is one I just borrowed a few weeks ago).

How do you like it compared to the octabvre and Mxr vbo?

23 minutes ago, BlueMoon said:

Yes……I’ve done it both ways a few times. Based on my personal experience the vehicle was inspected (all doors open) and questioned about some of the contents. This happened each time and for both exit and entry countries (UK, France). I am not sure which jurisdiction the inspector represented each time (no badges/uniforms). I got the impression that the main focus was on perishables (cheese, butter etc) and once a vehicle swab test (steering wheel/door handles). 

Case-by-case seems to be the situation.

 

If you have children they have a convo with them to make sure you're not people smuggling

On 25/09/2024 at 18:01, Renno92 said:

these pedals work and sound great but my main issue is the majority of pedals. They sound terrible, I cannot get a useable drive, OD or fuzz. No matter which brand they all sound muffled and weak. 

Muffled sounds like not enough top end, and weak sounds like not enough output volume? 
What kind of sound are you after and does your cab have a tweeter? 

9 hours ago, krispn said:

Yeah I guess I was thinking the bog standard Ampeg style units SVT/B15 type

But if you were thinking of doing that as a product you would look at HX stomp,  Origins analogue bassrigs,  the Ampeg SGT, with the Ampeg brand behind it and Yamaha expertise and production and maybe decide you can't win there?

7 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I've got a lovely and varied selection of low-gain germanium transistors, all pnp.

 

Thinking of making an overdrive/ fuzz with a six-way two pole switch to change the transistor. Plus extra gain stages.

 

Do the panel think the original fuzz-face circuit would be a good starting point?

Not sure - designing yourself or building something?

here’s someone’s list of PedalPCBs projects that use pnp https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/pnp-pcbs.17150/

of them duocast mini looks interesting

It was that last photo wot swung it! 

I'm amazed no one has one!

Just now, peteb said:

 

I don't see the issue with her stage clothes at all - surely she just dresses pretty much the same as any 20 something girl has done on a night out for the last forty years. 

 

I don't at all, but some have in the last 6 pages and I was giving them reassurance rather than them needing to have a trigger warning.

Here we go... bass geekery, lightweight basses, do I need compression?, which envelope filter and if you don't like stage clothes,  jeans and t-shirt ... 

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anyone on here (that isn't Quatschmacher) want to let us know how you've been getting on? 

People are different - some wear stage clothes get signed, go onto fame and fortune.

@Dad3353 tried it, and didn’t look so go and got run out of town accused of whatever the francophone equivalent of “tacky fake call-girl”.

one gets a signature custom shop bass, the other gets nervous looks when he goes to the shops as twenty years on his neighbours remember “those fishnets”

59 minutes ago, stewblack said:

Fascinating little discussion. And well timed too. I absolutely love trying different gear, experiment and novelty drive me. 

I am not searching for the ultimate sound as many bass players do, I just like trying out new and different gear.

So my latest plan is this . Rather than buying endless different amps and storing and humping them about, I am buying a powerful yet small and lightweight head, then I shall try different preamps into the power amp section .

It will smooth out the loading process, give me all the variety I could possibly want, and above all it will be fun.

Do you not have a tonal aim in mind? 
I find if I don't I faff around and chase things other people on the interweb say is good. 
But in my mind my ideal tones are a Warwick Hellborg preamp or a fat warm tube sound... so I go to places that get me close... and then can assess how close I've got with the compromise - otherwise I'ld just find and buy the Hellborg and a Noble or Alembic F2b or something

guardian article about it... https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/21/scotlands-lost-girl-bands-since-yesterday-documentary 

My friend and former band mate just released a film at the Edinburgh film festival about how the music industry treats women and girl bands …

If you look up the source audio Atlas compressor you can run two compressors (in two places in your signal chain) in the same pedal... 

20 minutes ago, Sibob said:

I’ve not done any layouts at all since Eagle died a death….sounds like there’s nothing quite like it for us small-time users! 
 

Si

I’m pretty sure kiCad is the answer with the right set of libraries! 
have I found the right set of libraries yet…

On 20/09/2024 at 13:00, bobbass4k said:

These arrived far, far too quickly for £3.29. gonna put one together tonight. 

 

Were you using KiCad? 
I loved how simple it was to learn to use but the symbol/footprint libraries seemed crazily complex to manage and find a set of things that would do what I wanted - for instance I couldn’t find a footprint for jfets that would let me do through hole or smd like you have

28 minutes ago, Salt on your Bass? said:

Not ATM

.... I want to find some time to dive deeper tbh, but just never create it. Have you tried the expression?

Not yet, the expression pedal I’ve got doesn’t work in the h9 - I was keeping the app open and simulating using it- I like the idea of a harmony thing in the pitch factor and pedal change from major to minor scale or something 

23 minutes ago, Salt on your Bass? said:

Yet another 'tweak' to the board. Meris back on, h9 off, but plans to use the h9 on a second smaller board that I'm hoping to build over the next 4 weeks or so.... 

I love the Meris. It's beautiful. 

 

I was digging into the H9 the other day - lots of fun things. Do you use expression pedal with it?

that looks mint!

that looks amazing