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    Playing in Church.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Nice Guy Rich said:

    @LukeFRC  The most amount of musicians we would ever have on stage at one time is 4; guitar, bass, keys and drums.  We normally only have 3.

     

    I do not know why this decision was made and to be honest, I'm scared to ask.

    I think I responded to some of your posts last year with my opinion that "you're doing too much".  I imagine not having bass every week could be a pastoral way to help you? 

    Playing in Church.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On the counter point:

    I've been in situations where the effort going into running a large worship group wasn't worth the effort - and stripping it back would have given people more energy and let people focus on some of the other areas of church life...  sometimes a big loud engaged band can be musically great - but one acoustic guitar could help lead the congregation in worship better and encourage greater participation from the church body...
    Good leadership sometimes changes things. 

     

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    On hold - JohnK Mini XO - crossover drive/distortion - *SOLD*

    in Effects For Sale

    Posted · Edited by LukeFRC

    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)

     

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    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!

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    Schalltechnik_04 VONG Filterung - HPF LPF Boost DI pedal - *SOLD*

    in Effects For Sale

    Posted · Edited by LukeFRC
    putting the features in a quote didn't make sense

    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:

    1. LowPass-Filter: ON/OFF (how I've set it)
    2. Volume-Pot (Boost): ON/OFF
    3. 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... 
     

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    Peak Wal?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Wal are not the only bubble....

     

    Yesterday Facebook marketplace showed me a well worn 1980 fender jazz with a broken pickups... fella wanted £2k
    And then a 1978 precision for £2.8k 

    this is the era of Fender that's seen as the worst in it's production life! it's mad. 

     

     

    It's like a form of long covid where bass players will pay silly money for old fenders, Wals, 3leaf pedals... 

    while at the same time from what I understand there's a glut of new gear in the market as they over produced during the covid period. 

     

     

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    Playing in Church.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    13 minutes ago, bass_dinger said:

    I was a big fan of dual capo settings (me capo 2 in G, the other guitarist in A. Or indeed, me on Capo 5 or 7, to give the harmonic spread).

    practice a bit and then do this- it sounds like it would be great! Don't over think it! 

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    Post your pedal board - Basschat style!!

    in Effects

    Posted

    On 31/01/2024 at 14:10, bassybill said:

    After a few months of chopping, changing and general indecisiveness, I finally have my pedal collection all sorted and ready to go onto my Classic Junior board with Cioks DC7 power supply. The collection includes Dunlop Mini Bass Wah, MXR Bass Envelope filter (Blackout version), BCC Custard Factory compressor, Quint octaver, Tech 21 MP40 Geddy Sansamp, TC Electronic chorus, phaser and flanger modulation pedals and the SGT-DI.

     

    Here’s a mock-up in Pedalboard Planner. I had to use a lookalike BCC pedal as the app didn’t have the right image for the compressor. Looking forward to putting it altogether at the weekend. 
     

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    here ya go....

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    DIY Effects

    in Effects

    Posted

    Just now, Rich said:

    Whilst I wait for my programmable helicopter to arrive in the post :lol: another vague question has floated into what I laughably refer to as my mind... have any of you folks ever transplanted the guts of an Ashdown stomp box into a smaller more board-friendly enclosure?

    @disssa traced and rebuilt whichever drive it is that is considered really good

    Cult of Zoom MS-50G/MS-60B/MS-70CDR/G1(X)on/B1(X)on

    in Effects

    Posted

    5 hours ago, tauzero said:

     

    It is built, except that my Vong is also sitting unloved (and, indeed, unworking) on a shelf. I also ran into some puzzling issues with the up/down switch which is now sitting waiting for me to remember about it (I suspect I have ADHD but at 66 it's probably a bit late to start pursuing enquiries along those lines). I put a Subsonic filter in (https://guitar-electronics.eu/en_US/c/SUBSONIC-FILTER/84) - after all, I may want to use a 4-effect chain.

    haha - I'ld not seen them - I can tell what it's based on from the typography

    Cult of Zoom MS-50G/MS-60B/MS-70CDR/G1(X)on/B1(X)on

    in Effects

    Posted · Edited by LukeFRC

    On 26/09/2023 at 13:29, tauzero said:

    I've got an MS-50G, two MS-60Bs, and an MS-70CDR. Would have had the MS-100BT (I think it was) if Zoom had had the sense to create an Android app for it, instead of restricting it to iOS. I'm looking at making a mini pedalboard with a Line 6 G50, TC Spectracomp, Vong-Filterung HPF/LPF, MS-60B, and MS-70CDR, plus an up/down patch switch for the MS-60B.

    did you end up building this? Why not use the HPF in the zoom? (I ask as someone looking at a MS70cdr and with a Vong sitting unloved on a shelf! )

    Source Audio C4 Synth Pedal

    in Effects

    Posted

    33 minutes ago, lidl e said:

    I literally need it. 

     

    People are so smart

     

    I'd think it would need to click instead of smooth scroll so it doesnt accidentally get nudged

    detected encoder...  I want to work out how to do this kinda of magic

    Source Audio C4 Synth Pedal

    in Effects

    Posted

    44 minutes ago, lidl e said:

    So i have to have the laptop setup usb to tue cy and my bass plugged in through the board and i can justxtest patches without downloading them to the pedal?

    Or phone via the cable that goes into input two works too.

    agree about the volume levels - set a compressor to limiter mode after it! 

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