The Burpster

Well what an odd place for me to be in..... Lifelong 'no child zone' to stepfather in 12months.... eek. However, 9 yr old girl was fascinated by my bass noodling, started to become curious and then was asking 'to have a go' (she does already play woodwind)..... Well to be fair a PRS strung with flats probably isnt the best place to start, and she does have small hands for her size, so for her birthday we have just got her a Daisy rock debutante. I've heard others on here rave about these and I have even had a noodle in s shop once (and was pretty impressed), but I wasn't prepared for how good a 'made in China' bass was going to be. TBF it has now had a 'proper' set up, and plays well out of the box, although there is always room for improvement with a sub £200 bass. I have a Schaller 4D bridge on order as the BBOT is a 2 saddle affair which is pretty rubbish but functional, and when I do this I will level the frets and put lighter gauge strings on for her little fingers. I am however impressed by the wood, the finish and the output. It has a fascinating growl for a passive one pick up bass which we all like. If anyone is interested, once I have done the bits I'll put some pics on, however if anyone is umming and erring over 'if this is a good idea' for a youngster for xmas...... definate YES from me.

[quote name='Exile252' post='1354817' date='Aug 28 2011, 11:01 PM']Hey guys, I'm thinking of getting a DHA VT1 Bass Drive, and I was just wondering what tones can you get from this pedal? I'm looking for a warm fuzz, so you can still hear the bass underneath and it doesn't turn into a guitar (a problem I've had with previous bass distortion pedals). Would this pedal be able to provide this sound? Or is there a better option from DHA? (I'd really love to buy one, they look really good, and I've never haeard a bad word about them). Thanks guys![/quote] Not quite the same but I have a VT-1 EQ- drive, which has the same stuff as the drive but lots more too. I bought it to 'dirty up' the tone out of a D class digi amp, which I guess is what you want to do. It does it very well and produces a good variety of drive from just a bit of boost to well over-driven boost. I am impressed with it and it does exactly what I want from it and some other stuff besides.....

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[quote name='razze06' post='1183044' date='Mar 31 2011, 10:08 AM']great piece of work. Not cheap though [/quote] Its cheaper than it was going to be - I originally wanted a LM 250 top put in the box..... That being said it was an exercise - I loved the PJB / LM250 idea the only thing that put me off was the lack of Valvey tone - (so thanks to Mr Hall for putting that right!) [quote name='Wil' post='1183045' date='Mar 31 2011, 10:12 AM']This is fantastic. How does it sound compared to how it was? I remember my Cube 30 being a great sounding little unit with the Roland amp in it, but unsure how much of that was down to the box.[/quote] Errrrrrr it doesnt sound a bit like the Cube, and I do have a reference as my first practice amp was a cube30X - Please don't take offence but this is a proper rig set up - it competes with my geetard's 50w valve amp on equal terms. [quote name='clauster' post='1183596' date='Mar 31 2011, 05:29 PM']Nice bit of work there. As an aside, how's the PJB? It's one of the small heads on my shortlist to drive a couple of BFM J10s[/quote] Well when I first fired it up I thought it was a bit weak as an 'up to 200w' head (me being used to Mesa's), but this was clearly an input issue - boosted by the DHA this is easily gig-able and would compete with a drum-kit or, mic'd would kick ass equally to a bigger rig. I am thoroughly impressed by this little unit and how it performs - The only mildy annoying issue is a lack of line in input to play an MP3 but then with a different preamp/mixer this issue could be sorted. - I would have no hesitation in recommending the PJB kit on the basis of this one. I now live in a much smaller place and semi-detached, so I cannot now wind it up even to 1/2 way -

Hmmmm leaving it standard looking couldnt really be done as the PJB couldnt be slipped in anywhere whilst the Roland amp lump was in it... Just been playing my new pimped fretless through this and I just realised what a clever little monster this is -18v preamp into the DHA and the PJB = Stand back or your it makes your kidneys hurt !

Here's mine. I use it with a DHA VT1 EQ bass drive to create valve tone - Its not a Mesa but then it does break your back every time you move it. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91496&hl=roland"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...6&hl=roland[/url]

Its a private stock so someone spec'd it like that - Dont blame the 'shop for making it, blame the odd person that wanted it like that.... Isn't this the one that was for sale on Thomann not long back...? £5k or something similar. My guess a cancelled order. There's a lot of Private stock that is freakishly odd - but then there's some pretty odd folk out there! It's an incredilble bass but that has been well and truly battered by the fugly stick - but then I don't like purple basses anyway. If you want so see how utterly gorgeous these can be, go to the PRS website, go to Private stock and check out #1607 - Drop dead gorgeous! The person that ordered the OP one here should be taken outside and fed to the poor.......