stewblack

Affordaboard makes buying effects a relatively inexpensive bit of fun. 

My latest dip included this little gem:

£25. Delivered. Bonkers.

I have it set to give me an always on 'thickening' with just a bit of dirt around the edges. It does get fuzzier if you want it to, and has excellent tone controls. There's no loss of bottom end anyway, but it can be enhanced rather nicely.

Pros: looks neat, sounds great, responsive controls, crazy cheap.

Cons: stupid placement of power socket, absolutely blinding led.

46 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

I recon they would be too short for the off set in and out... from the pics, looks like any strain relief is at its limits...

The do longer ones

4 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

@stewblack...

Mate... zackly what meant... looks the nuts... @ £8.20 Now, Bargain!... I got a spare for my Zoom B1xon

 

My 'lil ironmen chain are IronTune > Nebulus Phaser > Future Chorus > Time Magic Delay > Orange Juice Drive / Pre Amp Sim...

 

...and proper miffed yours arrived first 🤨 fingers crossed my duplicate order arrives the morrown, and i can post a pic too 🙂

So sorry to beat you to the punch - and without you I wouldn't have known about it.

I too am thinking of putting multi effects in one.

By the way Amazon has a deal on tiny patch cables if you're looking.

They're 16 quid for 6 but with a £6 off voucher!

Donner 3 Inch Guitar Patch Cable Guitar Effect Pedal Cables Black 6 Pack https://amzn.eu/d/i3fJsEy

1 hour ago, SamIAm said:

I cannot see it on the web page, could someone share the internal dimensions (as if the foam was taken out) please?

 

Sam x

14 3/4 inches x 6 inches

Might go with this tomorrow. 

By the way I lifted just the front edges of the foam and slid the velcro under them. No need to glue it down.

My first go...

I have ordered two more, at 8 quid each I would be a chump not to.

Thanks guys, I'm actually going with @kodiakblair 's idea and moving the neck farther away. The neck has to be put on again anyway because it's not straight. 

This is turning into a bit of a lesson. 

13 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

I might be far from the optimal solution from a strictly aesthetical point of view, but if possible it would certainly fix it from a functional/practical point of view: Wouldn't it be possible to remove the current bridge and install an entirely different more regular one, or even mono rail bridge piece, and that way fix the problem? 

 

If I could find a bridge that suited the bass and covered all the holes drilled out to sink the existing bridge into the body, then yes, absolutely.

OK folks, getting the ruler out to measure string height, I used it to check what my unreliable eyesight was telling me. The bridge has been bodged on and it isn't square. Not much but the couple of mm I need.

Nothing short of major surgery can fix this one I'm afraid.

6 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

How close are the pickups to the strings?

about 5mm

Nope, new strings didn't work

54 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Have you tried different strings stew, I had this once and it was ok with another set 

Cool. I'll try that next - thank you

So I bought a bass that won't intonate. Only on one string but it's maxed out and needs to go further. Had this on another bass and I just moved the bridge back a bit; problem solved.

This bridge is fixed into drilled holes. It ain't moving.

Is there owt I can do?

Love that black fascia. Wish mine had that finish. GLWTS

Best looking stingray I've ever seen. 

Sorry to hear about your health problems and good luck with the sale.

5 minutes ago, bassalbert said:

Another Jacson Browne's song: THE FUSE. This transcription is a little long but plenty of interesting things in there. you can see as Lee plays 5ths altogether and he kind of gets the sound of a 5 string bass. there is a phrase that sounds as he was playing a fretless thanks to the slides he uses. and plenty of fills worth studying.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/PVrIr8k6Qbk
SCORE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kg-PKNc8l-hTgv4a2EPNWUdEJibg0UWg/view?usp=drive_link

I wonder if it wouldn't be more polite to start your own thread? Rather than using Tom's for your transcriptions?

Jason is a smashing bloke. Hospitable, friendly, honest, and an all round pleasure to deal with.

I am more than happy to commend him to the Basschat Massive.

Deal with absolute confidence.

Stew

1 hour ago, shug said:

Well, y'know, it could be yours.

 

I'm playing through it right now. It sounds as good as it looks. Better, maybe...

Ah I bet it does. However - I think two big old valve amps is plenty for me.

Oooh.

*swoon*

3 hours ago, SumOne said:

The thing that always let's multi-fx down for me is when you need that decent envelope filter, or synth, or whatever else the unit doesn't do well you need the individual pedal - which then needs a power supply, and a pedalboard, and before long individual pedals start to take over again!

I must say this is where the Zoom products always win over their more illustrious competitors. To my ears anyway.

It's just come at the wrong time. I'm committed to other purchases.

However if I manage some sales, things may change.

Forgot to mention this one. Clearly based on the Boss LS2 it is bigger but way better designed without the three jack sockets all crammed into a small space.

12 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

Knobs are clever as they can use different colour enclosures and only one knob colour- chrome is so out there it will go with any colour  - reducing part count 

Yep. Not knocking them for their utility, just not to my taste.

Joyo has some new pedals on the way. Of interest to us are the Legal Done noise gate, Narcissus chorus and specifically these two:

The R series looks extremely cool (except those shiny knobs, I must confess they cheapen the aesthetic to my eyes). But most importantly they sound pretty darned good too. I have a few of their pedals in this series and in the Ironman range and they are very, very good.

I've been excited by this too. The guitar version sounds great on all the demos I've heard