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I was trying a dirt pedal out in Dolphin Liverpool this afternoon and used a Stingray as it was about the nearest I could get to my bass (hot actives). It was a 4 string, all wood body maple? - I think it was going for between £1600 - £1700. God it was nice to play - and sounded totally awesome too. I didn't like the pedal and ended up playing the bass clean for half an hour. It made me really, really want it. I could see the 0% finance offer but the inevitable reality check fought off the urge. I'm seriously happy with the bass I have - just wish I had tonnes of money so I could buy more. Sweet, sweet bass!

Not sure about the others but I've had a Carbon Copy - loved it, nice warm tone. I only sold it to get an M9 but I prefer the CC and may buy another one sometime.

Well done! Love their first album! Not jealous honest!!!

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='862099' date='Jun 9 2010, 02:07 PM']I made the same move a month or so back and do have to say that the PT2 is infinitely better as it is angled and also really easy to hide cables and power supply etc. The flight case is a nightmare it is well made but just really big and heavy! I kept that but then also bought a new soft case which I seem to use all the time now and it is great.[/quote] That's a great idea - I could use the soft bag for praccy's and the flight case for gigs when there's more gear being shifted. Think I'll look into that!

I've had mine for 2 years now and still love it. Well worth the wait, I played sh*tloads of basses in shops and my mates owned over 20 and I still think it blows most of them out the water, although this is always subjective. The only other bass which I thought I preferred the tone of - was another Shuker! Similar to Largo, I took mine back for a bit of fine-tuning on the neck - sanded and refinished, now it's perfect.

[quote name='gnasher1993' post='858472' date='Jun 5 2010, 09:22 PM']Here's mine as of today, sorry for the terrible photo I'll be upgrading to a PT-2 when I can find one for sale at a reasonable price. I'll also make some decent cables once I've decided on a set-up.[/quote] I've upgraded from a Diago to a PT-2 recently - it's a good move, lots of space on there and it's easy to keep things neat and tidy. Only issue I have is the flight case weighs a tonne - but I can live with that!

WOw - haven't listened to Beefheart for years - I'll have to dig out Trout Mask Replica and give it a spin! Thanks for that!

[quote name='Matty' post='854866' date='Jun 2 2010, 02:08 PM']Set this up and used last night for a rehearsal. M9 is just great. [attachment=51222:02062010063.jpg] edit: erm, the picture has upside-downed itself... edited edit: ah, thats better[/quote] Now thats a man's mans pedalboard, the trend seems to be smaller and girlier these days.

I like both - am I bi or just curious? (can I vote twice?)

A little gravestone over the Zombie Snot would look awesome!

[quote name='cheddatom' post='853270' date='Jun 1 2010, 09:05 AM']Primebass - I use a jackhammer and an echohead without pops - and this is with a LOT of compression after. It does both. It has OD and Dist modes - very useful IMO and pretty cheap.[/quote] Thanks mate

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='852926' date='May 31 2010, 08:33 PM']Dear Lonesome, yet busy Peter, I think you need to join either a trio where there is room to express yourself, or a seriously cool funk band where you can slap and pop to your heart's content. Remember that when you arrive in bass heaven, the player who plays the most number of notes in a bar is the one who will rule over all mankind & be supplied with an infinite number of nubile virgins...[/quote] Quality!

I'm lookin for a new dirt pedal - does this one do 'hair of dirt' or is it quite saturated? Cheers

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='850877' date='May 29 2010, 07:33 AM']thats a bummer - why not contact manufacturer anyway for some advice, they may be able to assist[/quote] Yeah - nothing to lose so might as well! Cheers

No man, not sure what happened. Just added my new musket fuzz to the pedal board - about to switch the amp on and saw the smoke. Didn't know which pedal it was coming from - thought the lot of them had blown at first - me arse went!

I've just opened it up - I can see where it's burned. Looks like a tiny resistor - but what do I know. Anyway, it looks like someones gobbed on it - theres a huge blob of resin on the circuit - do they do that to protect it or to hide it from would be cloners? Either way, its stuck to the inside of the casing. I think the circuit board would snap if someone tried to take it out. I think I'm buggered. Seriously p*ssed off! Loved that pedal! Balls!

My Zia Drive just died. Actually smoked and then died! It smells pretty bad. Does that mean that the circuit is burnt out or could an electronics wizard repair it?

Done both. The reggae/ska/punk band I was in years ago - the singer/guitarist was the main man and wrote a lot of the bass lines. They were awesome bass lines though so I couldn't complain. I'd come up with riffs but they didn't morph into many songs. In my current band I've taken more of a lead role in the song writing dept and love it - the creative aspect has become just as - if not more important than the bass playing - which is quite surprising now, thinking of it. I couldn't do plodding though - I'd just get too bored.

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' post='845300' date='May 22 2010, 07:29 PM']her ya goes! - [url="http://www.mansons.co.uk/shopping/categories/guitar-care/groove-tubes/fat-finger-guitar-sustain-tool/"]http://www.mansons.co.uk/shopping/categori...r-sustain-tool/[/url][/quote] Thanks for that man, I'll email Jon and see what he says, maybe it's time for a set up? Hey, a quick edit to all the contributes so far - Love Bass Chat, appreciated man! Cheers! Ste

Fatfinger? Googled it but couldn't find anything. Yeah it's dead spots, the 7th fret D and A - hadn't noticed the A before and the 10th fret D on the E string. The D on the 12th doesn't glitch so it's not a frequency thing. The good thing is that I can't hear it whilst paying normally. Will a set-up get rid of it? Cheers

[quote]Hmm. That doesn't sound normal. Is your bass resonating in a weird way when you play a D or multiples of that frequency? It might be a bit wolfy at that frequency; if you have a digital recorder, try tracking just your bass, look at the waveform and see if the D comes out especially louder or quieter than other notes around it. The OC-2 (any analogue "tracking" pedal really) does a good job of showing up duff bits of bass guitars. Eg. It chokes on dead spots that you might not have really noticed before.[/quote] I had thought it must be a frequency issue but didn't realise it might be my bass. I'll have to look into that, there's nothing apparent with the bass when I play clean - but as you say - the pedal may be enhancing something that's underlying.

I'm not sure I follow you. It's only a D note that wavers nothing else? It's not a clean playing issue. If I fret just a d, play it and let it ring out - the note will glitch - but not in the same glitchy way that notes below the low A glitch. It's more of a synth effect than a break-up noise.

Since I bought this pedal a couple of years ago - I think from Ebay, I've noticed that it 'wavers' the note if you play a D and leave it held for longer then say a beat. I always thought it was rather quaint and didn't bother me. I've written a song in D which I want to use this effect for. It's ok live but would be noticed if recorded. Just wondering whether this is a feature of all of these pedals or is mine a bit weird? Not the low D by the way - any D!