dannybuoy

Anybody compared this amp to the VT500 (or just a VT Bass through an uncoloured amp)? I've been digging the VT lately but really like the sounds I am hearing from the demos of this.

I had a Sandberg TT5 and found the neck quite wide like the Fender... the advantage of a Marus of course is that you can have it built to your own spec!

+1 to the BB range, the 425s are being sold at discount right now too due to being discontinued, so you can grab a bargain. Warwick Rockbasses are solid too, both have laminate necks to increase stiffness. You certainly don't need to spend £4k on a boutique bass to get a decent 5er.

Great price on the Thomann one then! Should be the same amp yes. Definitely a great warm sounding amp. Especially if you take the bite button off, it's great for the P Bass + flats motown/blues thing. Then engage it for a more agressive sound. It's essentially a VT Bass DI with a power amp bolted on, with an additional switch to select the frequency of the mids. This is definitely a nice to have feature as I prefer it shifted to the non-default position of affecting the lower mids (then just use the character knob to control high mids essentially). So in terms of sound you can just look up the many many reviews of the VT Bass pedals. The amp does have some downsides, though: - It doesn't seem as loud as some other 500W amps. Namely my Orange Terror Bass, but then again that is LOUD for a supposed 500W. It seems on par with the Streamliner and Tonehammer amps I've tried although I've not A/B'ed them. I've not had to crank the volume to max though so I suppose it is loud enough for my purposes. - If you turn the blend off to get a clean amp sound, there is no gain control and you may well then struggle to get enough volume. - The master volume affects the DI output level. So if you are DI-ing to FOH and want to adjust your stage volume, that will also affect the PA. Great little amp though. However I am considering moving to a VTDI on the board and a loud transparent amp that will let me fiddle with EQ and volume for my rig without affecting the PA sound. Then again I could do that with this amp, using the dry out from the VTDI to the amp!

Just buy all the filters Al. It's the only way to tell which one you prefer!

PJB have two similar sized amps, the Cub and the Double Four. They have different drivers though, the Double Fours are the same as the ones in the Briefcase, very clean and clinical, but the ones in the Cub are supposed to be much fatter and warmer. The Markbass 801 should be in your sights too!

I have one, anything in particular you want to know?

Sometimes, you don't want to cut through but just boost your bass presence and fill out the mix with a massive pillow of low end. The new EHX Russian Big Muff delivers here. At home I'd been practicing with very mid-prominent drives and fuzzes but found darker bass-heavy pedals to work better at loud volumes, even rolling back the tone control on the pedals way back compared to what I would have used though headphones.

Great deal on a 2024 here peeps: http://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Yamaha_BB2024.html

Here's that pickup, less than a tenner: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013SBRB2W

[quote name='Storky' timestamp='1505506646' post='3372537'] Thanks for the comments. I think the pots are 500s, is it worth changing them to 250s? [/quote] Only if you want a darker tone.

Vintage sound with a P & flats, I like to pair with my Orange Terror Bass. They make a combo version which although is tiny, is probably heavier and more expensive than you were after, but at least it would handle a gig no problem! I've not tried their Crush combos but would expect a similar vibe from them. A Line6 Studio 110 would be a good option for something cheap and basic, it has a B15 model built in.

Phil Jones Cub / Double Four?

I was thinking of picking one of these up myself and fitting a mini stacked humbucker hotrail type pickup. This vid appears to have one of the cheapo Seymour Duncan Hotrail clones that you can find on eBay/Amazon etc - these pickups actually get pretty good reviews. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXld4T47Prs

I used a Manta in conjunction with the Octabvre, the fact you can have distortion and expression-swept LPF in one pedal is great for synth applications. The Octabvre is incredibly punchy and mid heavy with a passive P bass plugged straight in, but with certain other pedals before it, it's much more of a sub monster, so I'd have to revisit it and try it blended to see how it sounds. I don't use it much these days but I am hanging onto it as it sounded so good for that one application!

What version of Windows? I have a Mackie Onyx Satellite you can have, but I don't think there is driver support beyond Windows 7: http://mackie.com/blog/onyx-driver-compatibility

BTW, the Octabvre is very sensitive to what you plug into it. Plug a passive Precision straight in and you get that midrangey OC-2 sound. But certain other pedals being active before it, particularly my Blueberry, transform it and the sub bass is all of a sudden massive!

Nowt wrong with those Yammie BBs! I choose mine over my Fenders etc any day of the week!

Al - the low volume issue supposedly only affected the older T16 and not the rest of the range.

I have boutique fuzzes with more features that I thought sounded better at bedroom level or through headphones, but the Russian just dominated when playing at high volume. I even saw the lack of features as a plus, it takes up less board space and there's fewer knobs to worry about tweaking live. Considering the price of this though, just get both!

The best box I've found for pairing with a P + flats is the Aguilar Tonehammer. Just the right kind of breakup with the AGS on, sounds perfect right into headphones or PA. Check one out if you get the chance!

Improved chips could mean being able to run more FX, or more complex algorithms, or simply having higher fidelity or less noise. When it comes to what really matters though, it's all about the software / algorithms running on those chips. I've never tried a B3N but have tried a few of the previous generations and have never been impressed with the distortion or amp models, octave or phasers. Chorus / flange / delay / reverb / filters were pretty good though! The addition of Darkglass models is promising though and shows they are putting more effort in here!