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[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1403261522' post='2481225'] My 35-string Ray by Sub by Sterling by Music Man by Ernie Ball is good though. [/quote] I'm sure it's good, but sounds more like a harp to me!

http://www.talkbass.com/threads/polar-pedals.1084862/ Highlight the text in the post for the easter egg!

Indeed! Check the date of the post: [url="http://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/community/general-news/polar-lo-fi-sponge-un-tune-pedals"]http://www.absolutem...-un-tune-pedals[/url] However, I found these browsing the online store - not usual for an April fool to still be hanging around in the shop catalog 3 months later! Might have to post these on Talkbass to wind those yanks up!

Played a white one in Wunjo's today, it sounded immense. The guy told me the 3rd switch was a bass cut, but as said above it may have been a series/parallel switch! I see one of these in my future - hopefully they become a permanent part of the lineup with the occasional funky coloured FSRs!

These pedals seem to do the impossible! The Lo-Fi Sponge can supposedly turn a distorted, delayed, reverbed signal back to dry again. The idea being you can put it at the end of your chain and quickly go back to clean at any time (why not just use a bypass loop?): http://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/polar-lo-fi-sponge-pedal.html The UnTune on the other hand, has vocal presets to morph your voice into Bob Dylan our Michael Buble! http://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/polar-lo-fi-un-tune-pedal.html

[quote name='Acebassmusic' timestamp='1403184562' post='2480593'] Careful, PA speaker = big magnet = trashed data storage on your tablet. I too am interested in a set list app and have found "Setlist helper and songbook" on Play. Only read the details so far but keen to see if it does what I need it to [/quote] Tablets don't use hard drives so aren't susceptible to magnets like older floppy and hard disks.

Looks like EHX just nailed the organ-in-a-box: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98u-MDTKAWU Sign me up!

I've heard The Glove is really good too, supposedly an OCD with more low end and built in 18v converter.

The Zoom B1on should be able to cover this ground too - then you'll get 100 effects, a tuner, looper, drum machine, amp sim all for £49! I'll give it a go later on and report back, I've not tried to do an octave up with it yet.

The Sterling, made by Music Man, is a slightly smaller more agressive sounding Stingray. 'Sterling By Music Man' is a separate company that makes cheaper licensed versions of Stingrays and Sterlings manufactured in the Far East! I know, it's bloody confusing! Whoever came up with that should be fired.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1403016537' post='2478874'] I have recently, as is the way of my GAS, started to "need" a Musicman bass . I was just wondering if any of you good people in bass land who have road tested such beasts could tell me should I splurge out on a Stingray or go for the more affordable Sterling ? I have watched various YouTube vids to try and make a decision , but it's not always easy to tell from videos just how they sound . I wouldn't want to go for the cheaper option then regret it later . I know the Sterling is a great sounding bass but just how much better, if at all, is the Stingray ? [/quote] I just looked up some examples and the Music Man Sterling was more expensive than the Stingray. Do you mean the Sterling By Music Man Ray4 & Ray34 ranges?

I had that issue too, tried to run a VT Bass in the fx return once. That fx loop must run really hot like the DI, so it must need a really hot signal coming out of a pedal to get proper volume out of it! I like the Orange pre, it just needs a little kick up the bum with a very low gain bright sounding overdrive at times.

I've had one for a while and having tried a ton of little boxes am now running the Darkglass Vintage Deluxe into my OTB as an always on preamp. The non-deluxe version is again a little too dark sounding, but these two are a great pairing.

Hmm, if that's true I wonder if they made the same tweak to the new nano version. I ordered the nano last week, but they sent me the guitar version by mistake so have had to send it back!

I've had a Squeezer and a Fatman and they don't really cover the same ground, the Fatman is a pretty unique filter. If you see a used one going, jump on it to give it a try! I'm even tempted to get one again since the release of the Super Fatman...

For beer though, just drying it out would leave some sticky residue behind. Even with regular water, it's the deposits that get left behind after the water has evaporated that do the damage. I saw a guy on Dragon's Den once who had a home kit version of what the pros use to fix water damaged mobile phones, it looked like the solution was to basically submerge it in alcohol as soon as possible before it dries out. I can't say whether this would work for your pedals though! Good news is this has happened to many people before so there are similar threads around if you search for them, you may find your answers there!

What kind of funk? Old school James Brown era raw heavy thump? Or more modern bright slap? If the former, the Aguilar TH500 and Orange Terror Bass take some beating.

I posted the same in the TB thread, but: - WMD Fatman - a unique filter that works really well for dub, drum&bass, etc - A self-oscillating analog delay, e.g. Carbon Copy - digital sims never get this right But also, and I know I'm selling one so I might be slightly biased - the Fuzzrocius BDPG. It's filter control seems to add sub-bass out of thin air and is dub heaven.

Newly put together board. Just about squeezed it all on there without having to turn the tuner sideways! The MXR pair are sideways on purpose as they are used for self oscillation spaceship noises with the knobs being tweaked by my left foot. G-Lab Bass Wowee Wah will be added first in line off-board if I feel like bringing it along too!

Ignoring the crossover, gate, and improved blend control, has anyone compared the deluxe to the standard and found them to sound the same? You should look at the COG Grand Tarkin also if you haven't already done so- a great Russian muff clone with blend and mids control.

Not seen that one before! Picked up a Phase 90 recently, it has replaced my Small Stone and Nux Phaser Core (or it will have when someone decides to buy it!). Only thing that would put me off the 99 is I like to be able to control the rate using my foot, where a big single knob comes in very useful!

Nice clip of some of the low gain settings! https://soundcloud.com/johnk_10/blowerbox-001

It's not aimed at bass players, most guitar drive pedals don't have blends, even the top end ones!