dannybuoy

Delivery is from the UK if you select the UK warehouse. You can choose to have it sent from China too, although not sure why you would want to! I must say, I love the ODB-3 though, my favourite high gain distortion. Through a dark sounding amp (Orange Terror) and tweeter-less cab, it rips.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1393639600' post='2382981'] Joyo Ultimate Drive. Pretty cool pedal, much nicer sounding than the Boss, and unlike the Muff, it can do nice low gain sounds too. [/quote] And, cheaper than the link i posted earlier £18 delivered from the UK: http://www.donnerdeal.com/joyo-jf-02-bypass-guitar-ultimate-drive-effect-pedal.html Fingers crossed mine might arrive today!

Ah, the band made infamous by chucking a used tampon into the crowd at Reading Festival '92!

If you for example EQ in a bass boost and have it before the compressor, playing low notes will make the compressor clamp down more than it otherwise would, so the comp is fighting your EQ changes, therefore you might want the EQ after the compressor. On the other hand, say you're a heavy fingerstyle player and are using the EQ to get rid of clank - you might then want the compressor after the EQ, no point feeding the compressor frequencies it's going to react to when you are just going to cut them afterwards. So, it depends!

Try fitting an S1 switch to the Jazz for series/parallel switching. Supposedly sound more like a P-Bass when in series. Otherwise, as Loz says, use the EQ!

I posted on their Facebook page yesterday and it turns out the builder is currently on a break due to family issues but hopes to resume building pedals in the future. Check out some of their more recent creations: https://www.facebook.com/CavePassivePedals

I use Status half rounds on fretless. They are rounds ground down to be smooth as flats. Less tension and a bit more zing than Chromes. D'Addario half rounds are even brighter I think. Might be worth a shot!

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1393586289' post='2382201'] Or maybe a bypass pedal with an led? [/quote] Only problem with that, is if he's too clumsy to hit the right pedal, you're just adding another pedal to make things worse!

[quote name='jassbass' timestamp='1393569183' post='2381926'] Whats a sonic port? [/quote] [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1393531160' post='2381611'] I think the links in the original post answer that question! [/quote] http://line6.com/sonicport/

You can get a brand new Fender USA Standard neck for £379: http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/p/920393/fender-american-medium-jumbo-maple-jazz-bass-neck/ Or a MIM for £189: http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/p/920455/fender-mexican-medium-jumbo-maple-jazz-bass-neck/

[quote name='mike 110' timestamp='1393572846' post='2381943'] I'm after a warm , deep sound , without too much zing ……. [/quote] Er... flats?

If you want versatility, the Source Audio Manta and Sonuus Wahoo are right up there.

[quote name='tayste_2000' timestamp='1393531751' post='2381627'] Yeah Android has been fundamentally flawed with audio due to a latency in it's architecture. I believe these are solved now but it's now 3 years behind the curve. [/quote] Yeah, it's a bit of a minefield with device support, some devices support USB audio interfaces plugged straight in, some don't, etc. Apple is a lot simpler for a hardware manufacturer to support in this respect. I've never played an amp sim for bass that I've like the sound of (tried a fair few VSTs including Amplitube SVX) but am yet to try the latest generation modellers (Amplitube Orange, AxeFX, Line6 HD series, Kemper, iOS apps, etc). The Kemper profiling amp certainly has my interest.

I think the links in the original post answer that question!

Nice writeup. If you've got any clips of the drive pedal or overdriven amp sounds, I'd love to hear them! I've got a Nexus 7 - I much prefer Android over iOS, but the availability of music apps is the only thing I feel I am missing out on!

I don't see these discussed much on here or Talkbass lately, and it looks like they may have ceased production. Their website is down and their last Facebook post was from last May... Anybody around here have one? I've got a custom made Bass Drive pedal that I've had for a few years. Note complete lack of power socket and mechanical on/off indicator! I hadn't played it for ages because I always thought it was too dark sounding and muddy, but I just tried using it again with a buffer in front (either a Boss ODB-3 in bypass or SFX Thumpinator does the job) and it sounds incredible. Really warm, smooth, bass-heavy overdrive that doesn't fart out when you dig in. It can even get into fuzz territory with the gain maxed. It does a pretty good impression of a pushed tube amp, along the lines of the Catalinbread SFT or Fuzzrocious Dark Driving. Of course, if you play a passive bass, you'll still need a powered pedal in front to get the best out of it!

A grand is a very good price, was it in good nick?

Wow thanks, hopefully I won't win that auction then! I retract my earlier statement - bid away!

I'm still struggling to imagine which kind of tribute band would demand a C64 bass? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kDhpFaf4EY

The American and British Sound pedals are apparently very good for bass also. The American being a clone of the Tech21 Blonde, and the British, the, er, Tech21 British. American clip: https://soundcloud.com/johnk_10/joyo-jf14 Another cheap pedal to look out for is the Earthquaker Devices Speaker Cranker. It's a one-knob overdrive, with just a gain knob. Unity gain is around 9 o'clock which gives a nice mild drive but has a lot of bite if you play with a pick. It kicked the Phat Phuk B out of the house anyway!

Whilst checking up the price I realised I didn't actually buy it! D'oh! What I did was put a bid on this one which ends today and is currently £22.99: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOYO-JF-02-Ultimate-Drive-Overdrive-Guitar-Effects-Pedal-AMP-FX-Stompbox-/321333391477?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4ad0f67075 I'll disclose that I bid £24 on it, so you'd have to bid £25 to get it, and there are others going for that much or less already - so please could you all refrain from bidding on that particular item? Here's the search you need: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=joyo+ultimate+drive&LH_PrefLoc=3&_sop=15

There is a site selling Chinese fakes but the links get taken down to avoid the wrath of Lord Rick Enbacker.

...Boy gets bored playing said bass and wants to bring in another one to 'spice things up'