dannybuoy

There's one on ebay...

Not sure if my Humphrey modded Badder Monkey simply has more gain on tap than the stock version, but it's got masses of overdrive available and doesn't do clean. More medium to high gain I reckon.

BSW is ok, but there's better out there. Next best thing after the Mutron and Meatball for not a lot of dough is a DOD FX25 or an EHX Q-Tron. Also very good but more subtle and less squelchy are the Boomstick Bottom Feeder or Emma Discombobulator.

Yeah, it's possible using a voltage doubler circuit. I believe the DHA pedals use one to double the 12v input to 24v to feed the tubes. I've had a DHA VT2 and it sounded awesome, really fat and warm and could get a nice clean sound as well as balls-to-the-wall overdrive - take a look at the new VT1-EQ-Drive pedal. I REALLY want one, but since I want to build up a big crazy pedalboard, size and power supply issues are important to me so I'm looking at getting a Tech21 VT Bass instead. Also check out the soon to be released Aguilar Tone Hammer and EHX Bass Metaphor, they could be the next big thing.

Cream Pies are all out of stock now, but all the clips I've heard of them on bass sounded really farty to me anyway.

Bumpage.

I just jam along to my record collection, turn down the bass so I can't hear it and make up my own bass lines. Much more fun!

If you can solder, I'd try out this:

[url="http://www.buildyourownclone.com/graphiceq.html"]http://www.buildyourownclone.com/graphiceq.html[/url]

It's a 10 band EQ in a tiny enclosure, and you can change the eq band values to suit your taste.

Aphex 1402 Bass Xciter - SOLD!

That colour scheme was my idea too - it looks bloody good Dave!

I was gonna get a Sansamp VT Bass pedal as I want something smaller that runs off 9v, but this has got me torn...

If they don't sell on here mate, try this site out: [url="http://www.scarletmist.com"]www.scarletmist.com[/url]

I use the heavy duty sticky backed Velcro available from Homebase. Comes on a 1m x 50mm roll, sticks to the board and pedals no problem and is so strong I sometimes have to use a knife to get the pedal of the damn board!

Do you play guitar by any chance? Wanna swap for the guitar version of the MXR Auto Q which I just stupidly bought by mistake?! :brow:

Thanks for the endorsement Tayste! I have updated my original post as I have just realised I have the guitar version of the MXR Auto Q and not the bass one!

SOLD

You're in luck mate! MI Audio Polyanna is coming out, someone mentioned it's a clone of the Pearl pedal:

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=425910"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=425910[/url]

What size is the Mars bar? Fun, Snack, Standard or King?

I haven't got any experience with any of those pedals I mentioend, but there are e few threads containing clips over at talkbass. I'm after a huge wall of sound type fuzz with tons of low end that's woolly and warm as opposed to harsh/synthy/buzzy and the Supercollider clips just did it for me. The Attack Goat sounds totally different, less full-on, and the blend can make be used to give a clean sound with a subtle background fuzz on top of your original signal. The other pedal I really liked the sound of was the Pickle Pie B version, but that costs a little more than the others.

I guess we need some more clips of the El Grande to make a good comparison, all I've heard so far is the Namm video and I wasn't all that impressed.

For that money you can get 2 other really good pedals from the US - Wounded Paw Attack Goat, Messdrive Hybrid Plus or Earthbound Supercollider (which I have on order!). Then you'd get a lot more sounds out of the 2 pedals!

As far as I know it does everything in stereo, including looping. I know Tayste on here has one, perhaps he'll chime in. I watched the video on the EHX site earlier and now I want it bad!

That's my fault for causing confusion whilst derailing the original thread to talk about my new 442 pedal! So ignore that one, it's probably not the the sound the OP was looking for (Meatball), not sure how close the Pignose comes though...

Good work Dave, I'm sorely tempted! Got a photo of the EQ-Drive?

Also, is the EQ switch-on-and-offable with no volume drop when engaged, and does it act flat at 12 o'clock? These are the issues I had with the previous passive EQ design.

cheers

It is, yes, and I agree, I wish you could switch it off. I'm not sure it's a discrete part of the circuit that can be switched on and off. I wonder if the Tech21 Landmark amp head has speaker sim on the speaker outputs or just the XLR out?

Anyway, other preamp boxes I want to try out are the Hartke Bass Attack, Tronographic Rusty Box, and Aguilar Tone Hammer. I'm interested in the Rusty Box as it's supposed to be an agressive sound, and Dangerboy on this forum is a fan of it and it made him sell his Sansamp. The Aguilar Tone Hammer is brand new and looks promising too...

[quote name='NickSpector' post='198565' date='May 14 2008, 10:47 AM']Just seen a review of one of these and it looks impressive. Seen some sound clips and it soundsp retty decent too. Anyone know where I can try one? I hope they're not like Sansamp Bass Drivers in that they get bigged up, but are infact utterly sh*te and useless![/quote]

I don't think they're over here yet. Digital Village have them up for £150 on their site but I don't think they are in stock. There is a guy on ebay selling the other character pedals for $150 - I have emailed him and he says he's gonna get a batch of VT Bass pedals in 2 weeks time, you can pre-order with him if you like. I'm thinking of getting one, and if I don't like it I'll be able to sell it on easily over here and perhaps even make a profit!

Contact this man if you want one:

[url="http://myworld.ebay.com/proaudioland?&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1181"]http://myworld.ebay.com/proaudioland?&...E:X:RTQ:GB:1181[/url]

[quote name='d-basser' post='191389' date='May 3 2008, 11:38 PM']ooo i also found a fuzz/chorus/autowah or filter combo when playing hard or harmonics gives crazy feedback.
not really drone style but the best pedal i have used (admitedly that is not many) for getting weird noises including wah and octave is the Digitech BSW.[/quote]
Stick a high gain clean boost in front of the BSW and it goes crazy. It ends up tracking noise from the pickups which changes as you move around in front of the amp, twiddling the knobs produces some good sounds. Turn the sensitivity right up and the filter triggers over and over like a stuttering effect. Then when you play a note the noise stops and your note plays, then as the note fades the random noise washes back in. Put chorus/delay after it and you're in business. I sold mine but loved playing with it like this and miss it now!

I've not tried a POD, but I'm really impressed with the filter on my Line6 Lowdown amp (it's modelled after the Q-Tron). Sounds better than the Zoom B2 and Digitech BSW which are the only other filters I've ever had to compare it too. But I've got a tasty Tonefactor 442 filter in the post, I'm hoping it pisses all over the Line6 one!