tedmanzie

Virtually unused mint condition Novation Nova.
Manual, original psu. I've owned this from new, but i've got too much gear and it never really got used as much as it deserved.
Works perfectly and sounds really great, but its time for a new home
[s]£220 posted[/s] £200 posted

vintage synth says this:


Novation has basically re-packaged the [url="http://www.vintagesynth.com/novation/supernova.php"]SuperNova[/url] into a desktop performance module and dubbed it the Nova. It uses analog Sound Modeling (ASM) to create stunningly clean but analog-like sounds. "3 completely independent oscillators, a variable noise source and 2 ring modulators per voice. This combined with the Nova's 12 voice polyphony means that there are 36 Oscillators, 24 Ring Modulators and 12 Noise sources available at once. All these waveforms can be combined in the Mixer section allowing the creation of very fat and complex timbres." There's also over 130 modulation routings. There are two inputs for filtering external sounds, a 40 band vocoder and 42 simultaneous effects including Distortion, Comb Filter, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Reverb, Panning, Tremolo and EQ.
As a performance module the Nova could not be anymore hands-on nor rhythmically programmable with 20 knobs and 90 switches! "The Arpeggiator is more like a Real Time Music Processor with 384 monophonic, polyphonic and user patterns available. Sounds can be layered in Performances allowing Arpeggiated and sustained sounds to be played at the same time." There are up to 6 arpeggiators! Of course everything about the Nova is MIDI controllable making the Nova an ideal super polyphonic synthesizer for professional musicians in the studio, on the road or in the bedroom!

great condition, manual, psu.
super funky and easy to use electro groove box synth thing.
massive squelchy bass, laser beams, etc.
all parameters tweakable live etc.
flashing lights!

great for playing bass along with

[s]£145 posted [/s] [s]£125 posted[/s] £120 posted !

thanks, i found another post on talkbass with the same noise issue. seems like its a clocking problem or something.
anyway, what ever it is its going back for a new quiet one!

Just thought I'd post this for anyone interested.
I just demoed the MXR Bass Octave Deluxe vs the Aguilar Octamizer
Both brand new. Had them in my studio for a couple of hours.

I'm looking for a fat sound veering towards synth. Also tried both of these into an MXR M82 envelope.
I play a medium scale japanese P-Bass strung with Thomastik flat jazz strings.
There is a noise issue on the MXR which I'll come to later, but here are my findings:

[b]Octamizer[/b]
Built like a tank, heavy, nice rubbery knobs. Battery included.
Has a nice variable tone control to effect the dry signal, as well as a dry level knob.
The octave (1 oct lower) also has a level control, and a separate knob which is a low pass filter.
You can really get a loud volume on this pedal. It was way louder than the MXR. I'm not saying this is a plus, just saying how it is.
The octave sound is a nice thick bass tone, quite clean but with a growl.
Increasing the low pass filter makes the bass smoother until you've really got a great sub tone, or degrees in between.
The tone of the octave is nice enough to play on its own if your that way inclined.
Tracking - I've read great things about the tracking on these but for me it certainly had issues, especially with open strings. The MXR was much better at tracking.

Overall I could not sculpt the sound in quite the way I wanted, but this certainly is a very nice effect. Very thick natural sound and if you have the low pass on it is SO smooth. It could be described as 'synth-like' but a clean smooth deep fat synth.

[b]MXR BOD[/b]
Good build quality, not very heavy. No battery included.
Three knobs - one for dry level, and two for different types of octave level (both 1 oct lower).
I would describe one of the octave tones as [i]very[/i] similar to the Octamizer (with its low pass filter set at half way). MXR describe this as a 'deep tone'.
The other octave on the MXR is described as 'throaty', its more mid range but to me it sounds a little more soft square wave, and in my book that's a good thing.
By mixing different levels of the two octave voices + the clean you can change the sound a lot.
It also has a mid range boost button, which I liked on, although I thought it was fairly subtle.
Tracking - I've read people saying this doesn't track as well as the Octamizer, but I've got to say the tracking on this is excellent and miles better. Open strings, fast (ish) playing, right down to the first few frets on the low E, it never misses!

Of course I liked bits of both units, and neither one could everything that the other did. However overall I prefer the MXR as to my ears its got a bit more synth like sound, a bit more flexible tone-wise, while also being able to [i]pretty much[/i] duplicate the cleaner sound of the Octamizer.

The only reservation I have about the MXR is that my unit was producing a very quiet 'zipper' noise, a bit like static. Appreared on dry and octave channels (where the noise was 1 oct lower funnily enough.) I thought it was because I was using a power adapter but it was the same on battery. SO I'm hoping its just a dodgy unit. If its a general issue then it would be enough to put me off. Any other MXR BOD users getting this?!

Cheers
Ted

pm'd re fuzz and board.

i was watching one on ebay this week, seller was doing 'best offer' with a buy it now at $775 - it went for $650 ($48 post to UK) which makes it about £470 not including import duty.

Just bought an MXR M82 bass pedal from Greg.
Great to deal with, mint condition pedal and super quick delivery

£16 !!

price drop - £17 !!

[b]RS77M - 40/50/75/90 - Medium Scale (32")[/b]

bought these last week for my new bass but too high tension for me. Lovely feel and sound! They had 20 minutes use and i took them off and put them back in the packet.

Boxed, including the paper packets, cost [b]£25.95[/b] last week from stringsdirect.
yours for [b]£18[/b] [i]postage included![/i]

Ted

just bought a bass from mike, he's a top guy - helpful and trustworthy. thanks!

pm'd

this is now SOLD

here are the new photos i took today

Following an enquiry, I've just taken some more shots today to show it has a few chips on the edges which i've tried to show as much as possible on the new images. I didn't realise it was chipped like that as it sits in my cupboard unused

As I said it needs a setup but the neck is dead straight. The frets have signs of wear but not major. The electronics all work fine but could do with some switch cleaner. Obviously needs new strings. It has a nice brass nut. The tuners are great.

All the original photos, + the new ones I just did are on this link. They are at original res so you can see every detail.

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the pictures i've uploaded seem to be downsized,
so the link above will download the original higher res images.
let me know if you need any more info.
sorry for the delay!

by the way, i'm after a MIJ or USA fender precision if you want to trade or part ex

Photos!

offers considered

Vintage Ibanez 1980's Roadster RS900 Bass guitar, single pickup, active eq. Same type as Phil Lynott used to play apparently. Maple neck, brown natural body, lovely grain. Very heavy! Good condition for its age, some scuffs and marks, quite a few dents and dinks, hard case has a broken end but works. Definitely needs a setup, new strings etc. Collection preferred due to weight. (Kingston, Surrey).
£300. Phone [color=#000000]07930543112[/color]

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