NoirBass

Popped round to see Mark yesterday and purchased his Cowpoke P bass.

Had a nice chat, whilst he explained the basses history for me since he has had it.

Added a few extras like pots and stuff to do it up, and his advice all for free.

Looking forward to getting the soldering iron warmed up to pacify the poke.

Cheers again Mark

Just bought his POD X3. Easy deal, arrived very promptly. Top man.

Cheers again George!

Thats well funny! did you make it?

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1349096167' post='1821666']
They must have changed it then. Originally they said no polytune in bass mode.
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Perhaps thats why it won't track well for me then? it's somewhat of a gimmick though, I bought it for the size more than anything.

[quote name='clarket2' timestamp='1348942740' post='1820027']
Does a Looperlative LP1 count?
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Don't see why not. Looks very interesting and expensive, so I guess it qualifies.

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1349071477' post='1821249']
You can't strum on the PolyTune mini, as far as I know.
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You can, but it doesn't track that well on bass. Tuning strings individually as normal tracks fine though. Only difference between the mini and the normal Polytune is that the mini won't take a battery, It has to be powered by psu.

For my two penneth I'd advise you get a Boss TU-2 second hand. They are cheap, gig proof, tune accurately and can be seen easily on stage.

That said, the Sonic Research tuner is the best, but not the cheapest.

I'm not sure I can be great deal of help, but you may have picked up a bit of a bargain there:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160889919293&item=160889919293&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466

Looks like you need an separate power cable as well as a step down transformer.

Always worth a quick look here for info too:

[url="http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/eh/freqanalyzer"]http://www.effectsda...eh/freqanalyzer[/url]

Best of luck.

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1348851460' post='1819183']
I've owned all of those in the current list.

/Shamless brag.
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So my next question is which do you still own?

Just Collating the results of this thread, still want to hear what gems you lot are dying to try.


Human Gear Animato
Lovetone Meatball
Owens Electronics Bass Bomb Driver
Akai Unibass
Akai Deep Impact
Boss Slow Gear
Dod Meat Box
Wampler Paisley Drive
Moog Bass Murf
Moog MF-101 Low pass filter
Univox U-1095 Super-Fuzz
Boss Wave processor
Boss Poly Octave
Strymon El Capistan
Eventide Space
BJFE Blueberry Bass Overdrive
D*A*M* Ezekiel 25:17 Bass OD / Distortion
Musitronics Mu-Tron III
Mu-Tron Phasor II
Mu-Tron Octave Divider
Original Ampeg Scramber
Original A/DA Flanger
Roland CE-1 Chorus
Maestro Brassmaster
Original Digitech Whammy
Digitech Bass Whammy
Lovetone Ring Stinger

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1348224568' post='1811025']

BJF 3BOD for me as well, though i am on their list so maybe in 12 months time!!

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where do you sign up for that? I'd like to get on the list too.

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1348224568' post='1811025']
ODB-3



BJF 3BOD for me as well, though i am on their list so maybe in 12 months time!!

Also, an original version of the maestro (?) pedal MCA used on gratitude and sabotage, i forget what its called
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Think the pedal on Sabotage is a Univox U-1095 Super-Fuzz so we can add that to the list!


[quote name='Mabrothrax' timestamp='1348233228' post='1811197']
+1 on the Love Tone Meatball

I'd love to get a Boss Slow Gear. I do have the Behringer clone, which works fine, but there's something about having a rare £200+ pedal that no one uses...

Oh, and there was a weird Boss synth pedal once, the Wave Generator IIRC - it was a twin pedal and used a thirteen pin roland style cable. Would love to have a go with that one.
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Apparently you can mod a Boss NF-1 to work in reverse as it the exact same circuit! a much cheaper option.

The Boss Wave processor http://www.bossarea.com/other/wp20g.asp requires a Roland GK MIDI pickup to work as does the Poly Octave http://www.bossarea.com/other/oc20g.asp I'd like to try both too.

Thanks for all your replies, some pedals mentioned I'd not been aware of till now. I'll add them to the GAS pile.

Good call on the Animato, forgot about that one.

Also all the Moog stuff.

I would be interested to know what effects you'd like to try but haven't been able to, either due to their rarity or prohibitively high cost.

Here's mine:


BJFE Blueberry Bass Overdrive
D*A*M* Ezekiel 25:17 Bass OD / Distortion
Mu-Tron Phasor II
Mu-Tron Octave Divider
Original Ampeg Scramber
Original A/DA Flanger
Roland CE-1 Chorus
Maestro Brassmaster
Original Digitech Whammy
Lovetone Ring Stinger

Or the great wave - my day has not been wasted!

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My favourite is this though:

The Argyle

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Or more traditional:

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Having realised you can choose any jpeg as the background I have really gone to town:

Coffee table bass

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[quote name='AttitudeCastle' timestamp='1346694460' post='1792038']
You are a genious! Love it!

Maybe not black for me, but otherwise love it!
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Cheers, was trying to design this and found this software to do it with. Here is another option:

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......and the Dubmaster

Attempt at antigua

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Don't know if this has been posted before, but just found this:

[url="https://www.yajimastringworks.com/kisekae/iagree1.asp?p1=PB"]https://www.yajimast...gree1.asp?p1=PB[/url]

What fun!

Please post your designs.

Oooo, I like that!

+1 Analogman Mini Chorus w/blend and deep mod

I've just noticed that they have added a few new ones:

Octave
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/mooer/pureoctave

Distortion
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/mooer/ragemachine

Echo
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/mooer/micro/mxx1

very tempted by the octaver.