funkydoug

Yes you can do it following the advice above. I think you need firmware V2.0 to start 

I know… 1200w with boost at 20hz, if the forum allowed it I think I’d be swearing by now 🤣

It is a nice little puzzle this...

That Ampeg has that power reduction feature... is that part of the problem?

https://ampeg.com/products/pro/svt8pro/ 

Or...

If you're playing reggae are you maybe using lots of the very low bass that is available on the Ampeg - and thus eating up your own headroom? - while the TC maybe doesn't have the EQ to let you? Try some different settings on that ultra-low dial maybe. If I had to bet, this would be where my money would go. The Ampeg bass dial boost and cuts at 20hz (crikey!) whereas the TC one boosts at 80hz, or cuts at 50hz. If you are turning up the bass on that Ampeg you are probably trading serious lows for loudness.  

https://ampeg.com/pdf/SVT8PRO_OM.pdf 

Same cab?

I think TC use some pretty clever compression and filtering to achieve the loudness, so an HPF and a compressor dialled in for loudness might get you close with the ampeg??

my main concern however is for your ears!! I can’t imagine a situation in which I’d need to be louder than that Ampeg, but you may be playing Wembley…

Octron has plenty of volume, didn’t say it had more than an OC5 , just that it doesn’t suffer from what OC2 clones suffer from. It is loud, if you want it to be.

Tracking wasn’t an issue for me. Not saying it tracks better than an OC5, just that it tracks in a way that made me forget about this as an issue. It was easy to make it sound excellent and any “how does it track?” worries disappeared upon playing it.

It has an octave up (similar design to OC3, in that it is a fuzz / dirty vibe) but way better to my humble ears.

I’ve had OC3 and OC5 and very much prefer the Octron but you are of course the best judge of what you like dude. Enjoy the fun. 
 

As for price… to me, a robust analogue device from a small firm is more attractive than a mass produced digital device for various reasons, some more rational than others, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder:)

I actually paid a similar amount for both to be honest but I definitely preferred the Octron.

At one point I had them both side by side so was able to AB them. Doing so is far from a scientific affair, so I don’t claim to have anything definitive to say other than I very much preferred the Octron.

It was more organic /lively to my humble ears, loads of volume unlike many OC2s, tracking isn’t  a problem, tone is flexible and the upper octave was a big bonus. I expected to not use it at all but I actually really like it. In general it feels full of life and analogue goodness. Call it what you want - bias / snake oil/ placebo or whatever but to me it was my preference.

All that said, the OC5 is an excellent pedal and if you can find one you’ll enjoy it:)

Foxrox OCTRON. Seriously.

UK based one for sale on Reverb just now (not mine!).

I tried them all and sold them all, won’t be selling my Octron…

Top bass chatter.

I bought a pedal from Paul / Thunderbird which the courier (Hermes) lost. Paul gave me a full refund despite having lost his pedal and my offer to split the loss with him.

True gent and trusted trader. Thanks Paul.

50 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Memory mode for storing an entire set list of patches (1.14)

Ah right, sorry I misread your earlier comment. I thought you meant you could scroll through your signal chain bringing the effects into the ‘footswitch positions’ as on the B3n. Guess not on the B6

22 hours ago, Al Krow said:

 

Have fess I do love the convenience of having everything available to scroll through on one pedal:

Can the B6 do this? I thought not, but it’d be cool if it can

Price drop

£130 inc postage, barganacious! 

Mircobass SOLD

Tubescreamer still available 

35 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

love to give one a try as I’ve heard good things about them. 

I’ve never had the pleasure of a 3Leaf so a temporary swapsy might be fun at some point… but not yet! Having too much fun with it

I’ve tried a few, including the much celebrated OC5 but I’ve now found the absolute beast that is the Foxrox Octron. It is, to my humble ears, the best out there by a mile. 
It has 2 flavours of octave down and a really musical octave up fuzzy side. To be honest I think it is basically an expertly executed analogue version of the OC3: an OC2 sound plus a dirt tone. Sounds epic and needs no tweaking.
 

I know I sound very gushing here but having bought and sold lot of pedals in the last few years I’ve become very picky, so it was such a treat to find this.

PM sent 

EBS Microbass 2 in mint condition, SOLD

Ibanez TS9B, SOLD

Pm sent

This is intriguing, what does the F.S input do?? A foot switch I guess, but what does it switch?

Thanks guys 

Brill, thanks @SumOne

I don’t have one of these anymore but I’m curious… could the dry signal alone be used as a booster? Would be interested to know if it can be used either  as intended (as a great filter) or when the gig requires it could it just be a level / gain booster?? I guess what it comes down to is, is the dry-only pot capable of adding a few db ?

cheers, Doug

Hi @Nosupervision,

From memory you’ll need to download three things:

1. the V2 firmware for the G3n

2. the editor software 

3. the zoom effect blocks.

once you have them, make sure your unit has the v2 firmware.

Then open the software editor on a windows PC. What it does is allow you to create a customised version of V2 firmware in which you can delete unwanted effects and add other ones (including bass ones) .

Once you are happy with your custom list of fx you save it as a new file and then use the firmware update process to load it onto your machine as a custom version of the firmware.

This is what I did, happy to give you more detail if you want but please proceed with caution and of course if you’re not comfortable with doing this probably leave it to someone familiar with computers! I am not a computer genius by any stretch but it worked for me… but of course I can offer you no guarantees, just sharing my experience 

Ah! Good point  cheers

Got this earlier in the autumn for a bit of fun. Not often available  on these shores.

the box has a few minor dings but the pedal is mint.

pic to follow.

Withdrawn