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DiMarco

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    Comp is always on and set for more aggressive attack on every note I play rather than leveling out dynamics. Le Bass is always on and I use its fusion mode for valve overdrive tone. Pitchfork is either used as a polyphonic octaver or chorus. Giygas does mild/more mellow fuzz, Plasma Coil makes your rig sound like its broken I LOVE IT!

     

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  2. 40 minutes ago, funkydoug said:

    I've heard that from a few people. How loud do you find them to be? How far can one cab go before you need two? I appreciate that the correct answer to that question starts with  'it depends... ' but if you can shed any light on how they perform in different contexts I'd find it very helpful indeed - and I'm sure others would too :) Thanks!

    I ordered two of those 2x8" cabs rightaway. In rehearsals they kept up fine with our loud drummer, a JCM900 + 4x12 and Dual Rectifier with 6x12 stacks. In fact I still had some headroom left. I am using the cabs with a TC RH750 amp, the Elf doesn't have enough watts available and compresses way too much when it has to be loud. Elfs are nice for home use though.

    I chose to get two cabs after trying my luck with a Barefaced One10. My amp works better with a 4ohm load and any stories you hear about a single One10 OR a Trace Elliot 2x8 keeping up with a rock drummer are big and utter bullsh*t. They simply won't in any room that's larger than 10 square meters.

    One piece of advice to everyone struggling to get enough volume from their small cabinet: Use acoustic coupling! This means cab on the floor for an extra few db in the bottom end. Back against a wall for another few db of free bottom end. On the floor in a corner for max bass output. This means you can dial back the bottom end on your amplifier, which in turn means your speaker won't have to work half as hard and can utilize the watts it is getting in more useful frequencies. TRY IT you will be amazed. NEVER place your speaker on a stand unless you're a guitarist.

     

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  3. The Peavey made Trace Elliot 2x8" cabs are some of the nicest I have ever owned. The Faitalpro speakers in there are simply amazing.
    I also own the Elf head and the Transit-B pre. The Transit-B is all you will ever need to get that Trace Elliot tone you know from the SMX range, minus the tube section in the pre but with an added overdrive channel.

    Peavey try to make great products when they throw the Trace Elliot label on and imho so far are doing a pretty damn good job!

    Eagerly awaiting the specs of this new TE-1200 amp.

     

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  4. 8 hours ago, stewblack said:

    Oh good lord @DiMarco that looks immense.

    When I tried to test how loud it goes in the local pub during soundcheck, the bar personel ran out ears covered and screaming.
    That little stack is just insane.

    And the Hexa sounds MASSIVE without any compression or whatever. Bass -> instrument lead -> Amp is all you need.
    The amp has this warm but tight sound I can't seem to find anywhere else. I sold my Mesa Prodigy because of this amp it got outclassed bigtime.

     

     

     

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  5. I switch between my basses on a weekly basis to keep things interesting (we play simple and boring punkrock music).
    Last week at rehearsals I brought my Sadowsky P. This week it's the Stingray NT's turn.
    So when doing my weekly practicing-the-day-before-rehearsals routine I set up my rig and plugged in the blue monster. Switched to 4th position (H+S) and started playing through my dirtboxes.

    Holy smokes! This thing sounds so damn powerful! Well I am hitting it pretty hard haha.

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    Does anyone else cut highs on their onboard pre with Stingrays all the time? These basses sound too damn trebbly in 'neutral' mode.

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  6. Well the RH750 goes very loud with the Barefaced cab but the SVT4-pro just sounds better then the TC does.
    I mainly use that TC amp with my two Trace Elliot 2x8" cabs - my tiny footprint lots of noise ministack when the stage is tiny.

     

  7. My Elf is on the shelf. 200w wasn't cutting it in my band. Funny enough the old TE AH250 Mk.V is capable of going n times as loud.

    To cover my small & portable amp needs I bought a TC RH750 instead. Swiss army knife bass head that one.

    The Warwick Gnome looks nice but I bet it can't compete with the JCM900 and Dual Rectifier stacks my guitarists are wielding. Whenever I can I bring out the SVT4-PRO and Barefaced Big Twin II gen3 to be able to keep up.

     

     

     

  8. What this is still going on?

    NOT OILED:

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    OILED:

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    Same bass, same camera (samsung phone) before and after. Dunlop 65 lemon oil on fretboard and headstock.

    Keep oiling your fretboards people, it helps. Just not when the board is Maple. Maple should be left alone.

     

     

     

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  9. 7 hours ago, Merton said:

    I concur with @DiMarco @stewblack and @Lozz196

    I think that’s why I love the Ashdown OriginAL. Once you understand the best way to set it up, it’s very reactive to different basses and playing styles. I suspect these will have some of that there too, given the number of players involved in beta testing; let’s hope so eh?!

    For me the Two Notes Le Bass nails the OD tone. It has a real valve handling the drive and both blendable channels each have their own EQ.
    I can mold it any way I want and it is very responsive. Tech21 YYZ is also a pretty nice one.

    I use both for slight dirt. Big dirt is handled by the Plasma Coil and creamy fuzz by the Giygas. I do not use my Darkglass Alpha-Omicron.

    Anyway, back on topic.

     

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  10. Opinion: The secret behind any good crunch tone is the instrument and the players touch.
    I also think passive instruments with their more open response lend themselves better for that particular sound.

    Chris Squire wouldn't have obtained his tone without a Ric and playing with a pick by any means.

    So an online demo of any amp, pre or pedal that does overdrive will never show you what it will do with your instrument and touch imho.

    The only thing you can really do is try it yourself. I have probably been disappointed in many (boutique) overdrives by not using the proper bass with them. Now that I own a full pallette 10 completely different sounding basses and about the same number of dirtboxes I think I know better. But then again, I'm no expert of course. I know one thing: a Pbass works better with dirt then most my other basses, except for the custom jazz I had purposely built to sound like a Ric on steroids.

    Good, soulful dirt tone that hits you in the gut is very rare.

     

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  11. I don't know. I used to be a fan but unsubscribed.
    Rick kinda repeats the same stuff over and over plus his "what makes this song great" doesn't appear to actually display what makes those songs great.

     

  12. After 30+ years of Flea style diagonal thumb on string slapping I'm trying to transition to thumb along string doublethumb technique.

    This means shorter strap, bass closer to chin and different right hand positioning.

    Biggest challenge is not so much the slapping but rather the index- and middle finger plucking. It hurts!

    Is the solution keeping up until callus forms on the edge of the fingertips or does anyone have some useful techniques they could show me?

    Thanks.

     

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