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Bought a TAFM fuzz pedal from Dan, great transaction, smooth and simple, and arrived in good time. Very pleased! Thanks!

Bought Andy's Boss DD-20 from him. Deal all sorted and sent really quickly, with great packaging and swift next day delivery service. Pain free and pleasant! A pleasure doing business! Great pedal too! Cheers Ollie

Great pictures Nik, thanks!

Swapped Voodoo Labs units with Kris, perfect, quick and easy transaction. Very pleased. Thanks!

Looking forward to it Nik, cheers!

Bought an Ibanez ATK from Stuart and he's a very helpful and communicative chap, and helped me with every pedantic question I had. Top bloke! Brilliantly packaged and stupidly quick service! Thanks Stuart.

Yup, screw in knobs! That's a good idea, thanks! I was worried I'd not be able to find a suitable pot, but feeling more positive now. Just gotta get the soldering out of the way first, once it arrives of course.

Yeah 500k here I've ordered that one. I'm more concerned about the knob fitting afterwards but I'm sure I can adapt it!

That seems to have done the trick, thanks Brensabre. I've left the volume pot bypassed for the time being until my new Pot arrives. Can't seem to find a pot the same as the original anywhere, but I guess as long as the taper is the same size, there'll be no problem. Thanks again.

Amazing, thank you! I shall try it when I get back from work in a bit!

I seem to be having volume and sound issues from my Lakland 44-01. I noticed last week at rehearsal that my volume pot was no longer a gradual off > on it was simply either off or on. I'm getting full volume at 100% and suddenly no volume at about 90%. This volume knob is also a push/pull switch to toggle the active/passive modes. I bought the bass on here back in January and I mentioned to the chap at the time that this knob seemed 'loose' as it wobbles a bit and certainly isn't solid, but he said he'd had no problems as he rarely used it.. (?) I have opened up and removed the pot (just unscrewed, not de soldered) and cleaned it with electrical contact fluid as well and tried all the usual things to tighten it up, including the knob itself, but with no luck. It had worked fine until last week's rehearsal and I noticed that not only was I turning up my amp about 25% more than usual, but it seemed to affect my tone for some reason. I'm guessing the volume issue was causing my pedal chain to react differently to usual, particularly the compressor and the tone hammer didn't seem to be enjoying it. The only improvements I had were to bypass my pedals for a fair improvement or switch to passive for a much better performance. I realise that my volume pot probably needs replacing, but does it sound like the sole problem here? I haven't ruled out the idea that I'm completely wrong or that I may have more than one problem here, but this seems to be the most likely. I realise I'm a tad bonkers. I've done all the usual things, cables, batteries, most other variables etc. I need ideas as I have a gig coming up and don't have much time to play with my full set up before hand! Thanks for any and all advice!

Very fair point, it's all subjective. I'll just have to try 'em all! I'm gonna start with the Wren & Cuff Tall Front Russian because it's the one I really want to work the most! Guess I'll just have to keep buying and selling them until I find the right one for me. Thanks for the help again guys!

The only reason I mention dwarfcraft is I think I saw Ben mention something to do with a trim knob on the big thunda during an interview with Juan Alderete but I might have made that up. I must confess the W&C TFR is one of my favourite sounding fuzzes so it's pleasing to know that it works with active. Though a Tarkin is tempting too. I'll have to do a bit more research after work tonight! Hah, I think Matt bellamy may have a slightly bigger budget than me! Thanks again for your input everyone.

Wicked, cheers Si. This website is a life saver! Hah! Plenty to think about! For me[i] and[/i] my bank manager!

Oh no, I've accidentally created another never ending fuzz quest thread! I have had a Bass Big Muff and it worked okay in 'dry' mode but otherwise it was very fussy, and it's what started this whole quest in the first place about a year ago! The Swollen Pickle did me no good either, sadly. Thanks for all the advice. Ill look into your suggestions. I've just got the EHX, Cog Grand Tarkin and Eau Claire Thunder on my list atm, unsurprisingly they aren't that common to try out, ehx aside. I'd like to be able to try pedals out more often but living in a small town (albeit half hr from Brighton) it's not that easy to nip to the local store and check various different poodles out. I'll make more effort! Incidentally, is there a post here, or anywhere, that lists the fuzzes that definitely do / definitely don't work with actives? If it doesn't exist... is that something that could be started?

It seems I am losing the plot, hah! I feared someone would tell me to get a passive bass, it's on the list but wont be anytime soon and wont be my main bass really. The Mastotron does have a variable impedance buffer (the reason I got it) but it's not a 'gated fuzz' sound, it's very square wave and synth, which is great, but really doesn't do it for me now when I just want a nice stonery fuzz tone. So... excuse me for still being silly... people have mentioned that its possible to get a buffer which would do the same thing as the impedance buffer on the mastotron... is that just something I have imagined? Or would it be better to just settle for something like the EHX Bass muff Deluxe with the active/passive button... or maybe the Dwarfcraft Eau Claire Thunder with the trim knob....? Not that fuzz is the only active issue I have, but it is the main one.

I'm having a few headaches and lows lately trying to decide if I need a buffer or not. The situation I'm in is one many people have been before, I'm sure, and it's that I play active basses and like using effects a lot. When it comes down to it, I don't really need or use all of them all the time, but the ones I do use regularly, ie, Fuzz, don't sit too happily with active basses... or at least high output pickups, like I have. I thought I'd settled the issue when I sold my past fuzzes and bought a Zvex Mastotron, which is great. Does exactly what it says on the tin, only I'm not sure I really want what it says on the tin anymore. Basically I want to be able to feel confident buying effects and using them as well as sodding about with the signal chain without having to worry about how the signal is going to effect certain pedals. I was recommended a buffer a little while ago, now I know that buffers are generally used to help boost a signal before a long cable or in conjunction with a load of true bypass pedals, but I know many people also seem to use them to help lower impedance and quieten a hot signal down in order to make the signal more 'effect friendly'. All I've seen so far is the Empress Buffer+ which looks great for what I need, but I want to make sure before I fork out the money and loose more real estate and another power cable outlet on my pedalboard. My signal chain is Active bass > TC Polytune > Aguilar Tone Hammer > MXR Bass Compressor > EHX POG II > MXR M80 > Zvez Mastotron > MXR Carbon Copy > Hardwire TR-7 > TC Vortex > Boss PS-3 > Hardwire DL-8 > GK 700rb/210rbh There are always more that chop in and out, (EHX Ring Thing, EHX Clone Theory, Boss RC-2) but these are the mainstays. Essentially what I'm asking of you lovely low-enders is... am I barking up the right tree, is this what I need? Or am I still a banana short of a fruit bowl? Thanks!

Bought Alex's Lakland 44-01 from him, real nice guy, not afraid to communicate and sort things out properly, which is great! Swift delivery and top quality packaging. Great to deal with, almost too easy!! Great bass, too! Thanks Alex.