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I’m starting to recognise quite a few basses which for one reason or another keep going back up for sale 🤔

If you get a Backbeat on your strap you can use a short cable from your bass like an angled one to the pack, then plug the wireless into the output of the pack. Then it’s on your back and out of the way. The form factor of the boss would have been a concern for me otherwise. 

It’s quite deceptive because it can be both the simplest and the most complex compressor in the world. Either one knob with whatever it comes with as default or dig into the editor with 30 something parameters. 

1 minute ago, M@23 said:

Thanks for that, good to hear. Will also keep an eye out for one on here I think and try it out! Nothing to lose if you can get one for £50! I do like the TC minis anyway and have had a good experience of them so far. 

I'm selling my MXR now if you want to have a crack with that and maybe compare the two. £50 for the spectracomp is amazing value and yes they're built really nicely with a satisfying footswitch.

32 minutes ago, M@23 said:

Interested to see you mention floor noise @ped, I’ve had many compressors too, and this always bugged me. I was going to try an M87 or Spectracomp next, both of which have very mixed reviews on the subject. 

Yeah noise is what put me off some of the other compressors I've used. With my headphone setup at home I'm particularly anal about any noise and as such I went through a lot of cork sniffing to find the perfectly quiet signal (and I don't like noise gates)

The MXR is really good, and the noise sounds smooth and not gritty so it's really not very noticeable. The Spectra is super quiet. I think some reviews say it can get a bit noisy if you turn up the dial as there's sometimes make up gain applied as I understand it, but with the dial at 10 O'clock it's as quiet as the best I've tried. I know some others who said it was noisy were running it after several pedals with less than true bypasses so naturally the comp amplified that at the end of the chain. I honestly don't think you'll find quieter - digital compression always strikes me as quieter anyway.

Another important factor for me was the fact that it remembers the 'on' or 'off' status when power to my board is turned off - because it's underneath the board I want to turn it on, tape down the dial and forget about it. The MXR did the same.

Yeah lol and somewhere to park my car too. Amazing thing.

Hi guys

My guitarist is restoring a nice old twin neck Ibanez and I jokingly said I could get a twin neck bass (fretted/fretless). Out of curiosity, beyond ordering an aliexpress one for £300 I wondered if there are any decent ones in the UK. I narrowly missed a Washburn one on eBay but it was quite expensive and I'm not sure I am fully into buying a really good one. But I must admit since I've started looking I'm enjoying at least checking out different models.

Please share any cool ones! Headless preferred because it suits the vibe, I think

Maybe they’ll fix it in the next update, I’ll continue to pester them

Another Backbeat G1 for sale - actually quite a new unit in perfect condition, however the light doesn't come on (green) when it's charging, even though it charges perfectly well and performs as normal. I tend to charge it overnight so it doesn't make any difference to me.

Comes with box, lead, charger and carry case.

Price includes postage

Cheers

Backbeat G1 - 100% working fine and complete with box, lead, charger, instructions and carry case. One of the two knobs is slightly angled but it works perfectly, I think it may have come like that.

Price includes postage

Cheers

Lovely compressor, boxed with all the bumf

Very small chip in paint, bottom right corner, and slight marks from velcro on back (but clean, no sticky residue)

Price includes postage

Cheers

It could be an 8 string but with each pair tuned the same but one roundwound and one flatwound

Body should have a monkey grip handle (and probably need one as it’s going to weigh about 15st

9 hours ago, SumOne said:

 

 

This from Origin Effects website:

 

 

"... where do you place the compressor in your signal chain? 

The Official Textbook of Pedal Placement™ states that, apart from vintage fuzz and wah, compression should always be first in the chain. For typical guitar use – that is to say, using your compressor as an obvious effect – we certainly agree. Compression reduces the dynamic range of your signal, squashing the peaks and preventing any notes from jumping uncomfortably out of the mix. For clean sounds, like those used by Funk or Country players, this is just what you want – a nice, even clean tone without slicing anyone’s heads off. 

If this is how you like to use your compressor, it will work best first in the chain. This is partly because the next pedal is likely to be an overdrive. Overdrive will also dramatically affect the dynamics of your signal, clipping the peaks and eliminating any difference between loud and quiet notes. As such, placing a compressor after your drive would not allow you to bring out all the snappy, funky bits of your playing – your overdrive has got rid of them all already!"

Is it me or is that contradictory? Also I think it’s talking more about using compression as an effect, as opposed to how most bassists use it, as an overall tone shaper keeping everything in check in perhaps a more subtle way. Both OD and Fuzz will flatten your signal, so it doesn’t matter if comp is before or after that, I think after is better because you can let the fuzz and OD respond to dynamics which the best ones do really well.  

Found the perfect container! This box is a slightly curved shape, designed to hold 4 rolls of 35mm film. It fits the WS20 absolutely perfectly which is super satisfying. Can’t remember where I got it, probably eBay 

WL20 is here and I think it’s fantastic! One question - can the two pieces be stored plugged into each other, like you do to pair them, until the lights go off?

Oh and has anyone found a good carry case for them?

4 minutes ago, jimbobothy said:

… can’t you save your edited toneprints then??

Yeah you can but if you use the app to load a different one you have to hook it up via usb to load your own one back again. Not really a problem if you design one and keep with it I guess. Would be good if you could save them to the app. I’m not 100% about this but this is what I’ve read. Despite spending hours tweaking various compressors I’ve had over the years I’m somehow not minded to bother with this, even though it’s probably the most tweakable of the lot.

I haven’t hooked up the USB yet, I sort of want to but at the same time I love the way it sounds now and I’m not sure if I need to change anything at all. Given that you can’t make your own toneprint and beam it via your phone I think staying with one of the ‘celebrity’ settings is probably safer than losing ‘my’ setting if I change to another preset. I rather like the way it’s worked - literally it arrived, I beamed the East toneprint, I turned the knob to 10:00 and done. It’s under my pedalboard, on, with the knob switched for a big chickenhead so I can more easily adjust by feel. I think I’ll tape it down where it is and leave it alone!

Totally optional

Apparently Invision (who make this software) are aware of the issue and looking into it. Not holding my breath but if people want to use the code method for the time being that’s fine. 

Thanks, yeah that happened to me on another site. You get a box with a question mark in it? I wondered if it was due to my AdGuard plug-in but perhaps not. Thanks for reporting

I’ve just bought one of these little pedals on BC and I have to say I think it’s fantastic. 
 

My compressor history is fairly wide, from MXR, LMB3, Cali big box, FEA opti comp and others. My main requirements are that I like it to be super quiet (in terms of white noise when engaged), good at peak limiting and fast attack. 
 

So far using the Captain East toneprint I’ve straight away found a really punchy compression which I’m really happy with. The pedal is super quiet and of course tiny so it fits under my pedalboard, and as it remembers the on/off status when powered down and up again it’s pretty set-and-forget. 
 

I’m glad I finally got round to trying one. I think all my favourite compressors have been digital, come to think of it. I’ll give some other toneprints a whirl but loving it as it is.

Will try at rehearsal next week  🤘

45 minutes ago, stewblack said:

You're playing with horses?

Practicing my galloping basslines 😁

45 minutes ago, BassAgent said:

Well yeah but it is, but cheaper. My 3 (body) refinished Fenders don't sound or play different from an original. I want the sound and feel of an old Fender, not the exact original finish. If the wood, hardware and electronics are original: sign me up. Oh and the refin has to be pretty.

I mean: nothing wrong with a good refin.

 

No nothing wrong with it at all if reflected in the price, but I don't think everyone factors that in enough. That Jazz looks amazing by the way and given the limited colour options at the time it gives you the chance to have something custom

I forgot - built in headphone amp/output

18 hours ago, Dood said:

 

I haven't had the pelasure of one of tehse yet. Would love to hear opinions on the 'response' control and how low the ocatve tracks. 

Hi mate sorry I missed this. I haven't really put the octave, or any of the effects, through their paces yet. I usually don't use the amp for band practice but I'll take it next week and give it a good trying out.

I find the response and character switches make a huge difference to the sound. My default is classic + linear, which gives a slightly more mid heavy sound which suits a band mix well. I did use the flat setting more with my Jazz, which game a tremendously clear full range sound which suited the bass really well. 6L6 and 6550 modes offer up some grind and the 6L6 I found particularly punchy.

I realise I need to play with it a bit more, now that I'm so familiar with my bass in a range of contexts, so that I can properly assess the range of sounds available. Since getting the amp I have only used it a handful of times, pretty much with a different bass each time in a completely different context, so now that I have a stable setup (ha!) I will be able to assess it more easily.

I have definitely found the compressor to be bang on for my needs, though - it's worked perfectly with everything I've thrown at it.