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I didn't think that Higgie had had his modded as he says that that is the reason that he can't use it live. I use a Mark Bass III and Bergantino cabs. I have only just bought the Sadowsky pre-amp and need that to fatten up the tone on the jazz bass - really like that sound and not keen to drop it. Does Octavius Squeezer offer same sounds as the two other Chunk Pedals? Would make sense to combine those two as I don't use the fuzz by itself and also could live without the 00 Funk as the AGuilar and MXR offer a better filter sound. Never used a LS-2 how would that work? [quote name='tayste_2000' post='1128572' date='Feb 15 2011, 04:47 PM']Higgie had the same done to his Mutron. What amp do you have? Personally I'd ditch the Sadowsky Pre-amp & EBS Multi-Comp, the Serrano is the tiny boost from Catalinbread so it's hardly taking up room, you could look at getting a Octavius Squeezer to replace the 00Funk and Brown Dog. You do have a lot of filters, would look at ditching a few and just having 2 and something like an LS-2 to run them in parallel to get those really wet sounds that no single filter can do on it's own.[/quote]

Would love to but I made a conscious effort last year when I changed my rig to make sure that I was ultra lightweight and portable. Taking on a bigger board really nullifies that argument. Thinking that the Sadowsky and Aguilar Filter Twin might just have to replace the Mu-Tron!!! [quote name='chrismuzz' post='1126384' date='Feb 13 2011, 08:24 PM']Due to my slight OCD I would personally buy a bigger board to fit them all on [/quote]

I had my Mu-Tron re-calibrated by L-Sound in the states and that helps to avoid some of the problems with tone sucking as it is now true bypass and works fine for live use. Only just got the Sadowsky so no chance of that going anywhere and the Serrano came from you originally if you remember? [quote name='Higgie' post='1126280' date='Feb 13 2011, 07:10 PM']I've never used my Original Mutron live. Always other filters I've had at the time. Now I use a Prometheus for Auto Wah and a Proteus for standard filter stuff. If you wanna offload either the Serrano or Sadowsky - PM me [/quote]

Doh! Just realised that I do have a Pedaltrain 2 and not the Jr - really don't want a bigger board as it gets too big and too heavy! Maybe the Mu-Tron should be kept at home as it is valuable and also takes up the most space? [quote name='deej' post='1126089' date='Feb 13 2011, 04:36 PM']Get a bigger board, keep the pedals on it, have more fun! I started with a PT-pro, then I went down to a Jr. Now ive just bought a PT-2 because I cant make up my mind.[/quote]

Ha ha - very expensive advice there! Yes the Catalinbread was for boosting the signal of the jazz so is kind of surplus to requirements now but also only takes up a tiny bit of room on the board. [quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='1125986' date='Feb 13 2011, 02:34 PM']Sounds like the Catalinbread could in favour of using either the Sadowsky or the EBS Multi-Comp as a volume boost (assuming that's what you're using the Serrano Picosso for). Maybe also figure out settings that you could adjust to quickly so that you could ditch the MXR in favour of the OO Funk and Brown Dog for all your synth sounds. Oh, my advice fee is one of your discarded pedals [/quote]

Bought a Pedaltrain Jr a while ago to put all my pedals on which was fine but some recent purchases and xmas presents mean that I have now run out of space on my board! I am having problems deciding what to take off and leave on and wonder if anyone has any advice? Do any of you have two separate boards with your favourite pedals on each? If so how would you split mine up? The pedals that I have are as follows: TC Electonics Polytune, Mu-Tron III, Agent OO Funk Mark II, MXR M82, Aguilar Filter Twin, Sadowsky Pre-amp, EBS Octabass, EBS Multi-Comp, EBS Uni-Chorus, Catalinbread Serrano Picosso, Chunk Systems Brown Dog I use the Chunk Agent OO Funk and Brown dog for a synth type sound in a few of our tracks, the MXR Filter for a synth type sound when slapping and the Mu-Tron for my standard filter sound. So would struggle to use less filters! Any advice gratefully received!

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I took the plunge last week and bought a Sadowsky outboard pre-amp and I tried it out for the first time today. Wow what a sound you can get from this little box, it really brings my vintage jazz to life. Like others have said before I really can't imagine using the jazz without this little box of tricks now!!!

I have the M82 and it is a great filter but does not have a down sweep so is limited in comparison to the 3 Leaf Proton in terms of the variety of sounds that you can get from it. Having said that you can get some great squelch from it and it works well with slap too. I have not played through the Proton but do have a Mu-Tron which it is based on so have an understanding of what it can do. If you are in the market for a filter have you looked at the following: Aguilar Filter Twin Source Audio Bass Envelope Filter [quote name='bass_ennyday' post='1121722' date='Feb 9 2011, 06:58 PM']hmmmmm, can´t decide between the new 3Leaf Proton and the MXR M82 Bass Envelope Filter .... how would you guys decide?[/quote]

Guys, Thanks for all of the help and advice with this one. I have managed to find a well priced Sadowsky pedal so am going to try that for a bit and see how I get on. It seems to be that all options are well respected and I am not sure that there is a right or wrong answer here but the Sadowsky seems the simplest version and that is why I am going to try that first. Hell if that doesn't work out I will just try the next option!!

Is that 9v powered then? [quote name='Doddy' post='1118204' date='Feb 6 2011, 08:20 PM']I just run it off my power brick.[/quote]

I am thinking that the Sadowsky seems like the easiest option here - I like the demo's of the Aguilar Tone Hammer on the web but feel that the excess features such as mids and overdrive are over the top for my needs. Do you use a power supply with the Sadowsky unit or batteries and if so how long do they last for? [quote name='Doddy' post='1117783' date='Feb 6 2011, 03:47 PM']I really dig the Sadowsky outboard preamp with my Jazz. It's just bass and treble boost,but it adds a lot of balls to the sound of the bass,and makes it more versatile tonally.It's bypassable aswell and is a good DI.[/quote]

Ok so I now have people all saying good things about East preamps, Tone Hammer, Sansamp BDDI, Sadwosky preamp and the Aguilar 924. Can anyone come up with a sensible suggestion as to which one to go for? Can't try them all!! [quote name='fatback' post='1117181' date='Feb 5 2011, 11:06 PM']Love the Sadowsky outboard on my VMJ (stock pups) and bb400. Lately i switched over to a DHA DI/EQ and nice though that is, and I need it for my upright, after a couple of gigs I've gone back to the Sad. It's hard to define the effect, it's more than just warmth, and it's not colour in the usual sense. A richer sound, altogether classier. Darn. Another piece of kit i can't bring myself to sell. [/quote]

No - never tried the Sansamp stuff - TBH I always thought that it was used for overdriven sounds and therefore of much more use to the rock/metal fraternity. Can you get a useful tone from it for slap and fingerstyle funk? Could well be interested in trying the BDI21 but really struggling to believe that Behringer kit can rival the expensive stuff!! [quote name='dave_bass5' post='1116489' date='Feb 5 2011, 01:21 PM']Mark, have you tired a BDDI yet? As per my Sadowsky thread i felt the Sad did what its supposed to, but i wanted a bit more so im sticking with the BDDI. If you want to try the BDDI tone i have a Behringer BDI21 lying around that your welcome to borrow for a few weeks. Its almost identical sounding to the real deal (IMO of course).[/quote]

Many thanks for your advice and thoughts - was the Aguilar DB924 replaced by the Tone Hammer? Can you still buy the 924? [quote name='BassBod' post='1116404' date='Feb 5 2011, 12:10 PM']If you want J bass but bigger I'd go outboard preamp, with your existing bass. I've not used all the options, but have had success with the Aguilar DB924 (outboard, but same circuit as OPB1) and Sansamp Bass Driver. The Aguilar is very similar to the Sadowsky (both based on the early Musicman circuit?) and adds "weight" to the sound without really making it sound active. It will do the full Marcus sizzle and thump if you crank the bass and treble. But keep the treble down and its just a warmer bigger sounding version of your bass. It doesn't add gain though, so I find it works best with full gain on a J bass. It can be subtle or a sizzly sledgehammer...depends what you like. I've got the Sadowsky circuit in my Sadowsky PJ bass, and I'd say its very similar..but a touch brighter/more active sounding than the Aguilar? The Sansamp is well known here, but I can make a jbass through a clean amp sound a bit bigger/warmer - the key is the blend control and not cranking the eq much beyond 1 o'clock. It doesn't do the Marcus type sizzle - more warmth and thump. I also borrowed a copy of the "catalinbread SFT" pedal (Ampeg style preamp) and enjoyed the warmed-up tone it gave Jbasses.[/quote]

Beginning to feel a little confused with this one! I need to fatten up my jazz bass tone (it is a passive 1974) and I have had so much conflicting advice and opinion that I don't really know which way to go now. Initially I was going to change the p/ups to Nordsrtand or Aguilar but I think opinion is pretty much weighted against that from some pretty well respected guitar builders in the business. So that leaves me with two other options: 1/ Go for an East Retro preamp on board which will give the bass an active circuit and open up a lot of tonal capacity (but perhaps maybe too much?) 2/ Try an outboard pre-amp and the three most suggested options seem to be the Sadowsky, EBS Microbass II or Aguilar Tone Hammer I like the idea of the Sadowsky option being very simple but then wonder if I am missing something as some say that it is very lacking compared to the Tone Hammer. The Aguilar option looks ok but I was not hugely impressed with the AG500 head and wonder if it is just the same thing as that but in a pedal!! I have no experience of the EBS Microbass so not sure if that would be overkill? It looks horribly complicated! In essence I would like a pretty straightforward option that gives my jazz the sound of Julian Crampton or Randy Hope-Taylor! Come on guys give me some help here.

Ian bought my EBS Session 60 this week and my EBS Bass IQ pedal in November. Top guy to deal with quick and fast payment and polite and friendly comms too. Highly recommended.

Just wanted to know how you got on with the Sadowsky in the end? Was it the solution to your problem? I am thinking of getting one for my 74 jazz and wanted to get some more feedback on them - any advice would be gratefully received! Mark [quote name='dave_bass5' post='892769' date='Jul 12 2010, 12:41 PM']Cheers Foal. Do you (or anyone here) run it off a PSU? I know Sadowsky tell you to only use theirs but ive read other thread where people are using different PSU's like the One Spot without issues. As i plan on leaving it on all the time i guess a PSU would make sense. I dont want a real cheap one but i do want something that doesn't add noise.[/quote]