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    Overdrive suggestions

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    On 12/10/2015 at 19:27, Japhet said:

    I wanted a drive pedal to give a slight volume boost and add a bit of break up to my sound. Nothing excessive but just enough to fill out the sound in some songs and while the guitarist was soloing. I tried a Catalinbread SFT for a while but found the volume boost a bit uncontrollable and now use a Way Huge Green Rhino which does exactly what I want. Don't know if that helps at all.

    hi Japhet. how's the low end on it? the green rhino

    Green Rhino Overdrive

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    Posted · Edited by taha_never

    Hello again Basschat!

    anyone using Green Rhino? How's the low end?
    searched a lot, but reviews are somewhat mixed so i thought i'd ask.
    please share your experience with it with me.
    thanks in advance

    T
    PS: narrowed down my choices to this due to the availability in our local shops and i can't test it in person.

    DGCF Stiff bright flats

    in Accessories and Misc

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    Hello fellow down tuners in Basschat 🙋‍♂️

    please help me find the brightest sounding stiff flats for standard D tuning.

    my P-bass which is a roger waters model is currently strung with 45-105 d'addario chromes which are pretty good in that tuning.

    just wanted to know if there is any other set with stiffer feel and brighter sound.

    I've heard steve harris set goes dead sounding pretty soon. so what are other options out there which I should be aware of?

    thanks.

    Simple, Squishy Compressor Pedal?

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    hey everyone! 🍻

    has anyone ever seen/used a comp as simple as it can get, even down to two knobs, no tubes, no blend, etc. which doesn't lose low end and can squish.

    yes I have read Ovnilab. I have a markbass compressore which I can get it to do ANYTHING compression. but:

    1. the markbass has a warm tone and colors the tone which I love, but for now, I want a "transparent squish"! if that makes sense! and maybe a bit faster attack than what the markbass offers.

    2. how do those one-knob compressors on amps like SVT 4 pro work? I like the sound and action of it's modeling in my IK SVX plugin, set at noon. and I would really love one of those knobs in a pedal.

    I'm mostly a pick player and never slap

    cheers

    T

    Joyo American Sound!

    in Effects

    Posted · Edited by taha_never

    spent about two months with the joyo american sound. loving it! 🤩
    voice settings 7 to 8:30 o'clock sound fantastic. very fenderish bass tones and plenty of low end. I keep the EQ completely flat! drive between 9 to 11 covers from ampish clean to some nice breakup for me. very responsive! that's my favorite and most used settings. one can push it a bit (voice: 9 to 10, drive: 12 to 13 o'clock) and get some creamy tones out of it. it's capable of that. just remember to cut the treble a bit with  settings like this.
    when recording, you can actually bring up the deepest lows by backing off the low eq to settings below 9! and the mid and treble relatively. this flattens and levels the 100(ish)Hz boost of the built-in speaker sim, and it'll sound as when you blend in some of your amp's DI signal. I mean really deep lows! they're all there.
    I really wonder, why haven't they make these with a better quality footswitch and added DI out? I would pay the extra what 20 dollars for that, in a heartbeat!!
    EDIT: tested on P-Bass with flats!

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    Fender Downtown Express- first impressions

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    On 26/06/2019 at 14:11, Old Horse Murphy said:

    I managed to rehearse last night through my gigging rig and the pedal certainly didn't disappoint. The Compressor is very decent indeed and seems to work equally well at both ends of the sound spectrum (low and high), so really evens out the notes.

    The EQ is good too and I use it to alternate between different sounds depending on the requirement for the song. It really adds something to a P Bass with flats and tone turned down about 1/3, without having to fiddle with the amp or tone pot each time.

    The Overdrive is lovely and creamy and gives some really rich harmonics. I only dial Overdrive in a little bit, but this one seems to hit the spot nicely :)

    I never would've thunk (thought) Fender would be "up there" in terms of Bass pedals but I've been pleasantly surprised.

     

    great review. does it have fender bassman DNA in its tone?

    Pickguard Material vs Tone!

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by taha_never

    1 hour ago, Beer of the Bass said:

    Thick conductive metal around a pickup can have a measurable effect on the pickup's response, it causes eddy currents which act much like adding extra windings which are shorted out. Though that would usually have the effect of reducing high frequencies, making things darker sounding.

    more like a raised pickup height, soundwise?

    Pickguard Material vs Tone!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    what's up BC?
    just for the sake of a topic (I'm bored), to my hand and ears I hear more overtones w/ this gold anodized pg on my alder body maple fingerboard P-bass compared to my 3-ply black pg! just saying!

    I imagine it's something that's barely noticeable in a mix. but solo it's there. not necessarily a brighter tone,  just a bit more ring and maybe sustain I can feel.
    or is it just me? 🤔

    clarity drops after an hour of playing

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    2 hours ago, Woodwind said:

    Please be careful Taha_Never!

    What is the work you're doing outside?

    I do a lot of work outside and just the increased high end content in the sound of london traffic on wet roads can irritate my hearing.

    Sustained fatigue will eventually lead to permanent hearing loss.

    Thank you Woodwind.

    3-4 hours use of public transport per day, in Tehran! loud and frightening traffic on the way to office. excessive use of horn and wild bikers everywhere. savage people who are unable to do a small task without making lots of unnecessary noise. I'm also HSP (highly sensitive) so you can imagine. time to get my ears checked i think 😣

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    clarity drops after an hour of playing

    in General Discussion

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    hi all

    my bass' sound gets muddy after about an hour of playing. mexican P bass with standard pickups. i tested it with my pedals and amp out of the setup. latest test setup: bass > directly into audio interface > headphones (K44).
    so the suspected components narrowed down to just the bass and/or headphone. can headphones do this? lose clarity after an hour of use?

    or if it's the bass where should i look? bad cap? pot? pickup?
    help appreciated

    Joyo American Sound!

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    Posted

    thanks for the input Baloney.

    yes i have an additional cab sim at the end of my setup before my audio interface or amp return. the fender microDI. everything sounds fantastic through it. my current setup is : tuner > tcmojomojo(occasional use, great tool for rounding out the tone when run clean) > markbass comp > VTDI > fenderDI/cabsim

    i'd put the american sound before the VT and sometimes blend in some of the VT tone with the joyo using VT's blend. i can also sometimes benefit from VT's cabsim by setting the pedal completely flat and clean with just its cabsim turned on.
    imagining all the options, can't wait for it to arrive so i can set up and see what would come out of these.

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