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Dan bought an AGRO pedal from me and everything was done quickly and smoothly - top basschatter, exactly what this place is all about.
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Now I've gone for a Multiamp, all my existing gear has to go, so here's a 4u Thomann rack case, very similar to everyone else's as far as I can tell. Rack rails at both ends (which I found really handy) and plenty of depth. It's this one: [url="https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_rack_case_4u.htm"]https://www.thomann....ack_case_4u.htm[/url] It's under a year old and in good nick, there are very slight scuffs on the "feet" on each side where it's been put down but otherwise not a mark on it. The ends fit nicely (and on either end, which isn't always the case, although I think they do like to be the right way up), butterfly clips are all fine. I can do it for £30 collected from BD20 (Silsden), or I can drop it off round Skipton / Keighley / Hebden Bridge / Todmorden, or if you're happy with it sent Hermes I'll chip in towards the postage and do it for the £30 + £4 postage. Some pictures, click for larger versions: [attachment=204761:4uRack-1.jpg] [attachment=204762:4uRack-2.jpg] -
Thanks to my new MarkBass Multiamp, all my pedals have to go! First up is the Aguilar AGRO, they call it an overdrive but it goes all the way from just a boost through overdrive up to what I would call distortion, I used it somewhere in between for a really nice fully overdriven sound. Also has presence and countour for tone shaping, and is nearly indestructible in a heavy duty metal chassis. It has velcro on the base, but I have the rubber feet as well, and it's boxed. Full details here: [url="http://www.aguilaramp.com/products_agro.htm"]http://www.aguilaram...oducts_agro.htm[/url] Some demos here: [url="http://www.aguilaramp.com/agro_settings.htm"]http://www.aguilaram...ro_settings.htm[/url] and plenty more on youtube. Looking for a straight £100 posted 1st class signed for. Not looking for trades, got to pay for the amp! [attachment=204630:agro-1.jpg] [attachment=204631:agro-2.jpg] [attachment=204632:agro-3.jpg] [attachment=204633:agro-4.jpg]
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Price drop: £160 posted I think most people know what this is, but here goes: Tech 21 Sansamp RBI 1u Rack mount preamp, all the details are here: [url="http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/sansamp/rbi.html"]http://www.tech21nyc...ansamp/rbi.html[/url] The RBI I think is aiming for (and hitting) a very Ampeg sound, but you can dial down the presence (or the blend) to get a more classic tube amp tone as well. With the drive to play with as well it's got some excellent sounds in there, plus 3 band eq. There are a few demos on youtube, there's more of the BDDI which this is an improved rack mount version of (it has mid which the BDDI doesn't, and some other things). It's also got excellent features for live and recording, with effects loop with 50/50 mix option, seperate levels for line output and balanced XLR out (perfect for amp vs desk levels), rear inputs as well as the front instrument input, and footswitch input which can also chain to another RBI or an RPM. It's less than a year old (still under warranty until early december) and has been racked and looked after the whole time, it has a small screw mark on one rack ear where it's been racked up (which you don't see when it is racked up) but otherwise just looks like new. Boxed with manual and UK power lead. I've gone digital and bought a Markbass Multiamp, which is why this is up for sale. Some photos (click for big versions), sorry they havn't come out great I was struggling a bit for light today: [attachment=204618:sansamp-1.jpg] [attachment=204619:sansamp-2.jpg] [attachment=204620:sansamp-3.jpg] £160 posted (Royal main 2nd class or Hermes, your choice), or collect from BD20, and try it out while you're here - I don't have a power amp at the moment but can run it through my recording rig. Not looking for any trades thanks, the Multiamp is meant to cure me of that!
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Nearly forgot, volume wise this thing is LOUD. I never got master volume above about 9 o'clock!
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I tried the multiamp at rehearsals on Friday and it passed that test easily. I didn't have time to set anything up in advance, and anyway I think you only really know what works when you try it with the band. I headed straight for the vintage bank and easily found 2 amps tgat worked for a warm clean sound (the Sunny US model) and a nice slight gritty sound (UK120, which I think us the Orange). Used them both flat and they sounded excellent, just what I was after. With some tweaking I'll have my tones as close to perfect as they're going to get. Just ordered the MB floor pedal, I only need it for this and don't need expression and Thomann had a B stock one. Rack case is ordered as well, I splashed out and went for an SKB one having tried the generic ones for other things. Looks like I'll be dropping all my currebt gear in the for sale section and going 100% multiamp! USB cable is on the way as well.
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Mick was good enough to send me some stickers after I put out a call in the wanted section, and wouldn't even take the price of the postage. Top basschatter, the world needs more Micks.
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I'll give the usb a go at the weekend and see what happens, it's a fairly recent one, was it the early ones that needed a jumper adding?
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Thanks, it is V3 (I'll check but pretty sure). I noticed that there's a level on the cab as well for setting volume for studio / PA settings, does anyone do it that way for those? I'll have a play with configuring it via USB as well I think, I used to find that very handy when I had a Vox Tonelab for guitar
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I've just bought Mark's Multiamp from this very site, I was very impressed with it, as far as I could tell every tone I could want is in there somewhere and they are proper versions. Really looking forward to getting to grips with this thing, and to trying it loud at rehearsals tomorrow night. One thing I wanted to check, I have 2 x 8ohm cabs (MarkBass Traveler as it happens), it's a mono amp, does it make any difference whether I chain the cabs and plug into the single speakon or just plug in to two jacks? Looking at the manual it says all the speaker outs are in parallel so I can't see that it will matter, I can plug them in separate or link them as a 4ohm and plug that in (I've only got speakon leads at the mo anyway). The other quick question I've just thought of, it will become obvious pretty soon anyway, but if I want the master to work across all patches should it be set to "manual" in the system menu?
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I bought a MarkBass multiamp from Mark and couldn't be happier with how it's all gone. I had the chance to have a good play before buying and it was a pleasure meeting Mark and dealing face to face.
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That's interesting, I am aiming to make my own so I plan to pull apart and mess around with the ones I find. I'll check out EZ Drummer 2, I don't know how much it overlaps with Steven Slate Drums which I already have but that does sound like a pretty cool feature. Although, partly I'm after new ideas.
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Had a look at those and tried the free Groove Monkey pack, looks excellent! That will definitely keep me busy for a bit. Thanks!
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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could recommend sources for good free MIDI drum tracks / loops? I'd definitely prefer MIDI as I want to tweak them and learn from them rather than just use them as they are. I'm looking mainly for blues, rock & funk beats but I fancy trying other influences as well. I'm guessing quite a few people have been through the same search so thought it was worth asking here. I much prefer playing bass along to some beats to get ideas going. I have had a search on here but I'm getting too many results about other things to find anything. TIA!
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I tried quite a few filters recently and found the 3Leaf Proton to be the best for what I was looking for, very natural - but, quite fussy as far as sensitivity goes, I found switching from plucking to picking changed what it did quite a lot. The EMMA tracked really well and wasn't so fussy but I found it very trebly. That said, I ended up with a wah pedal instead.
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I'm liking this a lot. I you wanted some suggestions, they wouldn't be about changing what you have, there might be little things you could tweak but it grooves very nicely. I'd be thinking about getting some vox on top of that, and playing with ideas for something to go into, so it was a but more verse / chorus - but that's just me, there's loads of directions you could take it in. Nice.
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It should be pretty easy to work out if it's anything to do with polarity or if that's a red herring: If the pedal worked fine, you didn't rewire anything and then it stopped working, it's nothing to do with polarity.
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Price drop, £120 posted, it really is just like new.
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I've just tried this on my guitar, and it is no longer for sale! Yes, it keeps the bottom end, but it sounds much rougher on bass, and much smoother (but not in a dodgy hair metal way) on the guitar, really nice sound. I've got it running into an Amplitube Orange amp and it sounds amazing, even with a pitch shift (after the barbershop).
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[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1444664357' post='2884890'] All ears are different of course, but I thought those three all sounded pretty different, and the Blueberry absolutely slayed the other two! Within one minute of playing with each, I knew that I would sell on the Beta and HGBM, and that I would never ever sell the Bearfoot. [/quote] Hmm, interesting... because I've never tried a blueberry, but the reason I thought they were similar is that when you sold the HGBM to me, you said, "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Only reason for selling is I already have the Bearfoot Blueberry and they sound so similar that I don't need to keep both!"[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]They way it's worked out, the HGBM has stayed while quite a few other pedals have been tried and failed or have come and gone now. I really like it when it's only just overdriving, same tone as my clean sound, but just roughed so it goes nicely when I play with a pick, vs fingers which is how I play my clean sound. So I switch from fingers to pick and bump the HGBM on at the same time.[/font][/color]
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[quote name='MothBox' timestamp='1438436467' post='2834521'] For low gain I've been using the SGFX Beta, I think it covers the same sort of territory as the Blueberry. It has a lot of bass baked in and I love it![/quote] [quote name='doctorbass' timestamp='1438691183' post='2836401'] Solid Gold FX Beta is outstanding. No low end loss, in fact it adds a bit, which is no bad thing for an OD. I also use a Catalinbread SFT a more upper middy, Ampeg sort of tone. [/quote] I had a good play with a Solid Gold FX Beta a week or so ago, tried it back to back with my Hooker's Green Bassmachine. The verdict from both me and Steve was that they were virtually identical, slight differences at each end of the settings but anywhere near the middle you could get identical sounds from them. Given that the bassmachine is meant to sound like the blueberry, and the comment about about the beta and the blueberry, I think basically the three of them - Solid Gold FX Beta, One Control Hooker's Green Bassmachine, BJFE Blueberry - are very similar, or at least have massive overlap. So, I'll stick with what I've got on that front, especially as it's such a small footprint.
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Buuuuuuuuump!
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Final price drop, £110 posted, otherwise I might try it on the ebay as it's good for guitar as well.
