Cuzzie

Nice tune @ped thanks for sharing that - her voice and phrasing reminds me a lot of Ann Peebles who is one of my fave artists

39 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Err not quite, but fair enough in terms of confusion!  The Carvin BB has a Carvin preamp that bore some similarities to a TonePump, but it's not (e.g. it's a 3 band for a start). I'd be fine with keeping it but it's fucked in terms of the 3 band EQ, so it's going to get replaced with a Glock EQ. That particularly journey on swapping out the Carvin pre for a Glock is reasonable well-trodden and been apparently done with some success.

How come potty mouth Krow gets no censorship 

17 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

They’re ace. 
 

Ive done some recordings with mine to try and give an idea of sounds.

I’ll upload shortly - not that I wanted to put this stuff out there, but - what the heck 😂

the top one (soundtrack one) takes a while to get going, “Trav cruises” is a stupid joke I did with @Cuzzie and “Skylines” was more about getting used to a new guitar.

it’s wearing well worn sadowsky rounds.

It’s a stonewalled hit

35 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

Opshop suitcase / school bag / cheap backpack to suit.

Yes - I used an existing bag and made to measure

3 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

The joys of saving heaps by slicing up a small plywood chunk into pieces and screwing together a rock solid board.

Indeed

I used spare kitchen units, door stops for feet, even old vinyl floor tiles for covering etc - rock solid, cheap as chips

1 minute ago, tegs07 said:

 

Yep I can confirm that they look great together. Borrowed one recently and am now in the process of migrating to New Zealand so I don’t have to return it...

I have family there too to hunt you down....

On 25/03/2021 at 13:58, PaulThePlug said:

How nice would this look with that Carbon Status neck thats currently listed?

Too rich for my blood... GLWS

I can tell you it looks an amazing combination 

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CM4oSyunmjt/?igshid=1si5mpnjr7cqe
 

Holger being a dude again

17 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

It's ok gents, you can stop fretting about the power amp capability on the DG M900. It doesn't cause me any concerns at all that I have plenty of headroom when using either my 8 ohm BF BB2 or 8 ohm fEARless F112. (And heaven forbid, I might even take them both out together at some point in the future...) 

We ain’t fretting sunshine  (we are Fretless) just chatting about amps and cabs correct specs and capabilities for everyone’s learning and benefit whether they are existing owners, past owners or potential owners - nowt wrong with that 

22 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Nope - 300W at 8 ohms is my preferred min. The M500 should handle that easily give it's 500W at 4ohms. But I'm not complaining about having 900W at 4 ohms on tap!

Aren’t your cabs for creative home use and gig rig both 8ohms so you never get the full 900w? (Or 1Khz full blast)

7 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Nope - 300W at 8 ohms is my preferred min. The M500 should handle that easily give it's 500W at 4ohms. But I'm not complaining about having 900W at 4 ohms on tap!

Phew thank goodness for that, good job it’s not listed as having 250w at 8 ohms then......

13 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

One thing I hadn't clocked was that the 500W versions are not just a cut down power amp of the 900W versions, but are also a little more compact (which I'd view as a plus) and have dispensed with a few "nice to haves" present on the 900W versions: the M500 only has a master volume in place of both gain & master on the M900, just one DI out instead of both pre and post DI out options, no midi connectivity or no separate volume control for the headphones. 

So they are differently spec'd models and I guess the price differential between the two starts to stack up, although tbf I suspect I'd be entirely content with the 500W version in place of my 900W if I had got my hands on that instead.

@NancyJohnson are you finding any difference to having the dUG in the fx return to putting it into the amp input?

Does that no go against your minimum headroom rule?

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

I've had a fairly decent noodle on the AO900 over the last couple of days and it sounds pretty nice in isolation, but I was working on some new LS stuff and thought, well rather just try and record, I'll play along with the stuff that's been sent over, but it's been a real struggle.

It's pretty easy to dial in a grindy tone, power/dirt, but the dUg just sounds so much better to my ears, so for now, I'm back to the dUg into the effects return.

Come on @Tech21NYC give us a nice loud dUg (or Ged) in a VTBASS 500 size box.  You know you can do it.

It’s the difference between DG drive which is close but no cigar and Tech21’s drive like the dUg which nails it.

Here’s something for you, you could maybe make your own enclosure!

3 minutes ago, Ghost Rider said:

Yeah I’m after a jazz neck too. I’ve got a nice jazz body & some 62 RI Tuners so I’m on the hunt for a nice neck then it’s good to go!

Yeah, the 6 to 8 week wait is a bummer when your waiting to get a build done!  

They are so worth it, as are all status necks

18 minutes ago, Ghost Rider said:

They do a jazz neck as well mate. Might be worth dropping them an email incase they have one in stock. 

Cheers buddy - I already have a jazz one on a build and have a body that I know wants one - I am just playing the procrastination game and making excuses rather than just getting one.

Seeing one readily available similar to this would be harder to resist!

If this had been a jazz neck it would have gone to me

GLWTS

Lad done well

46 minutes ago, ezbass said:

I’m looking at one of these as there’s a new edition out now and the original mini is reduced in price. I’m not really looking to program stuff, just to have a decent beat for practice and possibly use as a basic backing for recording with some fills & transitions.

It will do that in spades 

Great score - I nearly had a Godin Shifter - 3 pick up one - won the auction, seller refused to sell to me despite being no reserve price - oh well - always liked Em and my guitarist had one, lovely instruments 

1 hour ago, Grav said:

The Darkglass Super Symmetry setting (SYM on the HL)

It’s a decent Comp the SS -the BUS on the HLis the best one though

43 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

That's not a bad approach to using the comp. The fact that it has some form of metering, albeit pretty limited, is definitely helpful. But at the end of the day it's a one knob compressor (which @51m0n would regard as being the devi'sl spawn and has gone on record, saying so) and I personally find that the make-up gain over compensates for the amount of compression resulting in an overall increase in volume as you increase the compression levels, which you then have to "un make-up" elsewhere. The comp is outside the AO circuit and so available for your clean sound, if you want it, which I suspect for most folks will be the more common use. There's a fair bit of compression in most drives anyway but I guess you can always double-up to further increase the sustain if this appeals and probably no need to faff adjusting it down mid-set when you switch from clean to drive given that the drive will, in any case, dominate the more subtle impact of compression.

There was some suggestion that DG had included a Hyper Luminal "Lite" as the compression circuit, which does get a lot of positive reviews from users elsewhere.

So looking at what we've got included: it's essentially got a Hyper Luminal Lite(?) compressor + AO Ultra preamp + 900W class D power amp + footswitch in a pretty handsome package with DG's reputation for build quality. And if you can pick one up used for a decent price (which I was fortunate to do), you're not going to be doing too badly at all. Unless, of course, you really don't like the AO drive tone, in which case you'd probably be better off spending your hard earned cash elsewhere.

Hyperluminal has 3 compressors on it - which one is it on the amp as a lite version?

I will defo add a couple-people may or may not agree with my liking though!

Interestingly from what you said, do you keep your gig stuff in storage not in the home?

If so it’s a cunning ploy to avoid the Mrs seeing how much gear you have!

Sounds good

look forward to hearing some samples

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

Speaking of plugging a Tech 21 pedal in the front of the M900, just been doing that with my VT Bass DI.

With the setting I've tweaked it on (which I've dubbed "bass sheen"), it seems to be delivering that coveted complex harmonic "tube" sheen, that I've seen promised by the likes of Lehle Sonic Spark, and getting my gigging rig as close to the sound of my home rig as anyone is likely to notice in a live mix. So that's a particular box finally and happily ticked.

And on the subject of 6 band EQ, hats off to DG for their choice of centre points at 80Hz, 250Hz, 500hz, 1.5kHz, 3kHz and 5kHz - a very decent selection!

It’s good that you found the sweet spot. You’ve had both amp and pedal for a while and no doubt been playing with them for a while - what was the Eureka moment?

What particular settings and any recordings to share?