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I’ll give mine a go. I love the Clear Driver Preamp. I’m definitely in gear heaven, it’s starting to get difficult to decide what to turn on to play with.

Rickenbacker 4003 with the Ian Martin Allison Polished La Bellas https://www.labella.com/product/asp-45103-ian-martin-allison-signature-strings-4-string-set/ They're just like old worn in rounds I do like them but I’m definitely more of a flats player, so I guess I’ll have to film all of these again when I switch back 😅

Too long, too boring, enjoy, don’t think I’ll be selling this now

Ok, so this is flat out too long and probably a really boring watch but I just got caught up in the sounds I found. The lower gain stuff I could play for hours. I don’t think I’m going to let this go, still got to see how I feel about the DCX but for what this is worth I think it’s just great to have lay around.

Well I have one for sale 😇

Easily the most pointless but I’ve been discussing it with friends. This is an original Sansamp bass di which has all the controls as trim pots internally (to give the appearance of being a di) into a Cranborne Audio Camden EC1 Volume was a little hard to control on this one and I would have liked to crank the gain on the Camden but there was no master volume in the chain. Anyway everything is just a combination of circuit magic and distortion. The Sansamp is just a normal clean di and then you activate it and I’ve basically got a bit of drive, rolled off the presence and tried to volume match it (but there is a jump). My thoughts, I don’t think I’d go into the studio without my Countryman and this Sansamp now. I’d always look to run clean and spicy. The combo with the Camden feels like I don’t need anything else but combined with the boosts I have there is a great range of tones. The Camden could have been a main part of my rig but the power supply is just horrible.

So I have to buy my own 🙄 fiiiiiiiiine

Well my demo video is like 15mins long which is usually a sign that something should stay 😅

I’m waiting 😅

Last one for a while, Zvex one off Concert Bass Mod Super Duper. This is a two channel boost (Super Hard On), the Jive is apparently based on the SHO. This one is voice for more low end and to try and replicate a Sunn Concert Bass. I went hunting for one after playing through a Sunn Concert Lead at a jam session. It’s a little hard to control in a video but I can set it on a board for a solid 3 sounds that then drive other pedals, primarily the Beta Mk1. Again like the Kasleder, I’d probably have this with a battery and just throw it down in front of the board when I fancy. If someone ever tells me I have backline of a big old tube amp, my rig will be just this pedal 😅 My main takeaways after all these little videos are how much I love the Punchline, Beta and Cream Pie and the amount of subtle flavours I can coax out of them.

A slightly modified Kasleder Freaky Stone Boost & Fuzz My thoughts are, I’ll never put this on a board it can live on a 9v battery and I’ll just drop it at the front of my chain whenever I feel like it. This is probably one of my favourite pedals but it does heavily benefit from an amp sim/ir. I don’t think I’d run it live without least the Element

For those interested here is a comprehensive demo.

A run through of my pedalboard that didn’t even make it a full day. Mainly my changes are from this video and the octave shootout. I either don’t enjoy or need the Capo, and the deco I’ve been able to replicate on a pedal I can drop mid chain when I feel like it. My preference currently is to keep the MXR octaver.

Well this and the accompanying video lasted all of 8 hours. Where the Kasleder is in using as a spot to patch in and audition pedals. Getting dangerously close to velcroing this down.

A really pointless one but I have 2 settings I like on the Deco. I’m not a huge fan of the saturation, it’s nice but everything on my board is Saturation so it’s just redundant but the modulation is a really nice subtle doubler that gives a nice space to things, or this really musical pitchy warble. Anyway, I tried to recreate it in something cheaper. I’m very concerned that I’ll be able to recreate my whole board in a pedal I bought for £65 😅

Comparison of various Octavers An early Cog T-16 Sonicake Octaver MXR Bass Octaver Deluxe Pearl OC07 Zoom MS60b Bass Octaver Zoom MS60b+ Analog Bass Octaver My thoughts. For those that don’t know the Pearl OC07 is the original Jojo Mayer Nerve octaver. It sounds identical (as these old pedals can) to a Boss OC2. The Sonicake Octaver is an OC2 clone. When I compared it to an OC2 I couldn’t hear the difference and once again here, not trying to destroy the resale of my pedals I can’t hear it either. The Cog is quite unique sounding compared to everything else and has to be felt to be believed. The MXR is the most versatile but the so are both of the Zooms. It has some noise when idling but doesn’t appear to come across in the videos (at least until I add layers and layers of gain) Once you put these in a synth chain most of the differences disappear. I’ll be keeping the Sonicake (because they are so cheap they aren’t worth selling), probably the MXR as I find it the most musical and varied and then both Zooms because the MS60b isn’t worth very much and the MS60b+ is really really impressive. If I was playing a lot of synth focused music, I’d keep the Cog and have it next to a Sonicake or MXR Vintage Bass Octaver and then the MXR BOD if I was doing any blended with clean stuff. Anyway, enjoy

That’ll be my evening playing Cure songs and then it’ll never get sold 🙄

Mainly as the doubling, so maybe lightly into flange territory. I’m thinking I’m probably going to sell it and try the El Capistan or the Chroma Console. But I’ve never heard a modulation pedal as capable as the subtle doubling/thickening this does. Almost a faux stereo space, just adds a bit of air. The subtly would be wholly lost live but this board is all about subtle variations on a theme to keep playing along to tracks interesting.

Yes but the blisters pulling it off 😅 I've got dual lock ready to go on to it, but this board has had 27 configurations this week alone and I’m still not convinced by the Capo and Deco.

Todays Still messy as it took me several days to remove the gunk from the old velcro, so I’m now afraid to recommit.

I have no idea but I always heard the mk2 didn’t have the baked in bass boost of the MK1 I categorically can not get the V to sound identical to the mk1, they’re close, similar ballpark, definitely based on the same topology but can’t get them identical. That said as long as I don’t turn the mk1 on the V is great, just the mk1 is easier to get the sound I love out of it. Got a few more low gain drives to work through anyway. They’ll probably all stay as it’s all far more fun than octaves, filters and other wacky stuff.

You let me know if you don’t like it 😉