tayste_2000

I seem to recall it being losely based on my board at the time when I had 19 pedals on a Pedaltrain Pro

Can maybe get it for Thursday or next Monday possibly

I can have one made for you if you want Joe but might be pricey

Boss FZ-2 also works well

www.diago.co.uk do velcro I think

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='23493' date='Jun 26 2007, 12:55 PM']actually does anybody have any experience of the Gator G Bus things?
I am thinking that I might buy one of their big bagged pedalboards and add the G Bus thingy cos you can mount it

or of course take it off and replace it with the Diago one.[/quote]

The gator has a proprietry connector so if you break the 18v adaptor your essentially screwed, as one of my friends has recently done.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='23410' date='Jun 26 2007, 10:35 AM']i always put compressors before fuzz/distortion, as after they mess with the tone quite a lot, but i guess its alright if you turn it off[/quote]

Compression before fuzz should be banned

Yeah you pm me with a does this work on an active and I tell you

Other than that I've not really seen one I may have chance to write one in the future but its a long list of what doesn't work

So just post here what you are looking at and I'll let you know.

Cheers

Just uploaded yesterday it's called Belong and you can hear it here www.myspace.com/thebedheadsofficial

Thanks

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='20085' date='Jun 19 2007, 11:41 AM']Right, just ordered a WMS400 from DV.
looks complicated compared to my AKG GB. im sure ill have fun with it though.

If it arrives in time ill take both units with me to the gig on Sat. see if there is a difference.
Out of interest, im assuming i can use my GB transmitter with the WMS400 receiver as they operate in the same range.[/quote]

Yeah you should be able to tune the reciever in to the bug's frequency.

I'm kinda hoping that someone here doesn't like it so I can get one a bit cheaper I really want to replace my backup wireless.

I don't know of anything that goes to 15hz other than the X-Wire stuff that is only available in the US.

Shure's ULX system might but I think they probably cost more than your bass did

I use an AKG WMS400 and it's fine on my Low A string so that might be worth checking out.

Cheers

I have Schaller's on all 6 basses and use thread sealant on them, but I'd do that on any locking system not worth breaking a 1k+ bass over a 10p nut.

One thing I will say is pick a system you liek and stick with it, nothing worse than having multiple bass that need multiple straps and such.

This Friday come hear my amazing rig in person

It's called the Agro it's essentially the second channel in the AG500 head.

It's not a preamp per sey but a rackmount distortion or second channel for your current setup.

No worries

I have noticed no ill affects on any other effects including distortion, filter, flanger, chorus, phaser, overdrive, synths and what ever the hell you class a Subdecay Noise Box as.

Also no idea on cost until the prototype is built and the componants and man hours can be added up, I'd expect it to be less than your average boutique pedals and more than a true bypass loop, since it's likely to be like a TB loop with a buffer. But no promises as I have no idea

I don't have the prototype of this unit I'm having developed, but I have a unit made by another company, I can do sound clips of that maybe tonigth if I get the urge.

There are no mass produced impedance buffers, hell there are no produced impedance buffers hence my need to go custom. There are 3 fuzz pedals with 1 built in but they only work with those pedals and are internal and none adjustable.

There is no need to have a switch for passive basses and active basses as this unit creates the ideal impedance for a fuzz pedal regardless what you use, as stated it does not effect tone and the fuzz will sound different with different basses and strings and such but it will be working within the ideal tolerences as such for input impedance.

One good thind about the impedance buffer and you lower the variable one with the 25k knob you can dial in some squeltch and gating and if you turn the knob quite high you can dial out the fuzz making it cleaner and cleaner which can yield some very nice overdrive type tones or even having it near totally clean just adding a bit of vintage roll of to your tone like alot of old 60's circuity does, whether or not you use this is doesn't really matter just nice to have the option on top of the best fuzz tones you'll have ever had.

Basically in laymans terms most fuzz's particularly Ge ones are very sensative to the low impedance produced by active electronics, this generally results in a very quished or gated sound from the fuzz, the fuzz can't get very loud and it has that almost synth like attack to it.

The impedance buffer changes the impedance of the tone to that which is ideal for a fuzz somewhere between 5,000 and 12,000 ohms or even up to 25,000 in the case of this unit (Impedance will be variable). This can be different from a passive bass to but it is the ideal driving force for a fuzz pedal, this results int he fuzz working properly with all basses, anywhere in your chain and isn't effected by other pedals such as Boss being in front of it as again those pedals have low impedance output and buffered bypasses and such which will as stated above affect a fuzz pedal.

I'm not into whether people want these or not, I've had one built for me in a blender pedal and it works like a charm there is no difference in tone with it on or off and the fuzz pedals work great. I have many pedal building friends and 2 have offered to do this for me, one to design and build a prototype and the other to mass produce and sell it if needs be and also package it in a small nicely painted box as a standalone unit instead of being in a blender. I have offered it around here, not because I will make any money on it as I won't and don't care I know quite a few players that want/need them and I myself want a few for various live and studio work I do.

Hope this helps

[quote name='The Funk' post='18185' date='Jun 15 2007, 12:13 PM']Ah, gotcha. Thanks for that.

A few of my pedals have a -6dB pad for active basses. The pedal sounds useful but it's not for me. Good luck.[/quote]

It's nothing to do with the volume of an active bass

Also so that people who use wireless's can use fuzz's and you can also place a fuzz anywhere in your chain.

Got 3 Overwater Leather straps as I kept breaking the plastic bits on cotton straps.

These things take a while to develop, don't expect a unit for at least a month

[quote name='alexclaber' post='17655' date='Jun 14 2007, 04:11 PM']Can I offer a fourth option?

A high impedance output buffer will cause your tone to be more degraded as it runs through all your effects cabling and your run to the amp so although you want the fuzz to see a high impedance source you want the rest of your pedals or your amp to see a low impedance source.

Therefore I'd recommend a simple box with a high impedance buffered input, a high impedance buffered FX output, a high impedance buffered FX return and a low impedance buffered output to drive the run through your other pedals and to your amp. No LED, no footswitch, no battery, just a 9V in.

The fuzz should go in the FX loop and the rest of your effects after the low impedance output (though if you wanted to you could put some between the bass and high impedance input). By not footswitching it you won't end up with tonal oddites as you gain or lose highs or level as buffering is added or taken away. You don't need an LED because it's always on. And by running on a 9V supply instead of a battery you can use better sounding opamps (whose current draw would preclude battery power).

Alex[/quote]

I haven't noticed any real difference in tone and I'm using like 60ft of cable in my rig, there is no difference between my tone when I click the buffer on and off currently. While the points you raise are important the people that will want this buffer will tend to be hardcore pedalhead so if it makes any difference to the tone over the 10+ pedals most of us are running I'll be surprised.

Cheers

[horse and cart]

Not all of them

Is this a dictionary we can tweak Kiwi? ie suggestions for words that are being converted that shouldn't like [horse and cart]s or f a r t s as in a cab f a r t s out at loud volumes.

Cheers