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[quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1509350054' post='3398167'] I'd be reluctant to take any advice without considering the rest of your signal chain. I've found that the treble boost in active basses can be a very bad combination with higher gain pedals (Pike specifically), giving a sort of low passed clean + fizzy top sound. I've heard it work well with passive basses though and with middier actives. The Bass Soul Food boosts the mids noticeably, which can help in a mix but it does change your sound - I can't work out whether it's shelving the bass too or whether its's just an artefact of the mid push. I only use mine as a clean-ish boost now, when switching basses. For grit, I use a Pork Loin, which is usually considered as a pretty low gain pedal (in fact the early version didn't even say 'overdrive' on it), but I find it gnarlier than a Soul Food, probably because the pre-amp is quite dark and the gain stage will overdrive the low end without losing definition. You can dial back the gain internally too. However, I struggled to get a clean sound out of the pre-amp without running it at 18v (not explicitly recommended by Dunlop, but plenty of people do it for this reason). In my set up, it sounds great, but YMMV. Whatever you settle on, I'd recommend trying before you buy or going S/H. Once the drummer kicks off, it'll all sound different anyway. [/quote] This. All of this.

Have to say Lefebvre and Alderete have cost me a lot of money as far as effects chain GAS...!

[quote name='Hooch' timestamp='1509264147' post='3397570'] I'd definitely put a Bananana Matryoshka on a mini pedal board. I received one of them yesterday, you got there a crazy amount of usuable sounds for a 1590a estate. Fat synth goodness in such a little thing is wonderful ! [/quote] Aaahhh you’ve got one?! How do they manage to fit so much into such a tiny enclosure?

There is a small chance I may be moving my DiscomBOBulator v2 on soon Al. A couple of other things (non-bass related) have come up which need paying for...though I may have to choose something else to put on the chopping block as the DCB2 with its switchable boost is very useful. Hmmm...

I recently sold David my Crowther Prunes & Custard - It was a thoroughly smooth and pleasant experience from start to finish. Swift payment and good communication throughout. Great guy to do business with!

Oh man, that Bananana looks like exactly the kind of pedal I would spend my money on

[quote name='Quatschmacher' timestamp='1509196523' post='3397262'] EHX bass microsynth maybe? [/quote] Bingo. This is what you’re after. Octave, Filter, Fuzz all in one. You’ll need to spend a little time “learning” the controls as there are a lot of options on deck, but it’s a fun process from what I remember. Really need to buy one myself.

You missed a MojoMojo in the classifieds! It’s still for sale!

Does the hiss only occur when you solo one of the pickups or is it always present?

[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1509063582' post='3396441'] It's absolutely bangin'. I'm glad I sold all my other DI/Preamp pedals. I love the EQ and the filth. I'll write a proper post over the weekend when I've spent more time with it. [/quote] Looking forward to the review. I still have my beady eye on this pedal...

Provided both cabs are rated at the same impedance, they’ll be getting an equal share of the power, regardless of whether you’re daisy chaining or have separate speakon/jack outputs on the head. The head also doesn’t care what the cabs power rating is - they’re getting fed the watts whether they like it or not. It may be useful to think of the impedance of a cab as the sum of its speakers where Ohms are concerned. For example a 2x10 rated at 8 ohms will be made up of two 16 ohm drivers which, paired together, equate to an 8 ohm load. If the 2x10 is rated at 4 ohms then each driver will be rated at 8 ohms. In a 4 ohm 4x10 cab each driver will be rated at 16 ohms, etc. This is why it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to stack an 8 ohm 2x10 on top of an 8 ohm 4x10 as the drivers in the 2x10 will be working twice as hard as those in the 4x10 and you’ll have a bit of an imbalance. In this scenario, as far as distribution of power is concerned, the solution would be to have an 8 ohm 2x10 on top of a 4 ohm 4x10. Trouble is, not all heads can handle a load lower than 4ohms total so this isn’t possible for a lot of people. Barefaced worked around the issue by developing their 2x10 cab in a 16 ohm version which allows you to stack 3 of them and only have a 4 ohm load presented to your amp. It’s a Class-D friendly solution. 3 Barefaced Two10s ain’t cheap though

In fact, the pedal on the right of my photo is a mixer which will allow you to have both signals running at the same time. It was a custom order. One input is always on at full volume and the other input is footswitchable with a dedicated volume knob to set its volume when engaged. Very useful little pedal. I think it cost me around £50 ish?

This was my solution - the pedal on the left. There are more complex alternatives but this is a neat solution in a standard sized pedal enclosure. Synth into channel A, Bass into channel B. Lower the volume of channel A to match the volume of the bass in channel B. Bright Onion were great to deal with too. Product link here: http://www.brightonion.co.uk/products/AB-Switch-with-Volume-Control.html