Baloney Balderdash

I have received the pedal, and not only does it work flawlessly, it also sounds no short of amazing, both as cleanish preamp and as overdrive! I had high expectations, but got to say they have been exceeded, I am blown away with how awesome this pedal sounds. Edit!!!: I probably ought to add, that while this pedal is an astonishing sounding overdrive it is unfortunately quite noisy when engaged. However I just swapped the 2 stock EHX 12AY7EH tubes with 2 EHX 12AX7EH tubes, and beside the pedal obviously not being capable of quite as low gain overdrive settings but on the other hand also being capable of higher gain overdrive/distortion than before, it is actually also a whole lot quieter (as in much less noisy) dialed in to deliver about the same amount of gain (9 o'clock Vs. before maxed gain knob) as before the tube swap (relative high gain overdrive (but not distortion), and not any more noisy than your average drive pedal), but also the drive it delivers is considerably tighter sounding, which I prefer. So unless you need just breaking up/light tube breakup sounds I can warmly recommend swapping the 2 stock EHX 12AY7EH tubes with higher gain EHX 12AX7EH tubes (or whichever brand 12AX7 tubes you prefer). In any case I can confirm that tube swap seems to make a substantial difference to this pedal. EHX ought to re-release all these big 2 x tube pedals, not only do they all sound amazing, they are also amazing value for the money (or well, judging from the 4 I've owned myself (Black Finger (still own), The Wiggler (even owned 2 of these at some point, but was stupid enough to sell both), LPB 2ube (which I very much regret being stupid enough to sell, awesome stereo/2 channel tube preamp, being able to bridge the channels and use it as a tube overdrive too), and now the English Muff'n), and from the demos I've heard to the others).

Hey Fat Boy (Asshole) - Ween

You should! I would love to hear how that sounds, but haven't been able to find any examples of it online. Strange, cause to me it seems like the obvious solution. Though to me P Basses doesn't growl, J Basses do, P Basses are punchy and snappy, roars, rather than growl, so not entirely sure what you mean by that.

You could also just remind the audience what the name of the band they are listening to is in between every song. Or get a stamp with the band name and then stamp the audience. That way they'll remember even the day after.

Older - They Might Be Giants

Taking Pictures - Janosch (I play lead guitar and sing backing vocals on this track, and I also shot the photo used for the cover)

Sebadoh - "Vampire" from "Rocking The Forrest"/"Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock"

Most stupid thing I ever did was selling my Jerry Jones Neptune Longhorn Bass, which is kind of a boutique, high end, version of the Danelectro one, and not in production anymore, as the guy who made them retired, and rare to find used (if I even had that kind of money as I did then), such an amazing bass, greatest bass I ever had in my hands, sounded and felt awesome. That, and being stupid enough to sell my Ampeg B-15S (the 60W 1968 version), are my biggest regrets. I do however also really regret selling the 28 5/8" 4 string bass I had made out of Warmoth baritone parts, with an awesome sounding humbucker Seymour Duncan Rickenbacker Bass Neck pickup in neck position, and a humbucker Seymour Duncan Strat guitar Hot Rails pickup in the bridge position. Unfortunately I don't even got any pictures of my Jerry Jones bass and the Ampeg B-15, but I do have picture of the sub-short scale Warmoth bass (I designed the headstock myself, and might admittedly have gone a bit too far )

Danelectro Longhorn Bass!

Kathleen - Townes Van Zandt Here covered by Tindersticks :

Black Antlers (Where's your Child?) - Coil

What? Some strange kind of bass that can only be tuned one way? Curious... My apologies for having wasted your time on my behalf inciting you to write that snide remark. But there is a reason why the bass player from Meshuga plays the same octave as the 8 string guitars.

Love Is... - Dinosaur Jr.

Looks interesting. And yes, reverb stacked into a high gain distortion or fuzz makes a for a monstrous deep wall of sound, especially with chords, but I suppose very rarely of any use in classic pop and rock. Also reverb (or a short delay low in the mix) is a very good idea for clean bass solos or melodic solo work, especially on fretless bass.

As in F#0, 5 half steps bellow regular 5 string bass B0, or F#1, as in 2 half steps above regular 4 string bass E1? If it is the latter early The Smiths and late Meshuga (Edit: Forgot Meshuga tunes their 8 string guitars one half step bellow regular tuning, so that would actually be F (and yes, the bass player plays same octave as the guitars)).

Can you do colored knobs as well? Like red and green?

Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney

Sounds like you lead guitarist is genuinely oblivious that he did anything wrong, to be honest. Maybe have a friendly but serious talk with him about what the f*** is going on and how this works. Though chances are probably high that he still won't understand what he possibly did wrong.

8 semi tones or half steps, yes.

Well, I don't have that problem with my 5 string Mikro Bass, since I tune in in G standard tuning, that is 3 half steps above the upper 5 strings of a 6 string bass tune to regular B standard tuning, and use guitar strings. Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings have just about the perfect length for these basses. I realize that doesn't help much though if you are tuning to regular bass tunings.

That's a quote from the OP, as in original post.

How about reading the actual OP again: