SumOne
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I don't think you'll have any nasty surprises - it does everything as expected. I suppose the tone of the tube drive is a bit hard to know until you plug it in to your setup, it's been a few years since I owned one but it feels similar to the sansamp BDDI as a fairly dark/growly sort of overdrive that I just use on quite low settings.
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After more playing around with both I actually think I prefer the slightly less polished more throaty/rough sounds of the MXR, but the tracking does let it down a bit. If buying new I'd probably go for the OC-5 as it's cheaper and has the +1 and poly sounds and tracks better but seeing as I already have the MXR that I was planning on selling for about £75 the new OC-5 is a £50 increase for me that I don't think I can justify that so will return it to Amazon for a refund (or if anyone wants to buy it from me at the £123 I paid rather than waiting for new stock then give me a shout).
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@SloppyChops I've only had it for a couple of days so perhaps I'll notice things that annoy me over time but so far so good, it holds it's own against any other Preamp/DI I've owned and seems pretty good value at £150. (Edit: Actually minor issues are that although the dials look cool they aren't that easy to read, separate headphone volume control could be useful if monitoring while also playing out via the outputs - rather than sharing the same volume control, and it's quite big). It's well built, good EQ options, a foot switchable tube type overdrive (that I like on mild settings), good connections: headphone , aux in, link, output, XLR pre/post with ground lift, and FX loop. No hissing or crackling or other build quality issues - it feels like it'll be reliable. I suppose the things it's missing that a lot of the preamp competition now has is amp/cab sim and IR loading - I'm not too fussed about that and could put something like a Mooer Radar in the FX loop if I become fussed about it. This video gives an idea of the sounds:
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Other members of my household are more into pop than me but I've always got time for Robyn
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Bought a pedal from Mike and it was all good - good communication, fast postage and all as described. Thanks!
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After singing it's praises the Nux annoyed me by not connecting to Laptops (Mac or Windows 10) so I've returned it and replaced with a Laney Digbeth. First impressions are it's bigger than I expected, looks good and seems well built, sounds good, lacks the IR and editing features of the Nux (which I guess is a plus point if things like Laptop connections, firmware updates etc. annoy you ) but gains an fx loop and more hardware controls.
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Fight! The OC-5 wins on tracking and the solo vintage setting -1 Octave. The MXR 'growl' sounds close, but like it has a sore throat, but it also has the mid boost button and the 'girth' voice and perhaps sounds a bit better for subtle mild octave mixed in whereas the OC-5 is better for full-on stuff.
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Which reminds me:
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As the seasons turn gloomier my music taste seems to follow suit. Can't go far wrong with Electric Wizard to kickstart the doomy part of the year!
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I found a similar sort of thing with the Vintage Microtubes (non-ultra), I assumed it was vintage as in 60s Motown and Blues kind of thump that you can add a bit of light overdriven tubey breakup to but I got the impression that it's 'vintage' in terms of metal, or perhaps in terms of vintage punk/garage rock sort of stuff - too clanky for me.
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Source Audio mentioning (just by chance around the same time that the SY-200 is launched!) that there will be a C4 type thing but with a screen and controls has got me thinking I'll hold out for that - unless it's years away or an extortionate price.
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I reckon that's about the going rate but won't be offended by offers -
£114 from Amazon, available from 9th Oct aparrently: Edit - when I clicked to buy it said 22-28 Oct for delivery.
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Thanks, yes I'll persevere over the weekend as it seems a common issue so is unlikely I've got a faulty unit. There will be some annoying thing I'm not quite doing right - some setting on the laptop that needs changing or something. It'd be annoying if it doesn't work as I'm on a pedal downsize mission right now and the Nux potentially covers EQ, DI, amp&cabs/IRs, and overdrive. -
Sold MXR M288 Octave Deluxe. £80 + £5 recorded delivery. Good condition, boxed.
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SOLD EBS Black Haze Distortion £50 £45 £40+ £5 posted via recorded delivery. Mint condition and boxed. Velcro on back. -
Re-listed & reduced: MXR Bass Overdrive, boxed. £50 £45 £40+ £5 postage. ---- I sold this recently but it was returned to me for a refund as the buyers Boss power supply made a loose connection and their battery didn't work with it. I've got it back and it works fine with my battery (first video attached - no power cable connected) and power cables (second video - battery removed so no power when un-plugged, then plugged in and wiggled about with no power cut). There's some wiggle room to the power socket but it works fine with all my power connectors. 20210925_124440.mp4 20210925_124656_1.mp4 -
Thanks @AxelF, unfortunately still no luck though. I've now also tried a different USB cable, un-instilling my existing ASIO driver and re-installing just the nux one. Also things like shutting down Chrome before plugging in, un-plugging the nux power before doing the both footswitch held down thing, launch firmware before and after the pedal turning on. And trying these things on Mac (albeit an old one) and Windows 10. There probably is a solution like re-mapping ASIO drivers/what the Laptops recognises for the USB input or just some switching on order combination that I've missed, but my patience is wearing thin and the slightly cheaper (2nd hand) ParaDriver in the classifieds is looking quite tempting!
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I just spent quite a long time trying to get the editor to work to try out the different amps and IRs but no success. I read a lot of the Talkbass thread (which is page after page of people having similar issues) and it seems a solution is to update the firmware first - so I try to do that and pedal isn't recognised by the firmware updater. Also updated the Nux asio driver and mucked about with the drivers. Did all of this on windows 10 then tried on a mac.... Still nothing. It's for these sort of reasons rather than any digital vs analog sound purism that I fall out with digital pedals! It's got about 1hr of my time left before I get tired of faffing and return it for a refund for wasting my free time (although it is actually pretty decent just the way it is out of the box but it feels like being able to change amps and IRs etc is something it should be doing without hassle).
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I like the sound of synth Bass but there's something with synth pedals that never quite gels with me (C4, FI, SY-5) I used to muck about a lot with keyboard synths and DAWs which seem better as far as synthesis, on-hand controls and accuracy/sustain etc. but I'm not giving up on Bass synth pedals as I prefer actually playing the Bass to playing keyboards or mucking about on a computer so could see myself getting the SY-200....and then selling it shortly later!
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Another video (copied below) seems to say it's basically the SY-1 with saveable presets and some more control on things like pitch via midi controls but no more in-depth synth control. I guess the pedals to beat are the C4 and FI, it looks like the SY-200 beats them for interface and if you don't want to plug in to a computer, but not sure about it being able to do the variety of Bass synth tones or things like envelope filters and octavers that they can do, seems a bit more guitar focussed. The video says $300 which is £217 if the UK price is a direct conversion, other Boss 200 pedals are all about £200, that'd make the SY-200 tempting. Edit...boooooo https://www.musicradar.com/news/boss-ir200-sy200-pedals says that it'll be £307 which is less tempting as that's C4 + controller, or FI sort of price.
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Fender Player Plus....more blurred lines or a smart move?
SumOne replied to merello's topic in Bass Guitars
I guess the Fender range is now something like this: Squier £350) Player (£700) Vintera (£900) Player Plus (£1,000) American Performer (£1,200) American Professional (£1,700) American Original (£1,800) American Ultra (£1,900) Custom Shop (>£3,000) ....that's confusing enough but as they seem to change it each year and there are discontinued names like the Elite and American Deluxe, add to that the made in Japan/Mexico/USA versions and about 60 years of Jazz and P Basses with certain years being good/bad and different necks/pickups etc. what initially seems a fairly simple choice of Jazz or P Bass from Fender becomes really confusing.
