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Have you checked out the review on YouTube by Steve Lawson? Although a biased owners review he is a bit of a pedal guru.

2 hours ago, bassfan said:

I’m liking 2 & 5 ! 😃👍🏻

Yeah, sound no. 5 was a surprise. By rolling off the depth completely on the Seamoon and just using the filter it acts more like an eq and really gives a deep but still punchy tone ( I'm using the blend control to balance the effect with the original signal). I'm using that a lot.

Sound no. 2 is the classic Brecker Brothers setting and is very controllable with playing dynamics.

Sounds like the Seamoon Funk Machine is for you!

Can you hear that.... ? It's the sound of flatwounds calling you over to the dark side!

7 hours ago, Lo-E said:

I ended up with one of the Czech NS CR basses and I really enjoy playing it….  but it sounds more like a fretless electric than it does a URB, I’m afraid. 
 

I’d still recommend it, though. It’s great fun to play!

I have a CR4 and I agree, it sounds more like a giant fretless. And yes, great fun to play.

I found the TC Electronic Bodyrez pedal helps with the sound. Designed to put life back into piezo pickup guitars, works well on the CR.

When I use the spark I have the switch in the 'fat' position. However, I don't find the spark very transparent so mostly use the spectradrive where I prefer the flexibility of the 4 band eq, especially when it comes to fretless.

This was recorded using Galli Synthesis flatwounds but thru a Seamoon Funk Machine (Squier VM Jazz fretless with Creamery pu's). I'll do another clip later that better show the strings in the 'raw' as it were.

60_Seamoon sub-dub.mp3

2 hours ago, basstone said:

I agree with your conclusions, although the quest itself is fun and interesting. My next move might be to sell one of my jazz basses and invest in an NS design Omni bass. I would love to try one out sometime to see how they play and sound

I can't comment on the NS Omni but... if you want that upright sound I believe a big part of that is the scale length which physically let's the string 'bloom'. I think you'll more likely to achieve this with a 41" NS CR (or NXT) rather than a 34" omni.

For anyone who wants to hear, I've posted some sound clips of the SGFX Supa Funk and Seamoon Funk Machine, over in the 'reviews- effect' section. 

I know some people have been posting distortion issues with the Supa Funk... it seems the pedal can't take hot signals, and it's certainly more sensitive than my other pedals, but I've had no problems with clipping going straight into it with my passive jazz.

Some sound clips. I'll do a full write up soon.

1. Supa Funk with classic funk settings (forward sweep).

2. Funk Machine in 'sponge' mode.

3. Supa Funk & Funk Machine in parallel. 

4. Supa Funk with 'talky-box' settings (reverse sweep).

5. Funk Machine 'dub-sub' mode ( not as dub as it goes but as much as I can cope with!).

Squier VM Jazz with Creamery pu's and Galli Synthesis flatwounds. 

50_SGFX classic funk.mp3

53_Seamoon Sponge.mp3

55_Supa Funk + Seamoon.mp3

57_SGFX Talky-box.mp3

60_Seamoon sub-dub.mp3

Some clips of what the SGFX Supa Funk and Seamoon Funk Machine sound like.

1. Supa Funk with 'classic funk' settings (forward sweep).

2. Funk Machine in 'sponge' mode.

3. Supa Funk & Funk Machine together in parallel. 

4. Supa Funk with 'talky-box' settings (reverse sweep).

5. Funk Machine in 'dub-sub' mode (not as sub as it will go but as much as I can cope with!).

Squier VM Jazz with Creamery pu's and Galli Synthesis flatwounds.

50_SGFX classic funk.mp353_Seamoon Sponge.mp355_Supa Funk + Seamoon.mp3

57_SGFX Talky-box.mp3

60_Seamoon sub-dub.mp3

4 minutes ago, basstone said:

Is there any chance of a sound clip or two to demo these? They do seem to get positive reviews from all who try them. I'm looking for that elusive upright bass tone from my '78 fretless jazz. For about the last 15 years it's had a set of Rotosound trubass nylon tape wound strings, which work well  and feel fantastic now that they are very well polished by use, but the nylon coating is getting very thin in places and I'm getting worried it might break and unravel at some point!

I'll do a clip later in the week. Not sure these will give you that upright sound, they don't have a lot of treble but they are quite punchy. Where my double bass notes 'bloom' these are quite forceful. It's less so when I pluck over the fingerboard though. 

If you're going straight from bass to amp, don't forget to install a line driver to reduce cable capacitance. 

Ahh, the perfect tone... one minute you have it, the next it's gone! I currently love my setup but sure by next year I'll wonder what I heard in it.

When I do get the itch to change tone, it'll start with strings, move on to pickups, then onboard preamps, and finally I'll change all my pedals. If I'm lucky the whole thing will extend to amp and speakers! And the whole thing will only last 12 months before starting again.

1 hour ago, Oomo said:

I've often wondered how to approach this when sitting down.

 

Standing up, it seems easier to have the bass at the right height for a straighter wrist.

 

Sitting the bass on my knee makes this a lot harder (without raising my elbow and shoulder, which then causes shoulder aches and pains...).

 

I've tried resting on the other leg (classical guitar style), but that just gave me pain in the shoulder of my fretting hand when playing the low positions.

When I play sitting down I rest the bass on my left leg, classical guitar style. To make this work, as the end of the neck is further away, I use a classical guitar foot rest to raise my leg and tilt the neck slightly towards my body. In this way my left hand is not too stained when down the low end and the body is at the right angle to make it easy to keep my wrist straight. 

If you want an example of someone doing this well, check out Janek Gwizdala and some of his YouTube vids.

In the long run I definitely think this technique is worth persevering with.

Not yet.... busy this half of the week but I will get a chance later and I'll do some clips of both pedals and a write up.

*Withdrawn... all mine and you can't have it*

Apparently MXR dug up a rare vintage fuzz and modified it for the modern bassist. They say it gives a bold fuzz tone without degrading the punch and clarity of your original signal and I have to say that's fairly accurate. 

This pedal is the result of my now annual experimentation with overdrive and fuzz pedals but as usual I've come to the conclusion it's not for me. 

In as new condition but I don't have the original box. Price includes postage in the UK.

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

 

Good fix with the SG! Be great to hear some sound samples of both if you're able to rustle some up for us?

I'm going to post a review of both pedals on BC later this week. I'll do some sound samples as well. 

On 25/10/2021 at 14:55, 51m0n said:

Yeah mine is going back on Tuesday.

Its either a duff one or the pedal simply cant begin to handle an active bass. Clips all the time, no setting will tame the cheap and nasty mega distortion going on.

Consider me thoroughly unimpressed.

I've had a Solid Gold FX Supa Funk now for a few weeks. I'm running a passive jazz through it and yes, it doesn't take much to clip it. However... I connected a spectra comp in front of it (I wouldn't normally put a compressor in front of an envelope filter) and it's cured the problem. I thought the compressor might make the pedal not respond very dynamically but that's not been the case, in fact it seems to prefer it. I've also got a Seamoon funk machine, that doesn't clip and doesn't like it when you put the compressor in front of it.

Now I've cured the clipping issue with the supa funk I'm thoroughly enjoying it!

...or even an Ashbory...

I went through a phase of only taking unlined fretless basses to gigs. Did cut down on the number of times I got asked to lend one out!

Good luck with the physio, hope it works out and you can keep playing.

Just a suggestion in case it might help, when I play sitting down I rest the bass on my right leg when I'm predominantly playing in the lower register and on my left leg (classical guitar style) when it's higher up the neck.

So... I now own both pedals! Once I've had a play with them I'll do a review and post in the BC review section.

Suffice to say they are both keepers and between them make super funk machines. 

I'm now looking at getting a custom stool made in steam punk style with lots superfluous dials, pipes etc just to make a feature of it on stage!

Out of interest, would sitting work? I've got to a stage in life where I can't be arsed to loon about on stage live, I use a musicians stool and do the whole gig sitting with no strap (admittedly it's jazz and no one in the band is standing). I remember seeing Herbie Flowers play with Sky and he did the same thing only with more talent.