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I have seen the Discumbobulator appear on a few high profile boards over the years, so knew it must be a decent filter. Is it not great in down sweep mode, or is just a slight preference to the Seamoon?

I am trying to build a pedal board of the bass essentials; octave, filter, fuzz, chorus and eventually a compressor. I have had some great guidance on fuzz but I think a filter might be next on my list as a few good ones have come up secondhand. I really want a down-sweep, so that leaves me with a current shortlist of: Aguilar filter twin EBS BassIQ Emma Discumbobulator Any strong recommendations out of those? Any others with downsweep that I should be thinking of that are readily available? I’d love a proton or wonderlove but they are like unicorn tears.

Just watched a great video of the Okto Nojs, I think that might be the closest to the sound in my head so far. The demo I watched didn’t have crazy wild fuzz and it had that higher harmonic going on. Oooh decisions….

This is an interesting watch:

I was thinking about the duality, but couldn’t find any demos that weren’t very ‘metal’ without someone playing super low and aggressive. I wondered if it did that cool harmonic like the Doom

Aren’t they silly amounts of money now? I need to go and have a google. I’m sure I have seen a fairly big company making clones??

Yeah that looks like Tom Kenrick’s bass. He does some great videos on YouTube under FreeBassTranscriptions. Incidentally I played a white VJ5 with blocks and binding that bass direct had in around that time. I loved it and handed it back to Mark and bought a few other bits. My wife was a bit quiet in the car in the way home and it turned out she was sad we didn’t buy the bass. I said I couldn’t afford and she said that “we could have worked something out”. I’m still gutted to this day.

Phenomenal reply and you have mentioned almost all of the pedals I have been reading about. Going to sit down and digest that when the kids are asleep!

Thank you for the replies, funnily enough a few of those pedals suggestions have come up in searches, particularly the Diabolik. The Way Huge looks interesting and I have saved a few YouTube clips to watch later. I did wonder if after octave and filter how much difference I would hear between a Doom2 or another good fuzz. There just seems to be so many types of fuzz and I didn’t know where to look for Doom alternatives.

I just re-read you post properly, I get it now 😄

That’s really interesting, I am thinking about ordering but it wasn’t clear to me what I would or wouldn’t pay. If I have to pay an extra 20% on top of the advertised price, it’s not far off a deal Andertons have, and given UPS are useless I think I would be better off buying from the UK and taking advantage of the 0% finance.

These prices are absolutely bonkers, a Rootmaster 500 Combo for £328 is just mad. I know Andertons we’re reducing prices on Ashdown but these are over £100 cheaper. My brain won’t let me process this, it’s just too good to be true.

Delete post, posted in wrong thread. 😬

I am hoping you folks with lots of pedal experience can help me with my hunt for a fuzz. I have always been slightly obsessed with synth bass and recreating similar tones with bass guitar rather than just buying an actual bass synth like a sensible person. Recently Ian Allinson’s videos have tipped me over the edge and I want to start building a little pedal board. The issue is, he uses a 3Leaf Doom fuzz type pedal but it doesn’t look like there is a single one for sale on the planet and 3Leaf seem inactive. So is there a pedal that is really close to the Doom/Doom 2/You’re Doom?

Polyphia, Sikth, Periphery, Bring me the horizon, Trashboat, Architects, Don Broco, Of mice and men, Monuments They don’t all play five string but I guarantee all of them are playing drop tunings which will make use of that 5th string nicely. James Leech from Sikth and Tom Doyle from Don Broco do some really interesting stuff even if the music isn’t to your liking.

I have had a couple of US MusicMan Stingrays over the years (had to sell them at various times when money was tight). As other have said, these have the bigger necks and bodies and the US Sterling basses are downsized a little and have the pickup switching options (although so do the multiple pickup US Stingrays) I have played the Indonesian Sterling Basses, they are good, but I would always suggest getting a secondhand USA over a new Sterling by MusicMan if you have the money as the US made stuff seems to hold value a little better. I don’t think you would be disappointed with either, but there is just something about the neck on the US basses that tips it for me.

I have built up gear, and sold it all a few times now, I just don’t get the point in keeping stuff I might use in the future. you can get a good amp secondhand pretty cheap these days so I’d sell up and upgrade your studio stuff. last spring I was sure I wouldn’t play again in a long while so I sold my amp and used the money to get a bike so I could have a potter round the countryside and get some exercise. I kept my bass only because it was a ridiculously good price and I could never replace it for what I paid. I was due to have a one off gig in a few weeks which just got cancelled and I was quite happy to just borrow or buy a cheap combo and then maybe even sell it afterwards if no more gigs came in. Now the gigs off I am going to buy a new interface for my computer.

As others have said, you did your research and you have got a great bass. Even though this will sound a bit cocky, the only basses I would be worried about buying secondhand are vintage fenders, other than that I can usually spot a dodgy fender rip-off a mile away, and to be honest they seem to be the most copied instruments. I have seen people try and pass off cheaper Sterling and SUB basses as American made Stingrays but the headstock, tuners and aftermarket logos are usually a giveaway. After years of buying and selling you begin to notice tiny details like serial numbers in the wrong place, logos that don’t match with the age of a bass, the wrong type of tuners, the wrong colour nut, the wrong type of bridge saddles, the list goes on. We are an honest bunch on here, and I would be happy buying from folks on here with feedback and a good reputation. You get more chancers on eBay and Facebook so do your research like you have already, or buy used from a reputable shop like bass direct or the bass gallery.

Another vote for the EBS session combos, way bigger sound than you would expect, lovely amps and not massive money so you should have some left over for pedals and other bits. If I needed something small for home I would also be tempted by the Ampeg Micro VR stack just because it looks amazing and I keep seeing them pop up in YouTube videos and they sound great.

I had a tweeter go in an EBS cab a few years back and started pricing up repairs. After a bit of research it turns out it’s usually the diaphragm in the tweeter that goes and it cost me a bout £3 to replace and ten minutes work. I was lucky in that instance but even managed to find a whole replacement unit for about £30. If you can, unscrew the tweeter and do a internet search for the same unit, it may just save you a few pounds

Like others have said, try a change of strings before you do anything drastic. I cannot cope with the tension in flats, I feel like I am fighting them the whole time. For the most part I have had Elixirs on my Rays but will always say good things about Slinky’s and also Dunlop Super Brights worked well.