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[quote name='Higgie' post='796705' date='Apr 5 2010, 04:17 PM']That will power more than 5 pedals, depending on their current draw. Digital pedals will obviously draw more current, but analogue distortions and such usually don't draw much more than about 30mA (I think!).[/quote] Ah yes, what I meant was that it has 5 adapters for pedals. The current it provides will power a lot more pedals if you daisy chain.

The one you're looking at on EBay is made and sold for/by effectpowersupplies.com I recently got their 1.3mA power supply, capable of powering 5 pedals. Cost £22.99 including delivery if i recall correctly, and it's superb. It really doesn't add any noise whatsoever to the signal chain, and is more than capable of powering any 9v pedals that you care to chuck at it. Super price as well. I'd highly reccommend it if you want to go for that sort of power supply, if you want to go for one with a 'box' you can mount on your board, or one that you can plug leads into (a la TRex fuel tank and co), then look elsewhere.

Just had a quick look, these are only £50 new now?! Ridiculous.

Good? Yes, very. Since it's the bass version it holds the low end very nicely on its own. Obviously you can retain the bass on the 'normal setting', but you can also crank the tone knob all the way up to get a load of treble, which then loses a lot of the bass, but the secret is you can put this back in by switching the 3-position to 'bass boost', putting the low end you just lost back in while still keeping the treble that you just dialed in. On top of this you can blend the fuzz with your clean signal using the final option on the 3-position switch - 'dry'. Obviously this low-end retention is just one thing that you can do with the options presented to you. What this switch is really intended for is almost offering you 3 different pedals: Normal - a classic muff tailored for bass frequencies. Bass Boost - a Russian muff? [someone may correct me here] Dry - a blended fuzz In simple terms this is a great sounding and versatile pedal IMO (plus VERY reasonably priced), and sounds great on bass no matter what you want to get out of it by virtue of its "secret" weapon, the 3-position switch.

Not got the luxury of trying to be honest mate, I'd imagine that it sounds interesting though, even though I've always dismissed the bassballs as a weak and relatively pointless filter, maybe I'm wrong?

Very true. I think some of the best sounds that can come out of the BMS appear when you use it with other pedals though. I was having a fiddle with mine the other day and had it sounding pretty tasty, then I put it through my Bass Big Muff and Oh. My. God. The noise was insane, epic sound, almost ring mod-ish, but at the same time really not, I played with it for ages, and came up with a few riffs inspired entirely by this new found tone (which sounded like the weapon of choice for shattering bullet-proof glass), amazing musical tool, and relatively cheap for the endless possibilities that can be achieved by using it. And I havn't even got round to going through these new settings yet.

This is a cool .pdf file, with 16 different sample settings for the BMS, posted by Bill Ruppert over at TalkBass. Am reposting it here for those of you that don't frequent there, as it would be a shame for anyone to miss out on these, they look like a whole heap of fun, can't wait to get trying them out. Link: [url="http://www.ehx.com/assets/instructio...-templates.pdf"]http://www.ehx.com/assets/instructio...-templates.pdf[/url] I've downloaded the file and printed it off, I would suggest that that's a good idea. Also included is a page where you can note down your personal settings that you've found, also very handy. (Feel free to post your own settings as well [please!]) Enjoy.

Hah, you edited just as I was posting [quote name='phil.i.stein' post='784986' date='Mar 24 2010, 06:53 PM']£150 is not too bad considering the 6 presets, blend, and sheer versatility. mmm.... i'll resist the credit card as it's starting to creak already ! next month deffo !![/quote] Yep, apparently the EQ section makes a big difference as well, and the versatility seems awesome as you said, you can almost use it in place of synth pedals, as well as replacing all your distortion units.

Yeah that Source Audio pedal is the sh*t. Also, it's not THAT expensive, to be fair.

Was gonna ask what the first one is but according to your sig its a Zoom B2. I have one of those, hateful tone-sucking piece of sh*t. +1 on the Bass Big Muff recommendation, also have one of those, great pedal (the secret to success is the clean blend mode). But it's a fuzz pedal, not an overdrive, so won't get the sound that you might be going for. Beware of getting involved in effects pedals, addictive and expensive business.

Dont know of any reason why it should start throwing its toys out of its pram just because you use it at volume with a bass. On the other hand though, even if it is a problem that you can solve, you should really get yourself a nice bass-specific distortion It'll sound much better all-round, and hold your low-end nicely [I'll let someone else insert their hilarious double-entendre here]. You could always blend the signal of your bass with the current pedal to get some of the low-end back, and it might solve the feedback problem as well, you never know. Sorry for the lack of technical help.

Change the potentiometer values?

Having just taken delivery of one today I would very highly recommend the power supply from effectpowersupplies, VERY reasonably priced at £22.99, including delivery, right-angled tips, and a UK plug, and, just like it says on the tin, completely noiseless. Spot on. You, like me at the moment, need it for 5 effects, and it supports 6, with more than enough power to supply everything, at 1.3A.

How in the hell does that work then?!?!?!?!

Ebay is the way to go for these little blighters, I got a mint condition one for £35 delivered a few months ago. I really like it, especially running it into a BDDI, but have no way of recording sound clips unfortunately. Luckily he's on the ball ^

Hmm, am running low on suggestions at the moment. Blender? Here's something very unhelpful though - if you mounted the fuel tank on the bottom of the board you could get another pedal on the board as well, maybe even 3 more in total! Although, on second glance I cannot actually tell if there is any/enough space under the board to do this...

Beer is a great idea. Tremolo? Mastotron?

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='764071' date='Mar 4 2010, 03:58 PM']Well yesterday there were two other pedalboards for sale in this part of the forum so it seemed the best place to post! Surely if you use effects then a pedalboard [size=2][u][b]for sale[/b][/u][/size] is relevant?[/quote] Yes, that's why it needs to go in the for sale section