JHBASS

I abosolutely love that '75 Jazz RI! Stunning!

Shes pretty light, Im only a small chap (hence the attractiveness of the jazz neck), i mean stage jumps are no problem! Cheers.

I would actually recommend the Squier Precision Bass Special. Its got Split P pickups, and a single Jazz style pick up. Also has a Jazz neck, so amazing easy to play. Great sound as well.....and amazingly cheap! Shes my workhorse, been used nearly everyday for 2 years, and still is as good as the first time! Cheers.

Very tempted by the Electro Harmonix Bass Blogger (only £47!) which has a softer fuzz feeling than a big muff/bass big muff, and an overdrive section...may become one of those wierd pedals that never quite made it! But yeh you cant beat EHX for value or 'vibe'

Right, before anyone gets to excited, this is only a standard reissue USA one, bought just less than three months ago. My reason for selling it is that it doesnt always keep the bass frequencies, and I guess the honeymoon period is over, and I want something that'll keep the bottom end. So how much could I sell it for? I a few of you will suggest selling it here on the forum, but I'd much rather see if I can sell it on at college to seem keen guitarist. Just some info about it for you: 1) There are a couple of scratches arond the stomp switch (these pedals scratch really easily it seems) 2)The upper right screw doesnt fit flush with the casing. All the others do, its been like this since I bought it, and it doesnt seem to tighten up anymore. 3) It's only had light home use and practise. Its not been used and abused. What do you think guys, Im judging no higher than £35-£40, but id love to here your views first (oh and yes im planning to replace this pedal with a Bass Blogger) Cheers.

I really like my digitech chorus pedal, it goes from subtle....to all out vibrato basslines soaked dripping in the sweet sound of chorus! And yes you can have 4, 8 and 16 voice i beleive....one to try out definately....but if you do buy, get an adaptor as well, Sir Flangeolot eats batteries like no tomorrow! Cheers, Josh

I really like my digitech chorus pedal, it goes from subtle....to all out vibrato basslines soaked dripping in the sweet sound of chorus! And yes you can have 4, 8 and 16 voice i beleive....one to try out definately....but if you do buy, get an adaptor as well, Sir Flangeolot eats batteries like no tomorrow! Cheers, Josh

I really recomend the Digitech Bass Multi chorus, but like a brick and great sounds.....deserves the name 'Sir Flangeolot' Cheers, Josh

Hey all, Im looking to get a Bass Blogger to replace my standard Reissue big muff. As EHX bass pedals at the moment seem to be, "buy before you try", so I want to know that Im not wasting my time. Im not looking for the all out-fuzz fest of the bass big muff, but if you do have any comments on the muff, please drop on the thread. So yes, before I ramble on, whats the verdict on the Bass Blogger? Cheers, Josh

Hey guys, I live in the Brighton Area, so of course Im a regular customer of GAK. Ive had my USA reissue Big Muff for a couple of months now, and I think the honeymoon period might be over, and I cant return it to its original shop. Its totally complete, and only a small ding on the fron section of the casing. Do you think the second hand section of GAK would take this pedal? I need to find out (i cant easily pop into brighton, beacuse i need a lift, and public transport in the country.....think again!), becuase I believe GAK now have the Bass Big Muff in store. So I could fund the new pedal....or find a pedal that you guys may think is more suitable! (Maybe only just a bit more than £100, Im strapped for cash!) So what do you think guys? Josh

Hey all, Ive got one of the American Standard Reissue Big Muff (not that bass one), because trying to locate a specific bass muff to try out is just painful! It can occasionaly loose the bottom end a little, and was thinking maybe i should just have it as a "stlye" thing. But I can see that EHX also make a Knockout Attack Equailizer, and from the videos Ive seen (Michael Leonheart, is a master at videos for EHX products....check the vids out!), it can seriously boost the low end of your signal, and thats been demonstrated with bass. Now, I may have the wrong end of the stick, but could this actually boost the bottom end (before or after) from the muff? This wouldnt be the only reason for buying this pedal....Ive found myself playing at gigs with other peoples equipment. This pedal may help me get closer to the sound I would want in a performance setting? Im not terribly clued up on the complex technical side of this, so I appologise for any ignorance, or what may seem to be stupid questions! Cheers, Josh

Hey All, I've had my little Fender Rumble 15 as my bedroom practise amp for 3 years now...and sadly shes starting to crack up! So I was wondering, are there any tube powered practise amps (20 watts ish)? This may seem a wierd request, but I thought I might as well check! Also, has anybody got any other suggestions as to a new practise amp? Cheers, Josh

As many have said, I would recomend the Fender American Standard Jazz Bass, absolutely beauiful. Ive written a review on it, in the Bass reviews section. Cheers, Josh

Heya, Im in a simialr situation......and its really nice to see someone else with a standard Big Muff as well! Cheers, Josh

I'd always stick with my standard USA reissue Big Muff. Whack everything up to full, and strike a note! Earthquake-worthy sound wave! Ive made a review on it, which can be found in the review section on the forum. Cheers, Josh

Hopefully something will come up, I mean there is the roland bass cube, but at £150, it seems at bit much! As you can tell im in a similar position! Cheers, Josh

Hello fellow four-stringers! Just thought I'd give a quick review of the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff (yes, it may be surprising, but it is the guitar version, and not a sovteck one either....just a standard USA big muff from 2008). Hoep this helps. Price paid: £59 at Bonners First Impressions: Lightwieght, iconic looking. Smart metalic finish. Feels pretty rugged and up to gigging! Ease of Use: Very simple manual, which is nice for a change! The simple manual aslo copies across to the pedal, amazingly simple to use. You have a volume knob, to reduced volume changes when engaging the pedal, as well as boosting your volume to out of this world proportions, if needed! Next, is the tone knob. This can turn your bass from "standard fuzz" to an all out screaming top end. Finally, the sustain control ajdusts the amount of distortion and as the name suggests, sustatian. This allows you to keep those notes ringing and ringing and ringing. A standard stomp switch, and status LED completes "your part of the pi". Rating: 9.5 Sound: Ive put this pedal through both my Fender Rumble 15 and my Ashdown Blue 180 combo. Suprisinly, the bottom end does seem to stay in, so long as you dont push the "tone" knob past 3o'clock, which is what you would expect. I has the classic fuzz sound. My favourite setting is Tone and 9o'clock, and sustain at full whack. It sounds lovely with a enevelope filter after it in the chain, giving great and wierd sweeping sounds. With everything at full, its a screaming sound you get, which could work for some in your face lines. Ive made a quick video showing some of these settings. It can be found here: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWybYd0RVA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWybYd0RVA[/url] I feel it is an aquired taste, and Im yet to find a Bass Big Muff or Blogger to compare with it "instore". Rating: 7 (just becasue Im yet to know what the bass dedicated pedals are like.) Reliability & Durability: Despite being light, the pedal feels incredibly rugged. The metal casing feels fit for purpose, and the jack sockets seem of good quailty as well, with know looseness leading to unwanted humming. The stomp switch feels nice and tight, and the control knobs are securely attatched. The battery compartment is on the underside, sucured by a single screw. May not be great for gig-changes, but an adaptor port (on the rear of the unit) is avalible. Rating: 8.5 Final Impressions: I play mostly self penned stuff with my band. There is the occasional need for some very dirty bass. This fills that gap neatly, and with an envelope filter on top allows some great sounds. Its one to try out, as I said, its probably not to anybodies taste, and I think I will have to try thr bass dedicated pedals before I can be sure that this is the sound Im after. But yes by all means give it a go....you'll never know what you may find! Overall: 8 Hope this is helpful to some people, Josh

Hello fellow four-stringers! Just thought I'd give a quick review of the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff (yes, it may be surprising, but it is the guitar version, and not a sovteck one either....just a standard USA big muff from 2008). Hoep this helps. Price paid: £59 at Bonners First Impressions: Lightwieght, iconic looking. Smart metalic finish. Feels pretty rugged and up to gigging! Ease of Use: Very simple manual, which is nice for a change! The simple manual aslo copies across to the pedal, amazingly simple to use. You have a volume knob, to reduced volume changes when engaging the pedal, as well as boosting your volume to out of this world proportions, if needed! Next, is the tone knob. This can turn your bass from "standard fuzz" to an all out screaming top end. Finally, the sustain control ajdusts the amount of distortion and as the name suggests, sustatian. This allows you to keep those notes ringing and ringing and ringing. A standard stomp switch, and status LED completes "your part of the pi". Rating: 9.5 Sound: Ive put this pedal through both my Fender Rumble 15 and my Ashdown Blue 180 combo. Suprisinly, the bottom end does seem to stay in, so long as you dont push the "tone" knob past 3o'clock, which is what you would expect. I has the classic fuzz sound. My favourite setting is Tone and 9o'clock, and sustain at full whack. It sounds lovely with a enevelope filter after it in the chain, giving great and wierd sweeping sounds. With everything at full, its a screaming sound you get, which could work for some in your face lines. Ive made a quick video showing some of these settings. It can be found here: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWybYd0RVA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWybYd0RVA[/url] I feel it is an aquired taste, and Im yet to find a Bass Big Muff or Blogger to compare with it "instore". Rating: 7 (just becasue Im yet to know what the bass dedicated pedals are like.) Reliability & Durability: Despite being light, the pedal feels incredibly rugged. The metal casing feels fit for purpose, and the jack sockets seem of good quailty as well, with know looseness leading to unwanted humming. The stomp switch feels nice and tight, and the control knobs are securely attatched. The battery compartment is on the underside, sucured by a single screw. May not be great for gig-changes, but an adaptor port (on the rear of the unit) is avalible. Rating: 8.5 Final Impressions: I play mostly self penned stuff with my band. There is the occasional need for some very dirty bass. This fills that gap neatly, and with an envelope filter on top allows some great sounds. Its one to try out, as I said, its probably not to anybodies taste, and I think I will have to try thr bass dedicated pedals before I can be sure that this is the sound Im after. But yes by all means give it a go....you'll never know what you may find! Overall: 8 Hope this is helpful to some people, Josh

This may come as a surprise.... but Im using a (Standard, not bass orientated) Electro Harmonix Big Muff USA reissue. Many people dislike this pedal, but I actually love it....it's all down to personal preferance. But try one out in a guitar store, and see what you think. Heres a clip me testing out my Big Muff with the Bass: (its relitively poor quality...) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWybYd0RVA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWybYd0RVA[/url] Hope this helps, Josh

Ive tried it through my 180watt combo...its a 12" speaker (i just find 15" to gritty), and the low end sticks in a bit....if i was more organised, I would have used my bigger amp....and a slightly less tired bass! The reason why I ended up a standard Big Muff was because down here south, it seems near impossible to find any bass focused big muff pedals! And no store could garantee me when they'd have stock. Also, one of tutors from BIMM i did a week with in the summer recommended the pedal...so, its just got to face the band practise scenario! Cheers for your suggestions, any constructive critisism is great! Josh

Hey all, Just uploaded a video of my trying out the Electro Harmonix Big Muff with a Bass, as I tried to find one of these videos before I bought it, but i just couldnt find one! I know the pedals not mainly for bass.....but i quite like it...and sounds with a envelope filter after it in the chain! so here we go, sorry for the poor sound, its only done with the camera's microphone. Enjoy, [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWybYd0RVA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWybYd0RVA[/url] cheers, Josh

Cheers for all the response guys, I think I'll have to look into this all abit more! Cheers, Josh

Hello, Ive just got one question. Do you guys recommend Fender's Flatwound Strings, or Rotosound's Jazz Bass 77's? Any info will be appriciated! Cheers, Josh