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5 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

I made one for under £20 - it depends how you feel about soldering and drilling boxes.

That sounds great - would you mind pointing me in the direction of the kit or guide you used, please? Thanks.

I'm really looking forward to getting one of these.

I know next to nothing about MIDI- are there any simple, cheapish 2 button switches that should work with this and help with easy preset switching, or is it a case of buying hosts and expensive units to get that side of the pedal working?

Hi all,

Forgive me if this is a silly question- I am new to routers.

I have gifted a Bosch 1/4 inch 1,200w plunge router.

One of the things I'd like to use it for is to rout cavities using templates, mainly for amatuer guitar building.

I have been told to use flush trim bits for this.

However, when the router is fully plunged, the collet is level with the top of the base. The base is 20mm thick.

If 20mm of the bit's shank needs to be in the collet, that's a total of 40mm shank length needed before the bearing, if the bearing is going to get clear of the base.

That's before considering the thickness of a template.

From what I can see, there are no/very few bits with that sort of shank length before the bearing.

Am I missing something here, or are flush trim bits not compatible with my router?

Thanks.

3 hours ago, prowla said:

I'd check out how the Stomp does your clean signal.

I don't think I could have one as a single pedal; I have mine in a loop which can be switched in for effects, but is out of the way otherwise.

I don't think I'd ever bypass it, more likely have a preamp or amp always enabled, and switch on effects as and when.

Do you not like the preamp/amp sounds into a d.i.?  Cheers.

So I've been thinking about getting a Stomp. Play in functions and corporate setups mostly. Almost always go d.i.

The idea was to have a tuner, pre-amp, and maybe a couple of effects there - octaver, filter - in a box easy to just grab and go, with the bonus of some fun sounds to play around with for a couple of original projects. Also, I'm in need of a portable audio interface.

Not a massive effects snob, and use them fairly sparingly.

Play with IEMs, so used to not having that anp-in-a-room sound on gigs, and engineers almost always provide a d.i. box, so not too fussed about no XLR.

It seems like it would be ideal, but some posts about that digital sound are making me hesitate. Would it work well for this situation?

Is this still available?

Also, I used a cheap and cheerful MM pickup from Warman which sounded fine.

The cheap Wilkinson alcino V P pickup in there sounds positively great to me.

Hi @BiteTheBoxer

Yeah, it worked out OK thanks- really liked the parallel and single coil modes, and it did sound like a stingray. It sounded really nice, in fact!

Ultimately, though, I don't think I'm a stingray man, so I've moved the MM towards the bridge (with some shoddy hand routing) and put a P pickup in, and I really like that combo!

I think the tone pot for each coil is definitely possible, although strange. I'm not the right person to ask, though! Does the volume pot come after the tone pots?

Nice! That looks great. How did you paint it?

Also, just want to hop on the Warman fanclub. Am in the process of my first proper bass build, and the Warman MM humbucker I've used does the job nicely!

12 hours ago, Bassman1974 said:

Used some matt gold vinyl to cover the old black pickguard. I was surprised by how well it went with the body colour

That looks absolutely lovely! 

Did you finish it yourself? What is the finish/wood? 

And how did you cut the vinyl so accurately?! 

Sorry for the questions, it's just I immediately want to go and out together a p just like that! 

Thank you- so many good suggestions! 

I've managed to find a used Okto Noijs. Love an octaver too, so excited to try it. Thanks @Quatschmacher

In terms of the 808, I've been using a subby octave down in practice and that actually sounds good. Locked in with the bass drum it kinda gives that sub-blowing effect with a big attack. 

Where are you based? 

Yes- thank you for the information! I missed the first message. 

Hi all,

Just a quick question.

Got some gigs coming up with a number of tunes with 808 style basslines.

Would the DOD Meatbox get me in a close enough ballpark. It doesn't need to be absolutely perfect.

There will be big subs and pa support, and we're using IEMs, so I don't need to worry about blowing up any backline!

Also, on an unrelated note - and I imagine this must have been asked a few times - does a cheaper and available alternative to the low gain fuzz of the Doom 2 exist?

Cheers.

Have recently played some newer Tokai jazz basses at Rose Morris in London, and own a '21 Hard Puncher. 

They are incredible basses. More playable and richer sounding than MIA Fenders to my amateur ears. 

If I didn't have one, would snap this up at this price! 

3 hours ago, SumOne said:

The EQ is good. The main issue being quick access to editing it live. 

Cool- thanks. Am I right in thinking you could assign eq functions to the knobs?

So in theory something like Bass, Treble, Mid and Mid Freq on 4 knobs. 

Then maybe Threshold, Ratio, Sidechain HP and blend on the alternative controls. 

Combined with the graphic eq used sparingly to kind of get your tone in the ballpark of what you'd like for front of house, it seems like it would do the job better than most pedals actually marketed as preamps/eqs?! 

Or am I just being hopelessly optimistic? 

Cheers 

Hi Atlas users. 

Am I mad for thinking this could do a job as a bit of an 'all in one' preamp style box if it was run into a di? 

The compression obviously looks great, but between the parametric and graphic eq, it looks like a pretty special tone-shaping tool, with the 8khz maybe providing a little cab-like tone roll-off if all the way down? 

Thinking it might do the trick for having a load more control for my straight to FoH and IEM gigs? 

Or will I be disappointed if I expect the EQ and compression fron this to be able to sweeten an IEM/FoH sound? It's just for cheaper than many preamps with relatively simple EQs, it seems stacked with features. 

10 hours ago, Killerfridge said:

Have a check out of Jayme Lewis' unboxing livestream of the SGT he just did yesterday; he does a really good job of fiddling with it to see what sort of sounds and styles it can do:

 

 

Do you know, I think that demo has sealed it for me. It sounds so good, and so versatile. 

Now, does anyone know where I can find one in stock!? 😬

2 hours ago, Bigwan said:

I'd go Origin Bassrig '64 given your tonal requirements... I'm confused about your worry about a dark DI and wanting to sound like Pino does with D' Angelo though. Surely a 60's P with very well used flats doesn't have much high end going on anyway! 

That is a very good point, and in my ideal originals band, that would be my tone all the time! 

However, these corporate gigs call for a bit more versatility and I use a p or a passive mm style bass, both with nickel rounds. 

Yeah, very tempted by the '64. Agonising choosing between that and the SV, or to go slightly more versatile but maybe less convincing with the SGT, not to mention lots of other suggestions by users!

3 hours ago, Steve_M said:

I've been using the Aggy Tonehammer DI for several years and cant fault it for quality toneshaping, plus it has the AGS circuit (although the gain jump when you engage it is, for me, not great). I play in similar genre bands to you and it seems to fit that niche well (using active 5 string, p bass, Fender Jazz and fretless). £263 from GAK currently and in stock!

That's now on my radar as well- and unlike some of the others there's one I could try near me. Thanks! 

2 hours ago, MrDinsdale said:

I guess the morale of this post is that there are a lot of options out there!

 

If you don't mind loosing a little money on return shipping you might be better making the most of return policies and try them out.

 

Could grab a bassrig and the ampeg and audition them both, send back the looser. Preferably after doing some side by side recording's of them for us to listen to 🙌

Yeah!! Feeling if anything more confused😂

But appreciate all the feedback. I can't quite stretch to the outlay of both at the same time, but I think returns could be the way forward. 

20 hours ago, MrDinsdale said:

I'm loving my Jad Freer Capo, incredible bit of kit (sorry for adding more options). Remarkably versatile, not emulating a specific amp but just sounds excellent.

 

I use it for everything from soft folk to obnoxiously noisy punk and it always delivers.

 

No cabsim but it has an LPF which trims off a little high end for a more cab-like frequency range. 

Okay, now that looks and sounds awesome.  I'd love to try one of them! Thanks. 

I'd love to hear from people who have experience of the two! 

Hi all, 

Just wondering if anyone's had any experience using this with IEMs, amd whether it feels tubey at all with a little drive engaged? 

Also, whether anyone has used this and the Bassrigs through IEM and can compare? 

Thanks! 

1 minute ago, Killerfridge said:

The VT definitely can do grindy, so I'm not doubting your experience with it! The character dial really affects how much "grind" you get. Have a listen to how I use it here (just through the VT, no other eq/effects etc.):

 

 

 

Yeah, that sounds really nice! Maybe I'll see if I can borrow it again amd have another go.