The Twickerman

[quote name='bosozoku' post='1009239' date='Nov 2 2010, 07:00 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-4003-Bass-Fire-Glo-Brand-New-Factory-/150513858146?pt=Guitar&hash=item230b533662"]eBay: Potential Fraud[/url] Heads up...this listing is suspicious. The seller is in Nevada, USA, however the bass will ship from 'Outside the United States'. The photos are the same ones on a well-known Chinese wholesale counterfeit site...not to mention the misspelling of words in the auction.[/quote] Maybe ask for the serial number?

[quote name='Alien' post='1009107' date='Nov 1 2010, 11:51 PM']As long as the limiting stays above 8kHz that's as high as you'll ever need to go.[/quote] I think the issue being described is a roll-off in the high frequencies, due the sub-optimal input impedance (which tends to form a LP filter when the guitar is connected).

[quote name='Finbar' post='1006835' date='Oct 30 2010, 11:51 PM']I've plugged my bass into it plenty of times and haven't noticed anything amiss. Otherwise though, no, they're the only two things I can think of off the top of my head.[/quote] Hmmm. Maybe I'll give it a go....

[quote name='The Twickerman' post='1006526' date='Oct 30 2010, 06:25 PM']I wonder if it's well suited to instrument level signals though, and is its impedance okay to plug an un-buffered guitar into...[/quote] I have googled and discovered that its input impedance is 10kOhm. To be suitable as an instrument input it needs to be 1MOhm. So I guess the answer is "no". The SFX unit remains the only suitable solution... so far.

[quote name='The Twickerman' post='1006525' date='Oct 30 2010, 06:24 PM']That could be just the ticket!!![/quote] I wonder if it's well suited to instrument level signals though, and is its impedance okay to plug an un-buffered guitar into...

[quote name='Finbar' post='1006384' date='Oct 30 2010, 03:49 PM']Also take a look at the Rolls SX21. Don't know how easy they are to come by anymore, but mine's really useful [/quote] That could be just the ticket!!!

[quote name='SS73' post='1006046' date='Oct 30 2010, 08:18 AM']I think the Lead head was a Sunn coloseum Lead as he didn't like the Bass version. But all these various Live amps, Marshall, Fender, Sunn etc all worked well, but studio work was I think Vox AC30. The important part is that Fuzz on the Neck pup.[/quote] SS73 is right. Chris's basses were not biamped (in the sense of using a cross-over to separate bass from treble frequencies), but he did have his mono bass modified to output the two pickups independently (exactly like the ric-o-sound). I have heard that regardless of the stacks on stage, in the early yes tours, Chris's sound was taken from an AC-30, hidden behind and miced up. I also think it's true that he used the fuzz on the neck pickup (not the bridge pickup, as you'd perhaps have been more likely to think). What I don't know is where he actually uses this fuzz - I'd have thought that most of his grind was from pushing the AC30s.

[quote name='Silent Fly' post='1004558' date='Oct 28 2010, 11:37 PM'][url="http://www.sfxsound.co.uk/mainpage.asp?page=xm"][sfx] X&M[/url] ?[/quote] Looks promising! Thanks.

Hi folks, I am thinking of splitting my bass signal. so that middle and treble are handled by a guitar amp, with the bass frequencies routed to me bass amp. I need (therefore) a crossover! - does anyone make a pedal sized crossover pedal? Or maybe a small unit that could be easily mounted in my pedal board? Any ideas? - Nick.

Picking technique, the bass (the use of the Brassmaster occasionally) and playing through a Vox AC30!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1001194' date='Oct 26 2010, 02:58 PM']I used the velcro that came with my PT. I dropped the board while getting it out of the case the other day and caught it abruptly by my expression pedal. Nothing came off. Maybe I got a good batch of velcro.[/quote] I wish my experience was the same. They never stay put. usually it's the strips pulling away from the frame. And (believe it or not) I did clean the frame with white spirit before attaching the velcro.

[quote name='DanOwens' post='1001105' date='Oct 26 2010, 01:44 PM']I realise that this thread's about to turn into a broken record but I put a 1-inch square in each corner of a Moogerfooger LowPass then left the pedal for 24 hours for the glue to set. I placed the pedal in the wrong position and spent 10 minutes trying to pull it off; I was concerned about bending the metal chassis because it was holding so strongly. Dan[/quote] The problem I find isn't the strength of the velcro hooks, but the velcro glue - which comes away all too easily.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='1000874' date='Oct 26 2010, 10:08 AM']Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and a thousand times yes. Different league. Pedaltrain Velcro: open case, pedals everywhere. Heavy-Duty Velcro: open case, pedals where you left them. It's that simple. I'd happily turn my board upside down and shake it with the Heavy-Duty stuff on.[/quote] Have ordered some! Thanks.

[quote name='Lenny B' post='1000844' date='Oct 26 2010, 09:49 AM']Thanks - will give it a try Cheers[/quote] I have the same problem. I use the velcro that came with my Pedaltrain. It's crap. Is this stuff really any better?

[quote name='Bassassin' post='995507' date='Oct 21 2010, 01:18 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320606014855"]"Rickenbacker Bass made in the 90s"[/url] Rrrrrrright. J.[/quote] Gone already!

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='974720' date='Oct 1 2010, 11:26 PM']Anyone help with this?[/quote] Rather than mod it, why don't you just use a true-bypass looper?

[quote name='razze06' post='987830' date='Oct 14 2010, 11:02 AM']As far as I know, there was never a mutron III reissue, that's why they go for stupid prices.[/quote] Well it looked like a Mutron III. It could have been the "unauthorised reissue", the Mutron III+ mentioned here:- [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutron"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutron[/url] [url="http://www.mu-tron.com/"]http://www.mu-tron.com/[/url] I guess it's a replica.

The one I am playing in my Avatar pic. <------ A 4001cs. A dream to play and sounds amazing.

I have limited experience with envelope filters, but FWIW this is what I found. 1. The Boss AW-2 pretty good actually. Does triggered wah (envelope filtering) and auto wah (cyclic) and can combine the two for somewhat unpredictable results. 2. A Mutron III reissue - tried this about 10 years ago and was blown away. 3. Guyatone Flip Funky Box - horrid. Got rid of it very fast. 4. Maxon AF-9 - a bit disappointing. I have kept it - but it didn't displace the AW-2 I am not suing a filter at the moment - but when I do, it'll probably be the AW-2 I turn to.