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Very nice.

I played three different levels of t bird the other day at Andertons. The entry level bolt on neck sounded terrible, but played ok, whereas the classic (?) set neck epiphone kicked even the USA version to the curb. The epiphone had a clarity and bite that the USA didn't. The USA sounded weak and lifeless to both myself and the guitarists I took with me. The USA left me cold, and wondering why it cost over a thousand pounds more than the epiphone model

I see they've also done a blue plaque for Jon Lord

I use them as thickeners. The c9 I have on the swell setting, and b9 on fat Hammond for doubling a la Jon Lord with the purple songs we do Occasional chords, but normally doubling what I'm playing. I've found the best solution sound wise for me is to run the pedals to di, with a killswitch, rather than switching the pedals on and off, since there is always clean sound coming through even with the clean volume on minimum

I'm gigging both on my board. It really depends on the songs you're doing, as to which is more suited. If I was buying from scratch again, I would probably go for the c, as it has a wide variety of tones available. Beware though - it doesn't track well below an open a, and if you're a swift player, quick quavers and semi quavers will probably not be picked up

I've been gigging mine for a while now. It has kicked my old dod bass overdrive off, as it sits better in the mix at volume in my situation. It really is an awesome pedal for the money- everything from slight drive to full on grind for just short of £60? No brainer for me

Cool. Might check some of them out, if I can find somewhere that actually sells them in a shop!

Which pedal is that? Edit- just saw its the pipebomb 😉 Overall impressions pls?

They have them in stock at effectspowersupplies / stompbox I had a good try at the bass show, and was pretty impressed. I'm going to go back for further investigation soon Having owned a mad prof blueberry, I didn't see much similarity. To me it seemed like more of a screamer type drive

[quote name='sk8' timestamp='1431289338' post='2769726'] Bizarrely one of the few I've not had [/quote] Fair enough mate. My dodgy memory again! 😉

Gene Simmons had something similar finishwise in the God gave rock an roll to you video.

Iirc sk8 had one for a while

It's a real aid for ear training

Big +1 to the octoplus. Flippin great pedal. Lovely character to the sound. Stupidly cheap too- been seeing them on eBay for tiny amounts of cash!!

I actually really like my Marshall reflector. It's a great price (they can be found for around £40), and sounds really nice.

[quote name='Ben Jamin' timestamp='1430558879' post='2762541'] I guess it's kind of like Fodera making an expensive version of a P-bass. Pick-up, volume, tone. I mean I'm sure it'd be great but that's not why you buy a Fodera? Or a P-bass, for that matter. [/quote] Many many boutique makers have been doing this with the jazz bass for a long time. In their case everyone applauds the instrument, rather than looking too closely at the copying aspect. Is the question here more about the pricing? Copying at a cheaper retail makes it a bad thing, whereas copying at a higher price makes it better?

Fair enough, but definitely from the same heritage then

I may be wrong, but isn't the sub machine the slash octave fuzz in different clothing?

Iirc it's a clone of the ehx bass blogger. That might give some more opinions/ vids

Well done sir. Pics please 😜

I go through phases about the basses I use. I enjoy my actives, and for the right situation they sound awesome in the mix, but these days I'm finding that I'm using the Passives more and more. They seem to sit better in most situations for me and give me a more pleasant playing experience. IMO ime etc.....

I'd really like to see someone like steve di Giorgio, Neil Murray, or even someone like lemmy make appearances at the show. Considering the artists we have already seen at the show over the years, there are some real challenges to keep the standard high!!

There won't be sufficient volume from the tuner to drive the headphones. Something like the ehx headphone amplifier would be ideal

Still waiting to try one Irl. If it sounds like the vids, I'll be happy