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for £20 it's worth a go. it'll do a few reasonable sounds, but avoid the attack switch, like the plague! - it'll make your bass sound cheap and nasty! IMO i found it most iuseful on he OD setting, although the clean boost is very useful. all in all, well worth a punt at that price!

nice ankles!!!!

if i'm with the classic rock / NWOBHM band, i'll take my two Dean metalmans, and possibly my machine gun, if i'm at church, it'll be my us P, with poss my Jap p lyte (depending on the age of the strings on the us), and with the alt / industrial band, it'll be a dean metalman, ibanez 5, and possibly a p lyte back up. i've rarely had breakage on stage, but if it's going to go, it's always at the wrong time! Since i'm a really heavy player, i need to have spares!

here's my updated board with a couple of changes.

i have to say that although ican play with a pick, i much prefer to use my fingers. in order to achieve that 'picky click' I use an EHX Steel leather. it does exactly the right eq adjustments to make it sound right. however, time practising with a pick will probably serve you better. If you are stubborn and really don't want to learn, the the EHX pedal will be your best bet.

i've used on one on bass. there is a big bass loss, as noted by Matty. I thought it would be quite similar to the DOD250, as i believe they have quite similar circuits, but they sound like two very diferent beasts. I know a lot of bassists use the 250 for light grit, but if you want light grit, get a cream pie!

+1 on the sennheiser

[quote name='silddx' post='245283' date='Jul 22 2008, 12:36 PM']I'll probably lose a few friends over this, but why in heaven's name would you want to wear them?? That stuff looks really uncool, IMHO of course. The only thing I ever bought was a RUSH thong for my lady, as a joke, naturally. She can't stand RUSH so she's never worn it and thank god for that! I don't want to be thinking of Geddy Lee when I'm visiting that region ;-)[/quote] you could always change the R to a B!

i emailed him asking what the impedance was, but also got no reply!

blend / balance is indeed the pups. the controls on my P lyte are in a diamond shape, and can loosely be described using the points of a compass. It will look like two and two if you are wearing the bass, but if you look at it when not having it around your neck you should see what i mean!

a centre detente is the notch in the middle. as you look at the bass the north knob is Volume. east is blend / balance south is bass IIRC, and west is treble, again IIRC edit: if i am wrong about the treble and bass knobs, just reverse them!

TBH, i thought this thread going to have a Bad News theme!

they'll be volume, pickup blend/ balance, bass and treble ( both cut and boost) all except the volume have centre detentes. HTH

i managed to score one of these a little while ago. i have to say that i love it. It get sused to add a little hair to my Deans and does the job admirably! it is really so versatile that i think it will be hanging around for a good while yet! it punches so much above it's weight, that i believe it would sell even if the asking price were £99 rather than the meagre £59 rrp. A bargain - probably the best bang for buck drive pedal i have ever heard!

i have one too, and i get to use it out and about quits frequently. i haven't changed the strings onv it yet, but i get quite a reasonable tone from it as is. i tend to put it through my bass xciter, and sometimes an MXR m80, although ad 121 sounds like a pretty good idea!

they have the VT bass on Denmark Street in london. every time i've used the DI on my MXR (in several differing venues!), the sound man has been nothing but chuffed with the signal.

what a top fellow to deal with. brutally honest and totally trustworthy. i would purchase mark's wares again very quickly! cheers mate

i was there yesterday, and was also fairly impressed with the gear there from a bass perspective. Things that stood out for me were the Basson / Zoot stand, with the new Zoot Neo cabs (unfeasibly light!), Peavey with their new all valve bass rigs, and a european (Czech IIRC) manfacturer called Mayones. the one item that really stood out for me was a reissue of the Aria SB as used by Cliff Burton. It's called the SBCB and will retail at around the £750 mark. Neck through, and sweet as you like - I know what my next bass will be now! Iwas somewhat disappointed by Roland/ Boss who had very little new product available for demo, and Fender, who had none of their new effects range on their stand. a real opportunity missed i feel! The other thing i found was that by and large, no one was interested in talking to people (except perhaps roland). I was there with a trade pass around my neck, yet no one was interested in "talking turkey" overall, it was loads better than last year from a bass perspective, but still some way to go generally though.

seems to be stuck on the login page!?

there are so many players that have influenced the bass 'scene' i find it impossible to name just one. I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Steve Harris yet! but don't forget Cliff, Geezer big +1 to steve DiGiorgio Billy Sheehan John Entwhistle etc, etc, etc, etc