BigBassBob

Mind you, having a brief re-think about it, I guess it very much comes down to what genre you play primarily. I mostly play blues with some rock and pop thrown in depending on the gig. I play everything in the bedroom as I like to keep well rounded. I don't like fuzzes for playing faster things as, in my humble opinion, they get messy and lose definition (even the nicer ones with blends and the like). Personal taste I guess. I prefer something grindy if I need dirt for something faster like prog or metal. When I think fuzz I think of 60s tracks, early 90s alt-rock, stoner/doom metal. Not that I'm trying to stay in the box, just my personal taste (then again, I'm not a fuzz guy at heart! )

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1385288745' post='2286364'] He's certainly not as bad as that guy who plays slap bass WHATEVER pedal he uses, which is especially pointless for fuzz pedals [/quote] Most definitely. Excane isn't bad, I just tend to find myself getting frustrated when he gets carried away with fast doodling.

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1385211321' post='2285630'] amusing, as excane's playing is so annoying to me I can't listen to his demos [/quote] I agree. He demos some nice gear and the videos are great quality but he plays too many notes for my taste. Not being boring and miserable, I just like to hear how notes decay and if there are any envelope qualities going on between notes like swells of gain or changes to texture.

Wow!

From what I can see he does some fine work, that man

Nice boards as usual dudes

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1382022110' post='2246791'] The Talkbass threads on this pedal are rather amusing, so many people gushing over it and ready to hand their money over before they've even heard clips! Very interested to hear both of these though, I wasn't aware of Spencer's either! My favorite fuzz so far is the Team Awesome Fuzz Machine - only reason I would get rid of that is if they brought out a better/smaller version! [/quote] I don't go to Talkbass much anymore because the effects board is home to a few tits who annoy me =\

Just to clarify I don't mean to sound mean, my comment was a bit like, it's good but could be better. I'm sure those guys will grow up to be pretty talented musos.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1382002167' post='2246483'] I hate these kids [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=197CCb3qz6I[/media] [/quote] Respect for playing that well at that age but that performance felt like it was dragging and the phrasing could be a lot better in parts.

Yup! I'd say it's the best Adult Swim animation... beating the usual ATHF, Venture Bros. etc. It only ran for two seasons so you can watch the whole thing in like two hours

BTW, in case anyone is confused, "You're Doom" is a reference to a rather hilarious series called Frisky Dingo. Quick summary to this gag: an alien super-villain called Killface has built a massive engine to drive the Earth into the Sun but because he's blown all of his money on making this machine he doesn't have the budget to broadcast his evil plot globally so he resorts to making ten thousand post cards which backfires: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OYA_rNgGjg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OYA_rNgGjg[/url]

Glad to hear you installed with ease One word of advice for these; when you tune your low E and then drop to D and move back up, the E will be slightly sharp. So, I find it best to tune the E very slightly flat, check the tuning of the D and then it's usually bang on when brought back up. Once it's tuned it'll stay in tune, you just have to make sure to check the E as above.

Also, the Tone Hammer isn't hi-fi sounding in my opinion. This is good for me but others may be disappointed.

I'm a big fan of the TH 500. Its tone is almost ideal for me; warm, punchy and with present (but not unpleasant) high end. If you've tried one and found it lacking some trebley-snap, I'd recommend checking the cab you're using to see if you can increase the level of the tweeter/horn. I find using a TH500 and a pair of DB112s I can find warm, wooly tones or growly, aggressive clank from playing with the EQ and with the crossovers on the back of the cabs.