mr.sibs Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 (edited) I bought two of these (one for a friend) and he doesnt want it anymore so il try to sell it here for [u]£15 posted[/u], as i bought it mine was very easy to put together, took two hours and has everything in there, and the result is great too, great compressor for any instrument i think link is here [url="http://www.monteallums.com/pedal_mods.html#cs3optoPlus"]http://www.monteallums.com/pedal_mods.html#cs3optoPlus[/url] cheers Edited May 14, 2008 by mr.sibs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.sibs Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 and you can get the pedal to mod right here on basschat from benwhite [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=18023"]cs-3[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarxide Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 As I asked in benwhite's thread, how well does the CS-3 work with bass frequencies? Will it give the sort of thump sound on Faith No More's "Epic"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.sibs Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 I have found it works great and doesnt seem to lose much of the signal at all, unfortunately my head is being mended at the moment, so i have only used the comp through my studio monitors (which are good quality) and though it seems to be a pretty good sounding clear signal through there, i wouldnt quite be able to vouch for the thump yet (that you can only get from a bass amp anyway), hopefully i can answer that properly soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.sibs Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 (edited) this is all with the mod though naturally, i didnt get much of a sound i liked without, far too squished Edited May 9, 2008 by mr.sibs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clauster Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 (edited) The standard CS3 is crap for bass. Monte's mod transforms it to a great bass compressor but it does have that opto-comp squish rather than thud IMHO. Edited May 9, 2008 by clauster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 (edited) I always found the Opto-comp to be decent for some uses but probably the least subtle compressor ever for bass, even on min sustain you can still feel the squeeze. Maybe I'm just not good at setting the dials up though. I've found that it is VERY good for acoustic instruments and vocals. Edited May 9, 2008 by Oscar South Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.sibs Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 [quote name='clauster' post='195342' date='May 9 2008, 12:02 PM']The standard CS3 is crap for bass. Monte's mod transforms it to a great bass compressor but it does have that opto-comp squish rather than thud IMHO.[/quote] cheers, yet to use mine extensively yet but that sounds about right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.sibs Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 (edited) [quote name='Oscar South' post='195436' date='May 9 2008, 02:15 PM']I always found the Opto-comp to be decent for some uses but probably the least subtle compressor ever for bass, even on min sustain you can still feel the squeeze. Maybe I'm just not good at setting the dials up though. I've found that it is VERY good for acoustic instruments and vocals though.[/quote] the original pedal settings work so that the sustain knob acts as a limiter until you hit past 12, and then a compressor (so the instructions inform me) i dont know if the opto mod changes these parameters, again, havnt tried it out fully but might help to wok out exactly what the boss was doing before the mod Edited May 9, 2008 by mr.sibs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.sibs Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.sibs Posted May 13, 2008 Author Share Posted May 13, 2008 and a bump, nice easy kit to try if your interested in starting to build or mod pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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